D'Angelo Russell Discussion: Adopting A Professional Attitude

i miss metta already

NO2:

 

So the phone thing is still getting brought up but let's all forget the fact that NICK YOUNG CHEATED ON HIS GIRLFRIEND!!

 

only thing i can figure is that some circles know that it wasn't a mistake? because i mean, if it's acknowledged that it was just teenage d******ery...people should have been over it. a long time ago.

 

A sincere apology goes a long ways. If that didn't occur, then it will linger longer.

I think he'll be an All Star, so Magic and Rob must have felt they were trading him for PG, plus a pick, plus an All Star center they may flip for additional assets, and of course the cap room to make it all happen.

I don't think this trade can be properly evaluated yet, but I'm already ok with the return because it helped us open a max slot for a mature developed player that I have confidence we'll sign.

 

once the lakers use that space to acquire someone, i've forgotten about it. or if russell stagnates or regresses. but man, you've got to feel REALLY confident to make that move at that point. and magic said very specifically that he was. so we'll see.

 

Guys... @trodgers and i go way back to CL days so, not sure if he wanted me to tell y'all, but trodgers (Travis Rodgers) is D'Angelo's personal hair stylist and tattoo artist. He was a philosophy professor, but summers he flies around the country as a highly sought-after barber/hairstylist and tattoo artist. He connected with D'Lo at summer league last year in vegas and stayed in contact ever since. That's why he's been so much in Russell's corner, defending him here at LB. Last I PMed him, he said he was quitting his job at the university and getting paid quite handsomely to move to Brooklyn to work for D'Lo full time. Travis and his family are happy and well. But, his days here at LB are behind us.

 

yeah without PG i don't see this team winning more than 25 games

unless ball starts draining 3s right away, we have absolutely no one who can consistently shoot the long ball. rebounding is another very weak area aside from randle and LNJ

and on top of that, we all know this team doesn't play D. the d-lo trade will really only be justified in my eyes if we can land PG. there's still time obviously but in the meantime we'll have to endure yet another 50+ loss season

 

Maybe when things cool off a bit you'd be willing to give your take on it, I'd love to hear it. Going to miss you and your numbers, hope you return sooner than later.

 

It's not often that @trodgers is so clearly and blatantly wrong, but if his response is to run and hide in the face of adversity, that's just weak sauce.



I hope DLO does something really stupid soon and helps you realize that it wasn't so bad. I totally agree he'll likely end up being a multi-time all star, but if he was a disruptive force to a championship chi ala Dwight, I'm willing to roll with our other guys. We potentially had a drafted lineup of 5 future all stars which is cool and incredibly rare, but if the fit wasn't there, then someone had to go.

I trust that the stuff behind the scenes we don't know about and the two girls that DLO got pregnant and paid for the abortions on is just the beginning of what has happened in the last couple of years.



/allegedly

 

If it makes you feel any better, I know the amount of time you spent compiling data feels like a total waste of time right now. I feel it too, but just in hundreds of hours of gifs.

Here is a chunk of the work I did that now hits the trash heap for me or is "archived". I feel your pain in that regard, but I do think the team made the right decision. Only time will tell though.

 

if I cared enough I suppose

I'm kind of bummed that the new guy isn't a super facial expression guy. Limits the possibilities. Like Lou Williams. His face didn't change. Nothing. Nada.