Despite the so-far successful season for the Los Angeles Lakers, the team is riddled with inconsistencies and glaring flaws in their game that continues to be exposed. 

A defense that varies from disappointing to downright dangerous, a lack of efficiency from three-point range and an occasional lack of effort, at least in head coach JJ Redick's eyes, have been just some of the most obvious issues that the Lakers have exhibited.

It's no secret that Redick, now in his second year at the helm, has a no-nonsense approach to his coaching and a less-than tolerant attitude to mistakes. He's shown his displeasure most significantly following losses, like the ominous warnings  of an uncomfortable practice he gave his team after their Christmas Day loss to the Rockets.

Even on successful days, Redick is looking for things to improve and he found another issue following the Lakers' Jan. 2 win over the Memphis Grizzlies that led him to frustration despite the positive result in the box score. 

Redick revealed to reporters on Jan. 3, one day before the Lakers' next game against the Grizzlies, that his team had botched eight of the 12 ATOs, plays that were called by Redick immediately following a timeout. 

“The frustrating part is just that you’re looking for carryover,” Redick said pregame Sunday (via The Athletic). “So you’re looking, whether it’s a practice to shootaround, a film session, you look for carryover. The most immediate carryover you could have is being able to execute an ATO.”

LeBron James was equally frustrated with the lack of execution from his team and the disorder that it brings to their play on the court and he contrasted it with the consequences that he would face as a younger player if he or his teammates misplayed an ATO.

"It's unacceptable. It's something that, I can't speak for everybody, but when I was growing up, one, you watch the group ahead of you... that was one that get you running suicides or sprints. Another one was if you mess up a play out of a timeout that would be another one that would get you running sprints. That's just how I was brought up," James said (via Dave McMenamin).

Los Angeles took the discussion Redick has between games to heart and showed a major adjustment in the following game, a 120-114 win over Memphis, that exemplified the accountability the team was taking and the fact that they were listening to the things their head coach was saying, which may have felt like a breath of fresh air for Redick. 

Redick announced after the Jan. 4 win over the Grizzlies that the Lakers only messed up one ATO compared to the eight from the game before. Still leaving room for improvement, Redick graded the Lakers' performance on that front an "A-minus." 

The ideal situation is that the Lakers don't make any mistakes in the first place that warrant a heart-to-heart from their head coach, but James can at least appreciate how quickly the turnaround from his team came. 

"It's great that we can have that type of conversation. Guys hear it, take full responsibility and come in here and make that 180 change right away," James said.