The Lakers have a hole at small forward

Vladimir Radmanovic: good shooter, horrible defender Luke Walton: poor shooter, good defender If you combine the strengths of these two players, you have a pretty good small forward. If you combine their weaknesses, you have the worst player in the NBA. Walton had a couple of bad plays at the end of Game 3 that cost his team a chance at a comeback win. With the Lakers down seven and under five minutes to play, Walton failed to box out Boozer, who was shooting the second of two free throws. Boozer got his own rebound and made a strong move to the hole to complete the four-point play. Then, on a jump ball with the Lakers down four with 0:14 to play, Gasol tipped the ball to Walton who proceeded to fumble the ball away. It was interesting to see Kobe's reaction after the play. (He screamed at Walton, who probably deserved it.) These are two pretty simple plays for a supposedly high-IQ guy like Walton... (Read the rest of the article after the jump.)