D'Angelo Russell Discussion: Opted In!

Glad he's back. We need all the help we can get at this point. Hopefully he can help with creation and not just be out there for cardio.

 

Ok carper.

 

Good game: D. Lo.

Frustrating dude: all he needs to his open shots. Doesn't need to do anything he's not capable of, the Laekrs don't need him getting to the line, shut down defense that he can't do Just show up to hit jumpers

 

Awful in the first half. Once the first one dropped, he hit a few big ones for us and helped move the ball but it was a rough journey getting to that point tonight.

 

yes, less talk, more action.

Keep him hungry coming off the bench I think. He's trying for his next contract. Maybe this is what he needs.

 

Did you guys notice his “defense” on Harden in the crunch? He was basically off to the side, just trying to place his hand in front of BeerdoMcFloppington’s face.

Get him outta here.

 

Came alive in the second half. Definitely nice to see.

 

Wait...huh? I mean I respect it...if it gets ppl thinking that he wants Ham fired, then I'm all for it.

The guy needs to be starting alongside Reaves, Vando, LeBron, and AD. BRING THE PLAYOFF LINEUP BACK`

 

This team needs his offensive production, simple as that .

You don't put a guy on the trade market of his value unless you quickly make a deal.

Lakers mishandled/misjudged this and now they're under 0.50

 

That’s what everyone expected but injuries and Ham’s insane inability to coach as simple as possible is really mind bottling

 

BINGO

 

I thought he played really well. Only 16 mins though?

 

Really good 3rd Q and was a big part of that 10-2 run.

He was chirping more than usual. First Barrett and then Dennis. Curious what caused that.

 

Ham can't feel a game , no reason for him to get 17 minutes and AR 32 minutes in this one

 

Huh? for every big 3 he made, he had a stupid TO and took dumb shots. After he cooled off he made a horrible pass to AD that he had no chance which led to a wide open 3 (5 point swing there) and while trying to get into it with Barrett took a pull up 3 where he was guarded and the Lakers had nobody downlown to rebound

 

You're not wrong but Austin was worse in this game .. Getting cooked on D and bricking open 3s

 

No one should ever complain about Austin's D compared to Dlo. Sorry Austin had a bad game relative to his normal but he's just a better player then Dlo and he hit the huge 3 to pull the Lakers ahead. There is basically no game where I would want Dlo to play more than AR

 

Austin's defense has looked worse than Dlo's one on many occasions this season imo .

Austin needs to go back to his last season version and do the little things he used to do on defense

 

Yep..I really don't understand why folks can't accept that. It seems better for him and the team, for him to come off the bench. It just gets turned into this...he's our 3rd best player stuff, so he should start, and play a lot more minutes.

That said...I still think that D'Angelo, needs to earn his spot back. He got benched for a reason, but the opportunity is there, for him to get it back.