We’re just one game into the Los Angeles Lakers season and it seems the team already has some issues after LeBron James criticized the team’s offense and shooting following the season-opener to the Golden State Warriors by a score of 123-109 on Tuesday night.
During his postgame press conference, James was asked about the team’s poor shooting during Tuesday’s loss and the NBA star blamed the team’s poor construction, indicating that there aren’t a lot of quality three-point shooters on the roster.
“We’re getting great looks, but it could also be teams giving us great looks,” James said after the game. “To be completely honest, we’re not a team constructed of great shooting. That’s just the truth of the matter. It’s not like we’re sitting here with a lot of lasers on our team. That doesn’t deter us from still trying to get great shots. When you get those opportunities, you take them. But we’re not sitting here with a bunch of 40+ [percent] career three-point shooting guys.”
I don't know. One guy seems to be shooting both pretty straight and pretty liberally! https://t.co/vWhIAXjjw7
— Dan Devine (@YourManDevine) October 19, 2022
he's not wrong but also lololol https://t.co/X8s6vH9nTV
— Brett Molina (@brettmolina23) October 19, 2022
"it could also be teams giving us great looks"
this is honest and true https://t.co/hV2XfxfWuE pic.twitter.com/Tm4pRUva9u
— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) October 19, 2022
https://twitter.com/hmfaigen/status/1582617670372818944?s=20&t=nhT9aFOviYaTNJatSGKzLw
It is game 1 https://t.co/5uyorAEZKQ
— Jake Madison (@NOLAJake) October 19, 2022
Jeanie Buss gave Lakers Vice President Of Basketball Operations and General Manager Rob Pelinka an extension through the 2025-26 season to match up with new head coach Darvin Ham. Why? No one knows. https://t.co/wNJniK3q5J
— Dart_Adams (@Dart_Adams) October 19, 2022
The good news is, the Lakers have plenty of time to fix these issues. The bad news is, complaining like this after the first game of the season is never a great sign.
