After the Lakers’ season-opening defeat to the Warriors, during which they failed 30 of their 40 3-point efforts, LeBron James became Captain Obvious when he provided the complete statement: “To be perfectly honest, we’re not a team composed of terrific marksmanship.” Unfortunately, it’s different because we have many people equipped with lasers on our squad.
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Take that as a dig at the front office for this poorly formed roster or simply as a man speaking an incontestable truth. Either way, it’s a fair interpretation. In either case, saying it is a modest remark would be an exaggeration.
The Los Angeles Lakers, as a team, are shooting 25 for 118 from beyond the arc in the first three games of the new season, all of which were losses. That’s a brisk 21.2% clip if you keep the score at home. According to ESPN Stats & Info, this is the second-worst 3-point percentage of all time for any team in the history of the sport that has attempted at least 100 3-pointers throughout any three-game stretch.
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In case you were a Laker fan holding out hope that we were speaking about a small number of participants, I’m sorry to tell you that there is no such luck. Read those numbers once more and give yourself some time to let them sink in: There have been 6,100 instances in which a team has attempted at least 100 three-point shots throughout a three-game stretch, and of those 6,100 instances, 6,099 of them did it with a higher success rate than the Lakers have to start the season.
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-->The Los Angeles Lakers do not currently have a single player on their roster that has tried at least six three-point shots this season and has a shooting percentage that is higher than 30 percent at this time. With a rate of 25.9, LeBron James has the highest field goal percentage of all players who have made at least ten attempts (7 for 27). After that, the percentages drop to Kendrick Nunn (23%), Patrick Beverley (21%), Anthony Davis (20%), Lonnie Walker (17%), and Russell Westbrook (8.3%). (1 for 12).
