D'Angelo Russell Discussion: Adopting A Professional Attitude

I think George is a bit over-rated. He's good but not a superstar by any stretch. Despite all the praise he's getting this season he's only shooting 41%.

 

That's my concern. When he's healthy, he's ridiculous, but he's injured a lot.

 

While I agree with pretty much everything said, I wonder what we sound like to non-Laker fans. We're hesitating to trade D'Angelo Russell for Anthony Davis?? The rational side of me says that's just super silly.

The Laker fan side of me is like "that dude is gonna come here and miss 42 games a year!"

I love Paul George for this team. I think that's just an awesome fit. Unfortunately I think that he's a great fit NEXT to Russell... My Russell trade list would be something like:

Curry, Davis, Westbrook, and George. If Durant wasn't an impending FA then him too. LeBron possibly, but I'm a little worried about his production falling off the deep end in a season or two. Karl-Anthony Towns possibly but (and I'm not just saying this) his knees still scare me a bit. His biomechanics are 100% better today than they were in college, but until he puts some meat on I'm worried. Same could be said for Russell I guess though.

 

Anthony Davis has the potential to be, and is at times right now, the best player in the game. Does Russell have that talent? Maybe, but to be honest I don't think so. That's not a knock on him, that kind of talent is staggering and Russell has the potential to be REALLY good. Russell I think could be the best PG in the game if he develops properly. However, Davis does things no one else can do.

Would it be a risk? Definitely. That doesn't mean we shouldn't do it. Signing Durant this summer is a big injury risk given his foot and the complications he's had on it, but we better damn well do it if we can.

I'm not disagreeing at all that it'd be a risk, but if New Orleans called us up and said," Hey we'll give you Anthony Davis for D'Angelo Russell right now", would you honestly say no?

 

Yeah I'm going to have to agree to disagree. I love what I've seen from Russell, but if you have a chance to get Anthony Davis you take it and run like a madman.

 

Guys...this is silly. I like Russell a lot. But I'd trade him, Randle AND Clarkson for The Brow and take my chances with his injuries. The dude is RIDICULOUS. And let's be honest, Anthony Davis + two max slots this offseason? If Durant leaves, he's coming here without even talking to other teams and probably bringing someone else like Derozen with him. It's Anthony F---ing Davis!

We sound insane...certifiably insane. Outside of Golden State, every team in the league would blow up their squad (that includes Cleveland) to get him. Because of the age discrepancies, Cleveland might even trade Lebron for him.

 

I get that. I wouldn't be unhappy if we picked up AD.

 

C'mon. We don't even know for sure if Russell will ever make an all-star team. I'd trade him for KD, Curry, Westbrook, Davis, Kawhi Leonard, Damian Lillard, Drummond, Harden, Jimmy Butler...that's just off the top of my head. And I think Russell will be a star. But those guys ARE stars and will make our two max slots 5 times more attractive this offseason.

 

That's cool. I'd trade anyone else on our team for most of those guys. Some of those guys I don't want anywhere near this team (Harden, at least). And some of those guys I'd be happy to move Randle and Clarkson for. Just not DA. He's the #2 pick, he's 19, and he's putting up historically good numbers at his age. He's a special player, too.