2018-19 NBA Preview: Areas of improvement for each Lakers youngster

#4 Josh Hart - Scoring moves

Josh Hart is already a pretty good player to have coming off the bench for any team

Based on what we saw of the Vilanova graduate last season and over the course of the 2018 Summer League, Josh Hart is already a pretty good player to have coming off the bench for any team.

For one, he is a rabid competitor and that drives him to play some of the most stifling defense I've seen a rookie play. He also flashed the ability to be an adequate playmaker when given the chance, though it is unclear how often he'll be used in that role given the presence of Rajon Rondo and LeBron James in addition to Lonzo Ball on the same team.

In my opinion, his role will be a lot more off the ball this season - he will be one of the first players coming off the bench for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in all likelihood. This means an increased role as a spot-up shooter as for Brandon Ingram, but not all scoring even alongside LeBron is done as just a shooter.

Hart is a pretty good driver of the ball, but he needs to add more variety to his scoring game in order to top out at his projected ceiling as a valuable two-way guard.

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