Zach Lowe has already backed off his preseason belief that Deandre Ayton would work with the Los Angeles Lakers. Despite respectable numbers, Lowe now admits the fit simply has not clicked, and Ayton’s lack of impact has become impossible to ignore.
Speaking on The Zach Lowe Show, Lowe summed up the disconnect perfectly. “He’s averaging 14 and 8 and shooting 68 percent,” he said. “Despite the fact that it sounds like he is hitting the benchmarks that I assigned to ‘it works status’… it ain’t working.” That statement cuts to the heart of Ayton’s season so far, representing the purple and gold.