D'Angelo Russell Discussion: Adopting A Professional Attitude

No. And that's a pretty crappy way to start a dialogue on this site. You're better than that.

 

It's more than an exclamation. It's often used as a way to express disrespectful scorn. You may not have intended that, but the bare GTFO without explanation or added smiley could easily be taken that way. Also, I didn't take his response as an attempt to "moderate" you, but as a heads up re: how your post came across to him.

Back on topic. I've had dozens of ankle sprains over the years from playing ball. Some of the complete black and blue variety. I've never once layed out like that. I'm guessing he did because he said he doesn't ever sprain his ankles so maybe it was a new experience for him. I had a friend who I played ball with who acted like he was shot every time he rolled an ankle. It didn't make him a wuss, but he was for sure over dramatic about it. I'm more like the Kobe / old school approach to injuries.

 

Wasn't there a player who wasn't able to go because of a hangnail? I could've sworn it's SuperClown in Houston. Russell is only 19. He'll have his kiddie moments.

 

If he continues to play like that he will quickly become my favorite current Laker. I thought Clarkson was, but Russ is about to over take him for me.

 

^^ Those two make a fantastic backcourt combo.

 

Yeah it's not like we've watched Kobe do it for 20 years, Clarkson do it just last week, or Larry Nance twist his ankle and come back in the game later on.

I played sports through high school and college for a good 12 years or so. I'm a personal trainer. My wife is a physical therapist. Your not-so-subtle shot is pretty funny actually.

Besides I never said he a) had to keep playing or b) should keep playing. I said he overreacted when he twisted his ankle by collapsing in a heap on the floor as if he'd been trampled by a fat, angry rhinoceros. He's young. I know he'll learn from this and grow and after some healthy ripping from his teammates he'll likely stop overreacting like that.

 

Text is difficult to translate. It lacks tone. If I responded to your post with just the word "BULL****", it could be misconstrued in the exact same way.

Besides you didn't elaborate further. How else was I going to take it?

I get being scared. It's part of being young. That doesn't mean we can't give him crap for it. That's part of the process of how he'll learn not to make a big deal out of things. I thought he tore his Achilles the way he collapsed on the floor.

 

Yeah he's playing tonight. Atta kid. If you can go, go. If you can't, don't.

I hope that's one thing Kobe imparts on these guys.

 

I've been playing ball since 1980. In 01 I twisted my ankle. Heard a pop, felt like I got shot and knew, just knew it was broken. I was laid out and had no idea how I was gonna get to the hospital, let alone get off the court.

I demanded they do xrays. They said nothing was broken and to rest it. I just knew they were wrong.

I was playing on it 3 days later.

Point being, the immediate pain can cause DAR to act the way he did without it being broken or him being weak.