Golden State Warriors guard D'Angelo Russell modeled his game after Stephen Curry when he came into the NBA.
Russell says because he was frail and a good shooter like Curry, he watched how the Warriors star was still able to dominate the game despite not being the strongest guy out there.
On Tuesday, he mentioned he modeled his game after the former MVP and hopes to learn as much as he can from Curry.
“I mean coming into the league, I was kind of frail and I could shoot the ball a little bit. I could pass the ball a little bit,” Russell said, via Logan Murdock of NBC Sports Bay Area. “So just watching him throughout his process of being able to guide and take advantage of being frail and how I use that against a stronger defender, or how he got his shot off and get some more athletic defenders, stuff like that.
“I tried to take away from [that] cause that's something that I had a problem with coming into the league. Like I said, playing a few years, watching … his process and a few other guys' processes, you see, you pick up on things.”
The Warriors are really excited to see what Stephen Curry and D'Angelo Russell can do together in the backcourt while All-Star Klay Thompson rehabs his ACL injury.
Russell averaged 21.1 points, 3.9 rebounds and 7.0 assists last season while shooting 43.4 percent from the field, 36.9 percent from beyond the arc and 78.0 percent from the free-throw line.
Neither Russell nor Curry are good defenders, but both guards can light it up on offense.
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