Recently, Lakers guard D'Angelo Russell played ambassador or was just a bit delirious depending on your perspective.

Unprovoked, Russell tweeted that he feels Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns is the second best center ‘by far' behind his teammate Timofey Mozgov.

https://twitter.com/Dloading/status/789742940440502272

Mozgov has been looking lively on the court in pre-season action after an injury plagued campaign last year.

The comments came shortly after a game which saw Mozgov dunk over Warriors center Zaza Pachulia and block Kevin Durant on a layup attempt.

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It's nice to see the big man active and playing again, but those are things Towns does regularly.

You can see more of Timofey Mozgov's highlight's below.

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