NBA 2018-19 Season: 5 Issues that will bug the Lakers

#3 Skillset overlap

Sacramento Kings v Los Angeles Lakers

Whether it's a good thing or a bad thing remains to be seen, but one other problem the Lakers added to Luke Walton's plate with their summer acquisitions was that many of their players now have the same strengths, in addition to the same non-strengths/weaknesses.

Rondo and Lonzo are old-school point guards who can knock down the occasional open jumper but are playmakers by default on every play. Josh Hart and KCP are their prototypical 3-and-D types who can occasionally create for themselves and others off the dribble.

Lance and Brandon Ingram are mostly the kind of players who rely on their own handles to create their shots rather than playing off-ball - Ingram attempted very few 3-pointers last season for the volume of minutes he played.

Kuzma Michael Beasley are mostly isolation scorers - Beasley hasn't taken a high enough volume of catch-and-shoot 3-pointers in his career at a high percentage, and neither has Kuzma.

It remains to be seen how the Lakers use their players, but in games when both players in the pairs we've referred to are having bad shooting nights, the Lakers will have problems.