JaVale McGee wants to expand his game. The athleticism that enables his pick-and-roll dives and strong rim-protection won't last forever, so he made a concerted effort in his first season with the Los Angeles Lakers to do more with the ball in his hands. Those adventures in perimeter ball-handling yielded mixed results to say the least, but McGee's offseason regimen is proving at the very least that he is committed to the idea. Watch him below gunning three-pointers.

McGee made one three-pointer last season on 12 attempts, but shooting can be developed fairly quickly. Brook Lopez made three total three-point attempts in the first eight years of his career. He made 134 in his ninth season. No two shooters are alike, but big men have shown a real aptitude for long-range shooting in recent years. Typically speaking, a year or two of reps have been able to make most centers at least competent from behind the arc.

Nobody is expecting McGee to become Lopez. If anything, most teams would probably prefer that he stick to what he does well. McGee was excellent close to the basket last season. Trouble tended to arise when he tried to do too much with the ball. The Lakers wasted a possession or two almost every night in McGee's laboratory. He was good enough at a low enough price point for it not to matter, but teams tend to prefer predictability out of their centers.

If McGee can learn to make the occasional three-pointer with some consistency, this will be a welcome addition to his game. What the Lakers, or whoever ends up signing him, should be worried about is McGee becoming overconfident and taking shots that he can't make.