Danny Green praised the Lakers’ revamped roster but questioned whether their youth and inexperience could hurt them in the playoffs.
Former NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers Danny Green gave his honest take on the new-look Lakers roster.
Position
PG, SG
Age
27
Height
203 cm
Weight
104 kg
Birth place
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Green likes the new pieces they were able to bring around Luka Doncic, believing the Lakers will be a great regular-season team, although their youth and inexperience could hurt them in the playoffs.
“I mean, at first I wasn’t sure where they were going the direction and then everything happened so fast. And I was like, ‘Damn, OK. This piece, that piece.’ And I liked a lot of the pieces they picked up,” Green said via Lakers Nation.
“I know they’re young, so not super experienced. I think they’re going to be a pretty good regular season team. Playoffs, I don’t know because of the youth and experience, but I like the moves they made, I like the pieces they have. They have more depth, they got younger and faster. They can get out and run a little more.”
Danny Green names Lakers’ potential X-factors
Green also pointed out some Lakers players who could make an immediate impact next season.
“There’s a couple of people, man. Obviously we know what Austin and Luka can do and then you got a lot of heavy on Walker Kessler. But I’m looking at guys like the rook, Cameron Carr, but like Ziaire (Williams) and Mamu (Sandro Mamukelashvili),” he said.
“Like those two guys, Collin Sexton, a defensive presence that could come off the bench or start, be a point guard for them. Those three guys, to me, can be X-factors for the group, like what Jake (LaRavia) was last year. Jake can still carry that over and be better, but I think those three guys are guys that I’m looking at that can probably make a jump and make this team dangerous, if they progress.”
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