D'Angelo Russell's impact goes way beyond box score

[Lakers4Life]

There is no question that the start to Russell’s pro career has been turbulent at times. He has endured his fair share of ups and downs in each of his first two seasons thus far. While Russell’s basic numbers have improved marginally, his sophomore campaign has been clouded by shooting struggles and knee injuries that have kept him out of 15 of the team’s 39 games to this point. But to fully examine the 20-year-old’s impact on this year’s squad, context must be provided by digging deeper than the traditional stat line.............


http://www.silverscreenandroll.com/2017/1/26/14381016/la-lakers-dangelo-russell-starting-lineup

[lakerevolution]

It seems we must continue to be patient with our youngsters - by the age of 22-23 they should be rounding into the NBA players they will ever be for the rest of their careers. We can only dream that D'Angelo, Julius and Brandon will all become great players. Only time will tell.

[KobeMVP888]

It seems we must continue to be patient with our youngsters - by the age of 22-23 they should be rounding into the NBA players they will ever be for the rest of their careers. We can only dream that D'Angelo, Julius and Brandon will all become great players. Only time will tell.

That's right. Zubac looks like he will be an NBA player, too.

[Julius Russell]

Nance and Clarkson will too.


We are young af