Lakers Guard Ready To Ease LeBron James, Anthony Davis Burden, Explains Plan

The Los Angeles Lakers have high expectations to meet during the 2019-20 NBA season, especially since they signed Anthony Davis to partner LeBron James, who arrived last summer. The three-time champion’s debut season was fraught with injury and after straight NBA Finals appearances, he missed the playoffs for the first time since the 2004-05 season.

Davis came in from New Orleans Pelicans, while they also signed Danny Green, Dwight Howard, JaVale McGee, Avery Bradley and Rajon Rondo among others in the summer. The arrival of the former Pelicans forward saw them instantly placed as one of the favorites to win the 2020 NBA championship but Frank Vogel will have to get his team playing as a unit.

James and Davis are certain starters and the head coach will have to find the other pieces to complement them in the starting lineup. Shooting guard Green came forward and in no uncertain terms claimed that he will be a perfect fit alongside the two All-Star’s during the regular season.

The 32-year-old is fresh off winning the 2019 NBA championship with Toronto Raptors and has already formulated a plan to help James and Davis on the court. He has experience playing with elite forwards having played with Tim Duncan during his time with San Antonio Spurs and Kawhi Leonard when he was part of the Raptors.

“I think I’m going to fit perfectly fine alongside LeBron and Anthony Davis. Those guys are very good. They’re superstars at attacking and getting to the basket and pretty much doing everything. A lot of teams try to double-team them, and if you have floor space, it’s harder to double-team, so my job is really to play defense, space the floor and make it easier for them to operate one-on-one,” Green said, as quoted on Silver Screen and Roll.

Green played 80 games for the Raptors last offseason averaging 10.3 points and 4.0 rebounds in 27.7 minutes played. He also averaged a career-high 45.4 percent shooting from beyond the arc while shooting 5.4 three-point attempts per game, also a career-best.