LeBron James, JJ Redick not concerned about Lakers' 3-point shooting

The Los Angeles Lakers have been seeming to coalesce into a very good team during the early weeks of this NBA season. They have won four games in a row and 10 of their last 12, and their 12-4 record puts them in third place in the Western Conference just half a game behind the second-place Denver Nuggets.

However, some stats suggest that the Lakers are just about mediocre. They're 19th in points per game and 14th in both offensive and defensive rating, but the most concerning stat right now seems to be their 33.3% 3-point accuracy, which is 26th in the NBA.

In Sunday's win over the Utah Jazz, they made just 26.3% of their attempts from 3-point range, and LeBron James and Austin Reaves combined to miss all but one of 12 such attempts. But James claimed afterward that he isn't concerned about this deficiency.

“It won’t last. We not worried about it. We got too many good shooters, it won’t last.

“... We getting great looks. I mean, if we were shooting bad shots and missing then we could be worrying about, 'how can we create better looks.' We’re getting great looks. All of us. So I’m not worried about that, the numbers will average out.”

Both Reaves and Doncic have been throwing up a lot of blanks from downtown so far this season, and both are at 31.1% from that area right now. Head coach JJ Redick seems to believe that the poor shooting L.A. has exhibited isn't indicative of a real problem that will last.

Via The Athletic:

“We’re literally one of the worst shooting teams in the NBA right now,” coach JJ Redick told his team after Sunday's game. “I don’t think that’s who we are. We’ve got to make shots. We’ve got to shoot them with confidence.”

The Lakers not only shoot a low percentage from beyond the arc, but they also don't attempt a lot of shots from beyond the arc. They rank 26th with 32.7 3-point tries a game, and while that isn't necessarily a bad thing, they do need to be efficient when they do let shots fly from deep.

Only time will tell if players such as Doncic, Reaves and James will start to creep back to their usual percentages from 3-point land.

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