Nick Young and how the Lakers will play Kobe Bryant less

Scott will probably keep utilizing Ellington as a third-string shooting watchman, yet his minutes could climb with the unlucky deficiency of Johnson likewise calling for help in the wings. At the point when a group needs to burrow for profundity and ability, as the Lakers do, that additionally opens the entryway for prospects to discover an opportunity. This is precisely where second-round draft pick Jordan Clarkson crushes into the picture.

Clarkson has played only 11.4 minutes every diversion - the most reduced on the group - and still needs to realize his path into turning into a profitable NBA player. He has extraordinary size as a combo protect, and can possibly be a revolution player in time. The Lakers have nothing to lose in an officially lost season by creating Clarkson and providing for him an opportunity to play with the "huge young men." Playing Clarkson in an expanded part may be excruciating in extends, however for the long haul strength of the establishment, it'd be advantageous to form one they could call their own draftees.

Clarkson drives the group in three-point shooting rate (46 percent on the season), however he's just taken 11 aggregate shots from downtown amid his constrained time on the floor. Still, Clarkson has demonstrated he can hit NBA-range shots, is the most sports protect on the group by a wide edge, and - dissimilar to Kobe Bryant - needs to break in the tires on his auto, so to talk. He's the second-most youthful player on the group and was viewed as a first-round prospect before the second a large portion of his season with Mizzou spiraled descending. Much like last season with second-round pick Ryan Kelly, Clarkson ought to discover his route into the revolution as the amusements, and wounds, heap up.

These three players are no Kobe Bryant, however they are pieces in a riddle Byron Scott has been tasked with assembling. Youthful and Ellington have demonstrated themselves as gainful veterans on the group, while Clarkson frantically needs an opportunity to create close by them. This trio of watchmen will see developed minutes, particularly while Johnson sits, however that is not a terrible thing whatsoever. Each one can bring something to the floor and play inside the offense. Above all, they can do simply enough to permit Scott an opportunity to rest Kobe and keep him sound, which has rapidly turned into the No. 1 need this season.