D'Angelo Russell Articles - Page 31

This time last year, D’Angelo Russell was in the same position that Brandon Ingram‘s in today, with a few wrinkles. Kobe Bryant is gone, and Luke Walton is the Lakers‘ head coach rather than Byron Scott. But, the same pressures remain. Russell and Ingram are the number two overall picks from each of the last […]

Highly-touted out of Ohio State, No. 2 overall-pick D’Angelo Russell had his share of highs-and-lows under former coach Byron Scott. Enter the Luke Walton era. The 36-year-old is now the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers and Russell is loving every bit of it. “He’s one of the best people I know, as far […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have added another player to their training camp roster. After signing Travis Wear and Zach Auguste last week, the team now has a total of 18 players on the roster with the signing of former USC Trojan Julian Jacobs on Thursday. The 6’4″ guard will train with the team and is looking to crack […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are finally starting over after the retirement of  Kobe Bryant last season, but they’re off to a head start. The team us full of young players that have a new coach, so expectations are not as high as they normally would be. This young team is looking to exceed whatever expectations that […]

NBA offseason is at its most quiet period currently. The Olympics are over, Draft Day is a distant memory, and most free agent signings and trades have already happened. NBA fans don’t have much going on right now other than a few hot news pieces and speculations. However, the biggest basketball video game series’ newest […]

It’s no secret that D’Angelo Russell didn’t get along with now-former Lakers head coach, Byron Scott. Scott publicly criticized Russell’s maturity and focus, and Russell wasn’t afraid to throw a few shots as well. Rather than give the rookie experience late in close games, Scott often benched him. That shouldn’t be an issue with the […]

Los Angeles Lakers point guard D’Angelo Russell has been compared to NBA great Penny Hardaway by many, which is quite the compliment for a player heading into his second year in the league. The No. 2 pick in the 2015 draft shares many similarities to the four-time NBA All-Star. Both are sizeable guards that can facilitate […]

Kobe Bryant has been retired for four months now, and the Los Angeles Lakers sure have been busy. Drafting Brandon Ingram was a great move, signing Luol Deng and Timofey Mozgof got the team some veteran presence, and getting Luke Walton to coach the Lakers is a big boost. But whenever these young Lakers need some advice, […]

Nick Young‘s future with the Los Angeles Lakers is still up in air, even though he’s yet to be bought out or moved. His tenure with the franchise has started to sputter, and many fans are ready for the Purple & Gold to move on with their young core. A lot could change for Young […]

August is a really good time for NBA players to start their conditioning in preparation for a grueling training camp. These professional athletes know better than to force their bodies into doing rigorous activities instantly. That’s why Los Angeles Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell is already putting in the needed work. In this video courtesy of […]

The Los Angeles Lakers aren’t ready to attract a big-name free agent yet. That might change in a few years. Kevin Durant wouldn’t even give the Lakers a meeting as the entire league attempted to court him this summer. KD met with the Warriors, Thunder, Clippers, Spurs, Celtics and even probably gave the Knicks more […]

The video below starts out promising. The slow-motion and focus on D’Angelo Russell has you thinking the young Laker is about to take Jimmy Butler to school. Then, the opposite happens. “Get that weak stuff out of here, young blood.” – Jimmy Butler, probably. D'Angelo Russell vs. Jimmy Butler Advantage: Jimmy 'No' Bucketshttps://t.co/RRaLtcilXt — Bleacher […]

D’Angelo Russell averaged 22 points, six rebounds, and four assists for the Los Angeles Lakers in the Las Vegas Summer League. Apparently, those numbers were not good enough to be named to the first or second All-Summer League teams. Russell only played in four games. By contrast, Tyus Jones of the Minnesota Timberwolves, who averaged […]

The 2016 NBA Summer league has been exciting. After watching another loaded NBA Draft, fans can hardly wait to see how the upcoming season plays out. The excitement was so high that even Los Angeles Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell tweeted about imagining how it will be playing with the latest rosters in NBA 2K17. https://twitter.com/Dloading/status/748747700552687616 Some […]

The Los Angeles Lakers had an impressive summer league this year winning, three of five games, and had some memorable performances from their core players. One of the more impressive ones was from their starting point guard, D’Angelo Russell. From his buzzer-beating three-pointer to win a game for the Lakers, to his new-found leadership qualities, […]

More drama has unfolded in the Nick Young–Gilbert Arenas saga, with Young firing back after Arenas roasted the former on snapchat. Seeing that “Swaggy P” has had a strong history of being “mature”, he would have been the bigger man in this situation. Of course, that would be the dream scenario if Nick Young actually […]

In an atypical change to the common story lines of the NBA, Jose Calderon recently mentioned in an interview that he “would’ve been the backup point guard” in New York if they had someone like Derrick Rose earlier in his time there. Overall, Calderon’s general skill-level and effectiveness have decreased significantly in recent years, which […]

D’Angelo Russell hit the 3-point dagger with 1.8 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter to give the Lakers a 70-69 win over the 76ers in last night’s Las Vegas Summer League game. Russell stole the limelight from the anticipated Ben Simmons versus Brandon Ingram rookie show with a dominant scoring performance. He was 8-of-20 from the field, […]

It wasn’t the best day for D’Angelo Russell. The Lakers and Russell could not find a way to get a lead over Philly. D’Lo was 6-18 from the field going into the last 30 seconds or so of the 4th quarter. That is when he got going. The Lakers were down two points with 10 […]

The off court drama for Lakers guard Nick Young continues. A TMZ video shows ‘Swaggy P’ picking up a lit firework which then explodes in his hand during a Fourth of July celebration. This video comes one year after New York Giants defensive end Jason Pierre Paul blew off pieces of three fingers during a […]

After young celebrity rapper/mogul Lil B aka “The Based God” cursed Lakers young star point guard D’Angelo Russell live on SportsNation, throngs of fans pleaded with Lil B on all social media platforms to recant the dreaded BasedGod curse that has plagued the likes of OKC Thunder superstar Kevin Durant and Houston Rockets icon James […]

Now that Ben Simmons has made it into the NBA, being drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers first overall on Thursday night, Karl Anthony-Towns and D’Angelo Russell recall the time where they all played together in a game. Russell and Simmons were on the same team and went up against Towns in high school. According to their account, […]

Two former rivals in the Sacramento Kings and the Los Angeles Lakers have fallen on tough times lately, and now they’re currently in talks to make a deal to help them potentially become playoff contenders once again. According to ESPN’s Marc Stein, the Kings are “heavily engaged in trade talks” to land former number two […]

During this NBA season, the Lakers were overcome with an unfortunate off-the court situation between Nick Young and D’Angelo Russell. As we know, D’Angelo Russell secretly recorded a private conversation between himself and Nick Young that immediately went viral. Russell has continued to try to build a rapport once again with the teammates and understands […]

After the well-known scandal between rookie D’Angelo Russell and fellow teammate Nick Young, the young point guard has burned some bridges in the Lakers locker room and seems to be a consistent member of package deals rumored to be in store for the Los Angeles Lakers. As the draft looms ahead on Thursday, the Lakers […]

With this year’s historic NBA Finals now history, the entire league turns to the offseason and, specifically, key additions to be made by every team over the summer. From blockbuster trades to key squad additions through the draft and free agency, general managers have already begun answering calls, and rumors now turn into chatter throughout the […]

Have the chickens come home to roost for D’Angelo Russell? After a series of incidents regarding cursing James Harden and Kevin Durant, rapper Lil B is back again, and this time it’s aimed at the Lakers rookie. Initially Lil B stated he would issue a warning to Russell regarding his infamous snitch video, where he […]

The Los Angeles Lakers aren’t that high on DeMar DeRozan after all. Just a day after DeRozan was blunt in saying his attention is on returning to the Toronto Raptors, Bleacher Report’s Kevin Ding has reported that the Lakers may not make the shooting guard a priority this summer: Ding stated the following on Bleacher […]

On Saturday afternoon, D’Angelo Russell dodged a bullet after Lil B revealed that he would not be cursing the Lakers guard. After Russell released a controversial video of Nick Young earlier this year, many have been called on the Based God to put a curse on the rookie guard. However, Lil B decided not to […]

Things sure were wild at the end of the 2015-16 season for the Los Angeles Lakers. Beyond the outpour from fans around the world at the retirement of future Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant – and the Mamba’s ridiculous 60-point finale – media was all over Laker-town due to the recording fiasco between rookie D’Angelo […]

It seems the Los Angeles Lakers don’t have any interest in trading their top-three pick after all. Assuming the Lakers retain their top-three pick in this year’s draft, general manager Mitch Kupchak laughed off the notion that the team would be looking to trade its pick, via the Thompson and Trudell radio show on ESPN710 in […]

While the Los Angeles Lakers may have a chance at getting the No. 1 overall pick after finishing with the second worst record in the NBA, it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re going to use it. Colin Cowherd of Fox Sports 1 reports that the Lakers will likely be trading their top-three pick in order to […]

D’Angelo Russell sure had an interesting rookie year with the Los Angeles Lakers. Not only was he playing in Kobe Bryant‘s final season, but he also butted heads with recently fired head coach Byron Scott and made headlines in a bad way after recording a private conversation about teammate Nick Young cheating on his fiancée […]

You can count Luke Walton as a believer in the Los Angeles Lakers‘ young core. Although Walton was just hired as head coach a few days ago, he has already made a mark by discussing his vision for the future of the franchise. As a player who won two championships with the Lakers, Walton knows […]

Before he was hired as the newest head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, Luke Walton was the hottest name on the free agent coaching market. While Walton is currently serving out his tenure as Golden State Warriors head coach, he literally had interest from every team looking to fill a head coach void. Yet, […]

Everyone knows the incident between Los Angeles Lakers players D’Angelo Russell and Nick Young, where Russell secretly recorded Young discussing his affair with another young woman, and how it gained Russell a reputation as doing the unforgivable for teammates. He broke the bro code, Thou shalt not snitch. Or something like that. For a comedian, this is […]

Iggy Azalea doesn’t look totally done with Los Angeles Lakers’ forward Nick Young, after the D’angelo Russell recording fiasco a short while ago. Iggy came to visit half way through the process of Nick Young getting a new tattoo that says ‘Born Rebel’. She apparently arrived just in time to point out that the tattoo […]

While Kobe Bryant will say goodbye to the Los Angeles Lakers, Jordan Clarkson remains confident he won’t this offseason. The 23-year-old Clarkson will be a restricted free agent this summer. Although the Lakers have struggled over the past couple of years, the young guard has proven to be Los Angeles’ most consistent player over that […]

The Los Angeles Lakers came into this season with expectations that it would be a rebuilding year, but a recent article written by Michael Pina brings to light the notion that Kobe Bryant’s farewell tour negatively affected the progression of the Lakers’ young nucleus during the 2015-2016 NBA season. Knowing that the Lakers would not be fortunate enough to compete for an NBA […]