D’Angelo Russell is back with the Lakers after playing his first two seasons in Los Angeles. Russell, who is headed to unrestricted free agency this summer, says he’s grown a lot personally and professionally since his first stint with the franchise, Dave McMenamin of ESPN writes.
“I mean, a lot has happened since I’ve been here, right?” said Russell, who was acquired by the Lakers as part of a three-team deal with Minnesota and Utah. “I was an All-Star, went to the playoffs. I’ve done a lot of things individually. So to come back with that resume, I feel like it helps the team.”
We have more from the Pacific Division:
- The dramatically improved Kings were quiet at the trade deadline and that was by design, GM Monte McNair told Chris Biderman of the Sacramento Bee and other media members. “We looked at moves that may help us in the short term and help solidify that,” McNair said in a subscriber-only story. “But at the same time, what this group’s done — we have guys that have been in and out of the rotation that we think can help us out. I think we have a lot of depth already, and guys that have already proven they can help us. The continuity of the group is something we haven’t had as much of. We’ve had a lot of turnover lately, and now that we’ve had success, we think that (continuity) can be a big part of our stretch run as well.”
- The Clippers still do not have a traditional point guard after making multiple deals but they could look to the buyout market to fill that need, according to Law Murray of The Athletic. Russell Westbrook or Patrick Beverley, who have very different skill sets, are candidates to fill their open roster spot if and when they’re waived and become free agents.
- Dillon Brooks is headed to free agency this summer, but Grizzlies GM Zach Kleiman said the team wasn’t looking to move the veteran wing – who has struggled offensively – before the trade deadline, according to Evan Barnes of the Memphis Commercial Appeal. “Dillon Brooks is a huge part of this team,” Kleiman said. “Dillon Brooks is not someone who was shopped or anything to that effect at the deadline. He’s someone who we view as a critical component of this group and very much hope and could see him playing a big role for us for years to come.”
Obviously, He isn’t watching tonights game. We have 4 centers on this roster just taking up space and money and are worthless; Mitchell is way to inconsistent to even be a back up. He needs to get off his A** and do his job. Everyone else got better and we did NOT. We will be lucky by the end of this campaign if we even make the playoffs now.
Come down you act like season over. Jesus sometimes not trade is better.
Two games ago, Total Blow Out; then we won a game by 2 pts, then another Blow Out. We are just 4 or 5 game losing streak away from maybe Not even making the playoffs. Everyone else got better, in our Div / Conf except us. Even a lot of the Beat Writers are saying the Kings F***ed up. And you look at the remaining games on the Schedule, at least 2/3 of them are Playoff Bound Teams, a lot of them on the road. If we can NOT even beat the 3 bottom dwellars in the whole NBA on our Home Court, and we lost at least 3 games to sub-500 Teams on our Home Court, then yes, we are in deep S***. We were lucky in many of our wins up to now when their Top Scorers were out, but whats going to happen when we play them again at full health. Hell We lost to Philly w/ their Top 2 Scoreers Out and the third in foul trouble most of the game. Even “IF” we make the playoffs are are bounced out first round, hands down. The Pacific Division and Conference are stacked with stars compared to the East. We Needed a back up SF; Back up PG (Mitchell is a total bust); and a better back up Center, which we got none.
Russell never liked the fact Lakers gave up on him (Magic). Maybe he comes in and balls out. Best way to show Magic. That you are better than Lonzo. Bron could be a good influence. Still Lakers might, might get out of 1st rd.
DeLo wrote his ticket out of town when he told Swaggy P’s fiancé that he was fooling around. A very immature thing to do. He was young. Everyone makes mistakes. Time to ball
Snapchat ruined two lives on those old Lakers teams. Maturity would be a nice skill to add to the current group.