Despite his limitations - average ball-handling for a PG, poor driving and finishing ability, poor athleticism - his strengths match up extremely well with the requirements for a PG in the Lakers' triangle offense. He is an excellent spot-up shooter who has proved his willingness to work alongside a ball-dominating 2 guard (Roy, soon to be Kobe) while still being effective with the touches he does get. What he doesn't have is the kind of crazy athleticism/potential of Shannon Brown and/or Jordan Farmar, but he could easily be the Lakers starting PG for the next 4 years.
My only concern is that the skills and contributions he brings to the table are almost identical to what Fish already provides for the Lakeshow. If Fish is re-signed (and I hope he is, if only because he's the 2nd clutchest man alive, after this guy), then the Lakers first and second-string PG's will play very, very similarly. And, while I realize that having a certain degree of redundancy is beneficial in some cases (spermicidal condoms, RAID drives) I've always liked the idea of having a change-of pace guard coming off the bench, like what Nate Robinson did for the Celtics in the Playoffs this year.
Regardless, this move does nothing to address the Laker's inability to guard top-tier point-guards (Blake is as bad as Fish) but they have added yet another layer to their already deadly offense and extended their championship window by a couple more years.
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