In the absence of LeBron James and Anthony Davis, several Los Angeles Lakers players have had to step up in order to keep the team treading water.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is arguably the one Laker who raised his play the most as he has started to resemble the players that started off the 2020-21 season so well. Caldwell-Pope is shooting around 50% from beyond the arc this month and has picked up more of the offensive burden in the half-court.
In the Lakers’ loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night, the guard scored a team-high 29 points on 9-of-17 shooting, including 6-of-12 from beyond the arc.