The Los Angeles Lakers are a better fit for LeBron James than you think

LeBron James signing with the Los Angeles Lakers took the entire world by storm. However, while some question the decision, LA is a great fit for LeBron.

The Los Angeles Lakers went from a lottery team to a top-three team in the Western Conference with the lone signing of LeBron James. The best player on the planet decided to take his talents to the City of Angels and carry on the Lakers’ legacy that dates back centuries.

With a talented young core and a ton of cap space, the Lakers made a lot of sense for LeBron James before free agency. Not only did the team have the cap space to sign two starts, the team had the assets to make moves.

However, the Lakers instead have remained silent on the trade market and brought in multiple veterans on one-year deals. Rajon Rondo, Lance Stephenson and JaVale McGee were all signed to one-year contracts to all play a very specific role.

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These signings have been questioned by many in the NBA community with many proposing the same flaw in the Lakers’ roster.

“LeBron needs shooters around him to succeed, the Lakers have no shooters!”

Naturally, that has led many to assume that the Los Angeles Lakers are not a good fit for LeBron James when in reality the team is a great fit.

The three-point shooting:

Just because the Los Angeles Lakers did not add someone like Kyle Korver does not mean this team cannot shoot the three-ball. In fact, the Lakers already had an established group of three-point shooters on the roster.

Kyle Kuzma, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Brandon Ingram and Josh Hart all shot 36 percent or better from beyond the arc. Lonzo Ball even shot 30.5 percent from beyond the arc, which included a 37.7 percent efficiency in the month of December. When he is hot he is cooking.

Yes, the Lakers do not have Korver, J.R. Smith or Ray Allen. But the team has plenty of guys that are capable from beyond the arc.

D-Fence!:

The biggest issue of adding guys like Korver, Smith and Allen was the liability those names were on the defensive side of the ball. While the Lakers are not the best defensive team in the league, they are certainly talented enough to hold their own and much better defensively than the Cavaliers.

Ball is a sneaky good guard, Caldwell-Pope is a good three and D option, Brandon Ingram will only get better as he grows into his frame and Josh Hart can guard either guard off the bench.

Let’s also not forget about Rajon Rondo and Lance Stephenson, who both will bring a tenacity off the bench that will give opposing teams headaches.

The second unit:

The Los Angeles Lakers have a really good bench. Don’t believe me?

The team’s sixth-man is going to be Kyle Kuzma, a breakout rookie that far outplayed his expectations and is only going to get better as his career evolves. In year one alone, Kuzma averaged 16.1 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. He is only going to improve.

Behind him is a great second frontcourt of Rajon Rondo and Josh Hart. Hart provides the scoring and Rondo is going to run the offense from the bench. Defensively, the Lakers have one of the deepest frontcourts in basketball.

Let’s not forget about the rookies, Moritz Wagner and Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, who will both serve roles off the bench as sharpshooters. Wagner will likely see a larger role as a backup center.

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Then, at the very bottom of the rotation will be Lance Stephenson, who is going to come in and cause havoc and try and get a team like the Golden State Warriors out of their comfort zone. That is a deep, versatile, bench.