Troy Daniels cemented his position in the Lakers’ “big three” (accompanied by LeBron James and Quinn Cook) with this sizzling seventeen-point shooting performance off the bench (there’s no rule that says that players who are part of a “big three” can’t come off the bench). Daniels has been quiet this season, rarely getting large amounts of minutes and sometimes even getting DNP’s (I’m assuming he’s getting load managed here), so it’s nice to see him pop off every once in a while. However, the wisdom of creating a deadly “big three” and then not even properly using all the players who are components of the “big three” is lost on me. I guess that’s why I’m not a coach or GM yet.
I see no reason that Daniels can’t do this more often. This man was put on this earth to shoot three-pointers. If he’s not shooting three-pointers, then his purpose in life is negated and he’s reduced to a soulless quasi-human who wanders around wishing that his life processes would spontaneously terminate. I personally have seen Daniels walking around Los Angeles in a daze, and if you try to talk to him, he looks at you with blank eyes and just keeps walking. That’s what happens to him when you’re not getting him at least fifteen minutes per game and/or four three-point attempts per game.
If the Lakers don’t want to use him properly, there are 29 other teams in this league that would love to incorporate him into their big three. For example, the Bucks would love to turn their “big two” of Giannis and D.J. Wilson into a “big three” of Giannis/Wilson/Daniels. That would be like guaranteed ‘chips until the end of time. It would be even better than the big three of Monta Ellis/Brandon Jennings/Marquis Daniels, a big three which, as everybody should be aware, made the playoffs at least one time.