The Los Angeles Lakers brought in a number of players this offseason in order to improve their 3-point shooting and arguably the best of the bunch is Wayne Ellington. A career 38.2% 3-point shooter, Ellington has shot at least 35% from deep in all but one of his 12 NBA seasons and is coming off his best 3-point shooting season since 2014, knocking down 42.2% on six attempts per game with the Detroit Pistons.
The question for Ellington and all of the Lakers’ new players is how the rotation and minutes will shake out. Kendrick Nunn, Kent Bazemore, Malik Monk and the returning Talen Horton-Tucker will all be vying for backcourt minutes this season and there simply aren’t enough to go around, which will lead to a couple of these players not seeing as much time on the court as they would like.