Dion Waiters isn’t the only free agent wing who will get a chance to prove his worth to the Los Angeles Lakers this week. There is another player who had a lot more success over the years with LeBron James that the Lakers will take a look at, former Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania.
Smith has been out of the league for the better part of two seasons but he and his representation have maintained all season that Smith has been working out regularly in Los Angeles to keep him in basketball shape. Smith played only 11 games last season with the Cavaliers before leaving the team and working out in exile.
In his last full season in the NBA, the 2017-18 season, Smith shot 37.5% from the 3-point line on 4.8 attempts per game. In his four playoff runs with the Cavaliers, Smith shot 40.6% from the 3-point line on a total of 493 3-point attempts. If the Lakers sign him, the hope for them is that he can bring the same type of 3-point shooting he showed during Cleveland’s playoff runs to the Lake Show.
