The two roster spots vacated by Spencer Dinwiddie and Taurean Prince were filled by rookies Dalton Knecht and Bronny James. Sure, the Lakers tried for veterans in the ways that they absolutely had to.

Early this season, LeBron James got off to a hot start, especially when it came to his 3-point shooting. He made a career-high 41% of his 3-point attempts last season, and he was at a scorching 45.9% from that distance in his 11 first games this season.

LeBron is shooting 39.6% in his last five games, he has missed his last 19 3-point attempts, and the Lakers are 2-3 in that stretch.