D'Angelo Russell Discussion: Adopting A Professional Attitude

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  1. therealdeal

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    Maybe put his calm face in situations where it doesn't make much sense? Pool parties? Sky diving? Scuba? Snake charming?
     
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    The picture inspires the gif, but you bring up an interesting option. Not sure those become gifs that get used though. I typically use gifs to express emotions.
     
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  3. therealdeal

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    True true. I'll leave the gif genius to you of course just trying to brainstorm a little.
     
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    For any faults DAR, he did seem to show the most personality out there. He was the most gifable player we had
     
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    Let's not forget the "insider" intel shared here by D-Fish Man, that "trust him no matter that it wasn't illegal, it was something you just don't want around your team". Paraphrasing.
     
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    Lakers getting run off the floor? HA!! A shout out to LVBD, his Bad Grandpa .... Good Morning!!

    Probably 5PM somewhere though and the (un?) controlled chain reaction has started today with the CP3 leaving Clippers and LBJ saying yesterday no way in hell he ever goes there .....

    :Beertoast2:
     
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    Apparently during Russ' presser he let out something about one of his teammates not being at a workout with him and somehow that was conveyed as "maybe said player was somewhere else when he said he was at the workout".

    D'Angelo has a case of word vomit. Everything just comes out.

    And people worry about Lonzo's short and concise answers to questions...he doesn't give the media ANYTHING to play around with.
     
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    I saw that clip, the people sitting next to him looked at him like wtf. I'd like to believe he meant it as a joke but it did not come across well.
     
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    Ahhh, a fresh start is just what he needed.

    Ok that's over. Time to lay the ground work for getting traded again.

    :Laugh:
     
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    I think D'Angelo will have a good year. Someone has to score for them (see Brook Lopez last year). They won't do any winning, but he'll approach 20 ppg.

    Doubt he ever becomes worthy of the #2 pick, but he'll have success in this league.
     
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    Yeah I could see him actually scoring around 25-26 ppg.
     
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    He's a baller and will be one of the better young players in the NBA. I'm still not over this trade...
     
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    Gotta get to the rim and draw fouls to be in that range. Something he doesn't do enough of.
     
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    We'll see

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
     
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    the nets are awful and literally have no one talented on the team aside from d-lo

    if he doesn't break out this coming season i'd be shocked
     
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    he'll get plenty of minutes when Lin hurts himself again
     
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    if the nets commit to running an offense based around russell's skills, he'll put up numbers. the lakers weren't. we'll see if that was smart.
     
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    maybe having free reign over everything will allow d-lo to finally display his passing skills

    we'll see if he's the passer people thought he'd be or if he really is better as a spot up shooter
     
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    I think he's still got good passing ability, he just gets lazy and careless with the ball. I thought him and Ball together would mean less opportunities for Russell to get lazy with the ball and give him more opportunities to just shoot the ball without thinking so much. I'm interested to see what Lin/Russell looks like.
     
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