D'Angelo Russell Discussion: Adopting A Professional Attitude

35+ minutes a game for the rest of the season is a must.

 

I think he'll get more time. He's been playing relatively well lately, and I think he deserves a promotion after the All-Star break. Start and finish games.

 

That full court pass to Kobe was nasty.

Where dat gif/video at?

 

NBA video SWAT team got it before it got out. 3 buildings destroyed in the process.

 

Byron should definitely be smarter, Russell deserves to be a starter.
I think Byron needs some glasses, he can't seem to see Russell's beautiful passes.

 

Exactly realdeal. Why air that out to the media? So you can save your own arse? I'm so sick of it.

Scott is all about saving himself and he doesn't care about the players....he's just a defensive a-hole.

 

JC caught on camera laughing, blue balls is funnier than hazing

 

Point Differential Since January 1st (20 games)

Russell on court........-6 (517 minutes)
Russell off court....-177 (443 minutes)

Over the course of 48 minutes, that's the difference between a -0.6 and -19.2.

Thanks to GoldenThroat.

 

By Play Type, PPP, Frequency, Percentile

Pick & Roll......0.71......40.9%....43rd
Spot-Up.........0.96......16.8%....55th
Transition.......0.95......15.5%....22nd
Isolation........0.95........4.8%....73rd
Hand Off........1.06........4.3%....78th
Post Up..........0.83.......3.9%.....50th
Cut................1.42.......3.1%.....85th
Off Screen......0.86.......2.7%.....35th

These are extremely encouraging splits relative to his age.

The Lakers lead the league in possessions used by a PnR ball handler, due to poor roll men and poor spacing principles. As evidenced by the fact that a 0.71 PPP still gets you in the 43rd percentile, these are very low PPP shots. He should improve on this shot as he learns his PnR reads, but he should ultimately be taking a LOT less of them, which will happen down the line. Unfortunately, those are the shots that are currently open more often than not on this team.

Transition numbers punish primary ball-handlers, because they're usually the only guys who turn it over on a fast break. For example, John Wall is in the 38th percentile in Transition, and James Harden is in the 42nd percentile. He needs to improve here, but it's not as bad as it looks.

He's been very efficient on two of the Play Types that are created off of motion (Cuts, Hand Off) and hasn't done well Off Screen on limited touches. He's been respectable on Spot Ups as well.

More commentary from GoldenThroat; breaking down the stats...

 

f*** off Byron. Never a positive thing to say about the kid. What a piece of s***. Get him the f*** out of here. So D'Angelo isn't as serious as Kobe. Who is?

 

Does Boron ever listen to himself when he talks?

 

Did you play with Magic ?

 

Here are the eFG% (effective field goal percentage) for our perimeter guys. I use this rather than TS% because Lou Williams is a damn witch and I don't think our system has anything to do with how many FTAs he gets.

eFG% of Laker perimeter players (no heaves included)

D'Angelo Russell......48.8%
Jordan Clarkson.......48.7%
Lou Williams............47.4%
Nick Young..............46.0%
Kobe Bryant............40.9%
Anthony Brown........40.1%
Metta World Peace....38.0%


The fact that a 19 year old is leading our perimeter players in eFG% not only says a lot about him, but a lot about how little help the guys get from the system. It's not just one guy...it's a team-wide issue

Edit. Credit to GT for the stats again...