Los Angeles Lakers: How Frank Vogel should divvy up the bench minutes

11. Quinn Cook: 8 minutes

Rounding out the 11-man rotation is the third-string point guard, Quinn Cook. Cook was brought in this offseason for his three-point shooting and his experience on a contending team with the Golden State Warriors.

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The Los Angeles Lakers needed guys who could shoot the ball and provide heat checks off the bench that also had championship experience. They got just that in Cook.

You could absolutely make the case for Cook getting more minutes because of his three-point shooting and there will be days where Cook is cooking from the three-point line and will be in the game more often than not.

However, the way the minutes played out this is kind of what Cook is stuck with. To get more playing time he would have to dip into Alex Caruso or Rajon Rondo’s time and I just don’t see that happening considering how one-dimensional Cook’s game is.

If you remember, we have Rondo at 20 minutes per game and Caruso at 16. Add in Cook’s eight minutes and we are only at 44 minutes at the point guard position, not 48.

Those four minutes are reserved for LeBron James, who is going to be playing the point during the crunch time of games. During the playoffs, it might end up being longer than eight minutes, but with every game not being a close game, LeBron will average right around four minutes at the point guard position.

Of course, these numbers will not be perfect. Injuries happen, as does overtime, which is going to add to everyone’s averages, even if it is only in the slightest. In a perfect, over-simplified world, this is how the Lakers’ 11-man rotation should be broken down.