Welcome to our Lakers Season Preview Series! For the next several weeks, we’ll be writing columns every week day, breaking down the biggest questions we have about every player the Lakers added this offseason. Today, we take a look at Malik Monk.
When Malik Monk catches a basketball, lines up his shooting form and fires, there is a distinguishable weight to the simple movement’s. A level of pressure that shouldn’t be attached to an ordinary 3-point attempt — especially from a still 23-year-old — but is present for the wing largely due to a roller coaster start to his career.