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Lakers staying patient with how long they can master ball movement

LAS VEGAS >> The cuts looked sharp. The passes looked crisp. And the shot attempts looked easy to make.

Ever since the Lakers hired Luke Walton as their head coach, those skills would represent the main ingredients in developing their core players. The Lakers never thought they could perfect those qualities as well as Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green did when Walton served as Golden State’s assistant coach for the past two years. The Lakers would at least try.

Plenty attention on the Lakers’ Summer League team has centered on D’Angelo Russell’s scoring outbursts or Brandon Ingram’s initial introduction to more physical defenders.