Right now, Nick Young is an aging role player, and the Los Angeles Lakers are a very bad basketball team trending toward a total teardown.
Entering this season, both parties appeared headed in a different direction, but last week Young's relationship with the organization took an uncomfortable turn. The Lakers say they're committed to winning, and Young's skill set can, in some ways, help them do so. But the 30-year-old instead finds himself on the bench, unable to complement teammates who duplicate one another's production value.
Will they part ways sooner than later?
The good, the bad and the ugly
Young is an accurate shooter with range, an increasingly coveted characteristic in a league that’s fallen head over heels for space and efficiency. According to Synergy Sports, he ranks in the 89th percentile as a spot-up threat. (Only 13.9 percent of L.A.'s offensive possessions end in such attempts, which ranks dead last in the league. They could use more of them.)
Unfortunately, that’s all Young can do. He doesn’t pass, play defense, rebound or create off the dribble. The Lakers ...
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