{"id":62,"date":"2024-10-25T01:08:15","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T01:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=62"},"modified":"2024-10-25T01:08:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T01:08:15","slug":"breaking-lakers-insider-speculates-on-what-team-will-do-with-dangelo-russell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=62","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Lakers insider speculates on what team will do with D\u2019Angelo Russell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lakersdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/USATSI_24517389_168403908_lowres-860x573.jpg.webp\" alt=\"D'Angelo Russell\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Lakers guard D\u2019Angelo Russell saw his name get thrown around in multiple reports in the months leading up to the start of the 2024-25 regular season.<\/p>\n<p>First, the Lakers reportedly offered to trade him to the Golden State Warriors in an attempt to land Klay Thompson, who ended up getting dealt to the Dallas Mavericks in a sign-and-trade.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore,\u00a0ESPN\u2019s Tim Bontemps reported in September that the Lakers do not view him as\u00a0part of their core\u00a0moving forward.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI mean, at the end of the day, if the Lakers are going to be the championship-contending team that people want them to be, you have to have \u2014 in theory what they really need to do is turn D\u2019Angelo Russell into a guy who can both hit threes and guard,\u201d Bontemps said. \u201cAustin Reaves is a guy they see clearly as a guy who\u2019s part of their core going forward. D\u2019Angelo Russell is not, which is why he was on this two-year makeshift deal in the first place. It\u2019s why he opted into his contract this summer, because he knew there wasn\u2019t gonna be a big market for his services.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Someone asked The Athletic\u2019s Jovan Buha after Los Angeles\u2019 season opener against the\u00a0Minnesota Timberwolves\u00a0if the Lakers will deal Russell, and he provided the following response.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rll-youtube-player\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5xNeTY2RWSU\" data-id=\"5xNeTY2RWSU\" data-query=\"feature=oembed\" data-alt=\"Lakers-Wolves postgame reaction: LA opens JJ Redick era with statement win\">\n<div data-id=\"5xNeTY2RWSU\" data-query=\"feature=oembed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5xNeTY2RWSU\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"entered lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/5xNeTY2RWSU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Lakers-Wolves postgame reaction: LA opens JJ Redick era with statement win\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/5xNeTY2RWSU\/hqdefault.jpg\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><button class=\"play\" aria-label=\"play Youtube video\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI think it\u2019s too early to \u2014 I don\u2019t wanna overreact to this game in any direction,\u201d Buha said. \u201cI think if anything, this game was just a confirmation of a lot of what we already knew and saw. So, I would assume that the plan is still to at least explore the D-Lo situation down the road. But I don\u2019t know if his game necessarily swayed it really in either direction. I think it\u2019s always kind of been if they\u2019re gonna make a trade, he\u2019s the one guy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNow, one thing I will say on this is obviously if the Lakers get out to a really good start and are just a really good team, it could go one of two ways right? You could look at it as, \u2018Do we want to break this group up? Is it worth it?\u2019 Or you could look at, \u2018Okay, well we\u2019re in a position to potentially contend, to compete for a championship. And now let\u2019s do that win-now trade. Let\u2019s take the big swing. Let\u2019s put the first-round pick \u2014 or both first-round picks \u2014 on the table.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSo, could go one of two ways. I think at a minimum, if they are looking really good and this continues, then I think you have to at least think about attaching a first-round pick to a guy like Gabe [Vincent], Vando (Jarred Vanderbilt) depending on where he\u2019s at with his injury progress. Maybe look at some of the bench guys and say, \u2018Can we upgrade with the pick and bring in another piece?\u2019 And maybe you keep D-Lo or you shift his role depending on the type of player you bring in. So that\u2019s one thing, but for now, I don\u2019t think this really swings the D-Lo conversation either way.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Lakers beat the Timberwolves on Tuesday, but Russell looked rusty from a scoring standpoint. He finished with nine points on 4-of-12 shooting from the field and 1-of-7 from 3-point range.<\/p>\n<p>There is still one positive takeaway to glean from Russell\u2019s showing, however, and that was his impact as a playmaker. Russell dished out a team-high five assists while committing only one turnover. He was one of the Lakers\u2019 best playmakers last season, considering he averaged 6.3 assists per game.<\/p>\n<p>Russell will try to find his footing on the offensive end in Los Angeles\u2019 upcoming matchup against Kevin Durant and the\u00a0Phoenix Suns\u00a0on Friday night. The Suns played their season opener on Wednesday, and they beat the\u00a0Los Angeles Clippers\u00a0by three points in overtime behind 49 combined points from Durant and Bradley Beal.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the Suns are an ideal team for Russell to regain his rhythm against, as Phoenix\u2019s starting point guard, Tyus Jones, is undersized and not exactly renowned for his presence on the defensive side of the ball. He\u2019s quite the talented offensive player though, so Russell will have his hands full trying to keep him in check as a playmaker.<\/p>\n<p>Expect to see Russell connected to other teams in trade rumors once the trade deadline starts to draw near. Fans of the Lakers shouldn\u2019t be shocked if he isn\u2019t a member of the squad by the end of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Lakers guard D\u2019Angelo Russell saw his name get thrown around in multiple reports in the months leading up to the start of the 2024-25 regular&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Breaking: Lakers insider speculates on what team will do with D\u2019Angelo Russell - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=62\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Breaking: Lakers insider speculates on what team will do with D\u2019Angelo Russell - 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