D'Angelo Russell Discussion: Adopting A Professional Attitude

crossing my fingers. nothing better than a redemption story with dlo helping deliver a title whilst securing a giant bag on the back end. let's go.

 

https://x.com/KamBrothers/status/1709283368561766880?s=20

 

Success would complete his redemption story.

 

I expect a good season from DLO.

Main thing for him is going to be stepping up and playing good basketball consistently in the playoffs. Or at the very least, not being awful.

 

I guess breakout season would be defined differently for each player. If DLO comes in focusing on helping on the boards, playing better defense, shooting consistent even if not 40% from three and we win. Even minor improvements in those areas and consistent play for me would be a breakout season. Full camp, vote of confidence from the coach, and teammates. I'm in the DLO camp.

 

I like DLO, I will admit for his playoff woes and some other limitations I wouldn't have him in my starting line up. I understand Ham giving him the vote of confidence and trying it. Looked good last night but I don't trust him enough to show up in the playoffs consistently that I build around him. I prefer an AR/Max combo starting. DLO off the Bench, still for significant minutes.

 

Championship success? Or personal success?

 

i think max can do both, but he's not a pg. if you watched the game last night, you saw the difference dlo makes in the offense. we got much better looks with him out there. max can create some for himself, and i've seen him make some decent passes in the pick and roll, but there's a couple levels to jump before you can talk about him bringing what dlo does offensively.

 

Max does both quite well and has shown it. That is earning it as far as I'm concerned. Certainly over someone that has shown they can't do that.

 

Easily our second best player out there. Took a few shots to get into rhythm, but after that he was a


The conditioning work he put it looks to have helped.

 

Wow, T. That sounds like a lot of bias.

Not pro Max starting, but saying that?

 

we need to differentiate between Maxes...

Suggestions?

P.S. I do know they have different names and neither is Max, technically.

 

If any doubt in your post, then there's always Max C or Max L (MaxC or MaxL), or Christie or Lewis?



I'm not big on trying to generate agreed on nicknames for these guys that will come out organically from anecdotal information from the players themselves, but that's just me.

 

We just need one of them to play angry or break their face; then they cam be Mad Max