New Laker Vladimir Radmanovic's defense and rebounding have been surprisingly strong in practice, but his shooting has been off the mark as he battles a hand injury, the L.A. Times is reporting.

"I don't really worry about my shot right now," said Radmanovic, who extends his left hand for handshakes because of the soreness of the right hand. "It's stayed pretty bad so I'm not able to take the shot the way I want it. Nothing I can do about it. It's starting to heal, and hopefully it's going to be soon."

Radmanovic has strained ligaments between the pinkie and ring finger of his right hand, an injury he suffered last week when he was swatted while going up for a shot during pregame warmups.

"It was one of the coaches," Radmanovic said. "I won't say who, but his name's Brian Shaw."