D'Angelo Russell Discussion: Adopting A Professional Attitude

DAR is only 19 or 20 guys, he's soo young. I wouldn't give up on him and his immense talent until he's 30.

 

Dlo/randle/hou 1st for pg13/al jeff.....then if we keep the pick, trade it to chi with dung for butler....stretch moz and give rest of $ to cp360

 

Russel plus minus of -32
Magic wore 32
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Illuminati

 

Right. This made no sense unless it was strictly for tanking.

 

How about you shave your head and put on big boy pants instead of some clown millenial who kicks the ball out of bounds!

 

Made sure to tell a reporter that of course.

 

really glad i didn't watch that one.

and i'm with elgin and rodg: benching russell makes little sense. he's not the most egregious offender for most of what ails the team.

i'd have preferred that someone from the FO had a long sit down with him about his future here, emphasizing that he should play like he wants to be here if he does indeed want to be here. who knows? maybe that already happened and he didn't respond.

btw, given his physique and lack of focus, i wondered recently if he drinks/parties too much. wild speculation at this point, but i don't understand the move given the facts to which we have access.

good job losing by 28 to a sub .500 team, though!

 

I wondered about partying and drinking too honestly. Something off the court because this just seemed too drastic based off that poor performance when he had been playing well.

 

i've thought about it for a while. can't explain it; he just looks like a guy who might overly enjoy himself off the court. and it could explain inconsistency of all kinds. it would also make sense that the lakers would want to keep that in-house. that said, it would be difficult for him to be big on the party scene in la given the media. but maybe he just sits around at home gettin' drunk with the bros.

again, i'm wildly speculating.

 

What I like with Ingram is that you know basketball is coming first. I can live with the results of someone putting in their best. Kobe got all kinds of slack because you knew his occasional failings were temporary and not from a lack of effort.

How many hair styles have you seen Ingram have?

How many have you seen with D'Angelo?

Maybe it's a dumb or unfair question, but I'd say D'Angelo has always been more concerned about his public image than any of the other youngins. I think it's also why he tweets more, talks too much, etc.

He needs to be reminded and embrace the fact that when you put basketball first, the other stuff will take care of itself. Instead he's dreaming up his next ice in his veins celebration instead of watching film smh.

 

You would think the kids that come out of the draft early would be those uber focused types, but that is clearly not the case. Some have gotten there on working pretty hard, but being very talented. Add that to the scouting checklist of things to look for. You really need both if you are going to draft an immature player. At least get one who is putting in the work, and doesn't feel the need to tweet about it at midnight to prove it.

"Let them sleep"

LMBO