KENDALL MARSHALL CONTINUES TO PROVE THAT HE IS A STARTING POINT GUARD IN THE NBA - ALL-MET ELITE

KENDALL MARSHALL

CONTINUES TO PROVE

 THAT HE

IS A

STARTING POINT GUARD

 IN THE NBA 

 ALL-MET ELITE

BISHOP O'CONNELL HS.

ARLINGTON VA.

In Thursday’s loss to the OKC Thunder, Marshall racked up 17 assists which tied his career-high that he set on Jan. 5 against the Denver Nuggets in his second start for the Lakers. His two 17-plus assists games this season are tied for the league lead and his six 14-plus assist games rank him second in the NBA this year.

The second-year guard has now made 16 starts with Los Angeles, and entering Thursday’s game was averaging 11.9 points and 11.5 assists as a starter. This also included a stretch of five straight double-doubles and 14 games of double-digit assists totals.

What these numbers show is that Marshall has taken full advantage of a dire point guard situation when he first signed with the team in mid-December. What it also shows is that the 22-year-old can be a solid starting point guard when given the opportunity to do so.

“The biggest thing is confidence,” Marshall said. “All my coaches and teammates are instilling confidence (in me) that makes it easy to go out and play, which you got to give them credit for that.”

Marshall's play has not gone unnoticed as Lakers head coach Mike D’Antoni has been quite impressed by his performance as the team’s starting point guard.

“His numbers are definitely nice,” D’Antoni said. “He has definitely responded. He is playing really, really, really well.”