D’Angelo Russell is staying in Laker Land.
, who took over for Darvin Ham as the Lakers’ head coach, as a big reason why he spurned free agency to return to LA.
“I love what JJ is about and I really see myself thriving under his guidance to help win at a high level,” Russell said, per ESPN. Los Angeles Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell drives past Denver Nuggets guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in the second half of Game 5 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series Monday, April 29, 2024, in Denver.In his ninth season in the NBA, Russell averaged 18 points per game on 45.6 percent shooting and 41.5 percent from 3 to go along with 6.3 assists and 3.1 rebounds.
Russell, whose name has consistently been in trade rumors since he arrived in Los Angeles, could be used as a trade piece for the Lakers with his cap-friendly expiring contract as the team looks to extend its championship window around LeBron James and Anthony Davis. , who puzzlingly took the ball-handler out of the Lakers’ starting lineup in January during a tough stretch, per The Athletic.
Russell’s 2023-24 season culminated with a strange moment on the Lakers’ bench during a 112-105 Game 3 loss in the first round to the Nuggets when he appeared to be on his phone and eating during a team huddle. The Lakers would end up being eliminated from the postseason by Denver for the second season in a row two games later.How J.D.
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