Mike Trudell asks D’Angelo Russell about the tribute video the Wolves gave him & what this whole night means for him.
DLo says:
“I’M A LAKERS FAN MIKEYYYY”
😂😂😂
Watch D'Angelo, Dennis & Bron set up a play on Wiggins' FT attempts 🔥
DLo even started practicing his shooting form as the Lakers possession was going on knowing the shot he was about to get 😂
I love shit like this!
Talking the game out.
I saw this last night w/ their backs turned on the Lakers broadcast but to get this angle & actually hear em is cool af lol
When D'Angelo, Dennis & Bron set up a play to bust the zone defense on Wiggins' FT attempts 🔥
DLo even started practicing his form as the Lakers possession was going on knowing the shot he was bouta get 😂
Now imagine this team w/ a full summer & training camp together 🤯
“MID RANGE KILLA!! 2 BIGGEST SHOTS!!”
— Darvin Ham crashing D’Angelo Russell’s interview
For context, Pacers cut the lead to 3...
Lakers call timeout, Ham puts DLo back in & he scores the next 4 points for LA. ❄️
Look at the exact moment D'Angelo Russell, on the sideline, tells Christian Wood to either be ready to shoot the ball if it comes to him & if not, to crash the glass as hard as he can.
The result during the next Lakers possession?
The game sealing put back dunk by Wood.
After being checked out of the game in a win @ BOS w/o Bron or AD, D'Angelo Russell was flexing letting everyone on the bench know he was the BIG DAWG.
Tonight, after DLo hit a clutch FT, Bron was on the bench flexing tryna get DLo attention to let him know he the big dawg 😂
"I’m at the point of my career where I am who I am. I’ve said it before, if a team is going to utilize me & take advantage of me then smart team. If not, then opposite of a smart team."
— D’Angelo Russell
This guy got the ball back, looked Zion in the face, nodded & smirked at him like he knew he was bouta cook him… proceeded to hit a contested fading 3 in his face, then to top it all off pointed at the Pelicans bench after lol
"I talked to Kobe once & I remember him saying, make new headlines... whatever your old headline is or what people think about you, make new ones & I took pride into doing that..."
— D'Angelo Russell, 2019.
DLo continues to take Kobe's advice when asked about his level of
D'Angelo Russell's 1st game playing w/ LeBron James & it looked like they've played years together.
Such a seamless fit.
This game was hella euphoric ♨️
“If I’m open for the 3, Ima take it in a second even if there’s one second, Ima make it, it’s nothin…”
— Lil Wayne, but also D’Angelo Russell
DLo set the tone early & made big plays in crunch time to help punch the Lakers ticket into the playoffs 💎
Stuff like this is so invaluable & will go such a long way for Maxwell Lewis.
Pulling the rookie aside after the drill & making sure he up to speed.
Real vet moves by D’Angelo Russell.
After a Cam Reddish bucket & an attempt to make a hustle play the next possession, D’Angelo Russell hops up off the bench to hype him up.
Stuff like this matters, especially for someone like Cam who’s trying to find footing on a new team.
Little things that’ll go a long way.
"Obviously we got a lot of really good players, especially DLo... That 3rd star comment... it can be anyone on any night... [Shouts out Cam]... I don't think anybody on our team is worried about who the 3rd guy is... we just want to win"
— Austin Reaves on "3rd star" comments
D’Angelo Russell greets Lil Wayne & his son before the game & leaves his son w/ a basketball as a souvenir.
Then DLo impresses them after putting on some moves 🔥
Last night, D'Angelo Russell stated that playing w/ Bron made him work on catching/shooting off "unexpected passes" to be better prepared & shot ready in games for those situations.
Here's DLo a few weeks ago during pre-game working w/ Micah Fraction throwing off-kilter passes
Austin Reaves on D'Angelo Russell —
"He's so unselfish that that carries a long way for a group... It's not always about what you see on the stat-sheet... It's other stuff too in the locker room, him instilling confidence in me & the rest of the guys as well."
D’Angelo Russell is 9th in the league in total assists & tied for 10th in APG — while leading the Lakers in both.
No LeBron teammate has ever finished top 10 in APG for a season.
Isiah Thomas on D’Angelo Russell:
“To me he’s the difference maker. He’s the one that sets the table. He’s the one also… that could win you a game. He could jump out & get 30 on you… but he could also assist, set everybody up.”
Flowers from one of the GOAT PGs is big time 💯
Karl Anthony Towns on D’Angelo Russell —
“I’m just happy that he got to LA & they embraced him… I told him how proud I am of him… I just wanna see him be appreciated & to feel that his worth is being recognized.”
"WE GOOD! WE STILL GOT THE LEAD AND WE HOT!!" 🗣️🗣️🗣️
After a turnover in transition that leaves TP & Max dejected w/ Bron & AD pissed, DLo serves as the beacon of light in the situation w/ a glass half-full mindset. So inspirational.
Anthony Davis on D'Angelo Russell:
"He's phenomenal... He don't let all that bother him... all the outside noise... He stays engaged & when he get on the floor he produce. An elite scorer, elite playmaker & when he's playing at that level we're a tough team to beat."
D'Angelo Russell, Gabe Vincent, Cam Reddish, LeBron James, & Christian Wood line up was rolled out during the 1:38 mark of the 3rd Q as the Lakers trailed by 12.
This lineup cut that deficit down to 4 by the 8:49 point of the 4th Q.
Got a little glimpse of DLo x Bron 2 man
This is pretty cool —
Last Sept. D’Angelo Russell said,
“Like a Cam Reddish right now, I can’t wait to see how his career [turns out]”
A yr later & they’re locker mates, w/ DLo taking Cam under his wing, as he sees the situation Cam’s in w/ the Lakers akin to his in
So prior to the Bucks game Rob Pelinka told DLo that Bron’s out, & Milwaukee’s tough so they could use a 40-ball out of him.
What’s he do? Put up 44 & 9 in the W.
After the Bucks game, DLo to Rob:
“That’s what you wanted?… 40 ball?!”
Different 🔥
D'Angelo Russell was open for like 2 seconds & could've taken a middy multiple times but stayed patient to draw the defense to him to set a struggling Austin Reaves up for an open look at 3 which he knocked down.
Peep how hype DLo get when Austin knock it down too & Austin being
Darvin Ham on the team’s culture, unselfishness.
When it was D’Angelo Russell’s time to re-enter the game late in the 4th Quarter, he told Darvin to keep letting Spencer Dinwiddie do his thing instead.
Wait people are mad about what he said here?! 😂😂😂
DLo has always referred to himself as a “basketball player” dating back to even HS. Either that or a hybrid/combo guard, & rarely ever as just a PG.
I mean shit in college he won the Jerry West award aka best SG award 💀
DLO chants 🗣️
Became the 4th Laker in franchise history to have at least 30 PTS & 5 3s made in a playoff game joining Bron, Kobe, Van Exel.
Knocked off the team that beat him in the postseason the previous yr.
Hell of a night for D’Angelo Russell.
Pacers go on a 7-0 run in the 4th Quarter and cut the Lakers lead to 3 with newly found momentum.
Darvin Ham calls a timeout & puts D'Angelo Russell back in the game as he then proceeds to score the Lakers next 4 points to stem the tide.
Players in NBA history to have the most 3s made in a single season for more than one franchise —
• Paul George (Thunder & Clippers)
• Buddy Hield (Kings & Pacers)
• Donovan Mitchell (Jazz & Cavaliers)
• D’Angelo Russell (Nets & Lakers)
This coincides with this postgame clip of Darvin Ham raving about the team's IQ & how interactive players are with each other about things they want to run.
This was the play they were talking about in the background.
Bron says, "The one I airballed?"
Then DLo says something bout him ball faking & Bron basically says he ball faked everyone before he shot it lmaooooo