The start of Luol Deng’s tenure as a Laker was a struggle.
While the team was finding ways to win games, beginning 7-5 and closing November at 10-10, his shot wasn’t going in, and he’d yet to find a rhythm within Luke Walton’s offense.
Deng, who signed a lucrative four-year deal with the Lakers in July, averaged just 6.6 points on 33.1 percent shooting and 30.8 percent from three in November in 23.1 minutes per game.
But in December, he’s increasingly looked more like the player that averaged 12.3 points on 45.5 percent FG's and 34.