D’Angelo Russell has solely performed six video games for the Lakers this season however his impression has been greater than noticeable.
Russell notched a season-high 33 factors in yesterday’s loss to the Knicks and is averaging 19.2 factors, 6.2 assists and 4 rebounds per recreation for the Lakers.
The 27-year-old was traded from LA to Brooklyn in 2017 for causing issues throughout the crew and now that he’s again, he appears to be enjoying with renewed goal.
“D’Angelo Russell very a lot wished a second probability in LA with the Lakers and also you’ve seen the impression he made coming again towards Toronto the opposite evening, enjoying nice in a win, and once more tonight,” ESPN”s Adrian Wojnarowski mentioned at halftime yesterday. “He needs to be the purpose guard of the longer term for this group. He’ll be a free agent this summer season.”
Because it stands, the Lakers solely have LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Jarred Vanderbilt and Max Christie beneath contract for subsequent 12 months, and in principle, they may unencumber round $32 million in cap house to chase a big-name participant.
Nevertheless, their present new-look crew is already performing nicely and resigning some current gamers like Russell might nicely repay.
“Man if we get one coaching camp beneath our belt with this group, the sky’s the restrict,” Russell said on Friday. “With that being mentioned, we don’t have a coaching camp beneath our belt, and the sky’s nonetheless the restrict.
“Our guys are prepared, our guys are hungry, and as a company, these followers are going to get us by means of plenty of it with their power. So we’re simply able to compete and able to return the favor for the group.”
