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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Finally Feeling A Little Bit Optimistic
No one is uttering the words, but the retirement of Kobe Bryant lifted a huge shadow hanging over the Los Angeles Lakers, feeling for the first time in three or four seasons that there’s something to look forward towards.
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23 Best Memes of D’Angelo Russell, Nick Young & Iggy Azalea Snitching Drama
The funniest memes, as it turns out, are made about the least important stuff in the sports world: Gossip. Like D’Angelo Russell filming Nick Young hinting that he cheated on his fiancee Iggy Azalea, the video leaking to the internet and resulting with everyone calling the Los Angeles Lakers rookie a snitch.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Might Trade D’Angelo Russell Because of the Nick Young Tape
The Los Angeles Lakers might have been counting on D’Angelo Russell as part of their future and rebuild, but a video of him filming Nick Young while asking him questions, alleging he cheated on his fiancee Iggy Azalea might eventually deteriorate into the team giving up on him.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Look Happy When Kobe Bryant Isn’t Playing
The NBA is a more interesting place when the Los Angeles Lakers are a good team. The closer Kobe Bryant is to retirement and the closer Byron Scott is to getting fired the sunnier it gets over the golden half of the Staples center, with D’Angelo Russell, Julius Randle and Jordan Clarkson finding more and more reasons to smile recently.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Should Free D’Angelo Russell From Byron Scott as Soon as Possible
There’s no rookie of the year award waiting at the end of this season for D’Angelo Russell, but his recent performances, playing in the lineup for the Los Angeles Lakers, are like one big F U to Byron Scott and a sign that the point guard is stepping in the right direction.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Might Keep Byron Scott if he Suddenly Makes the Young Players Better
It’s hard to believe there’s any doubt about the Los Angeles Lakers needing to get rid of Byron Scott the moment they want to start winning, but there are rumors suggesting that a good finish from the Lakers, meaning that the young players like D’Angelo Russell, Julius Randle, Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance Jr. show any kind of progress.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant Figuring Things Out
The Los Angeles Lakers aren’t winning games (or hardly winning), but Kobe Bryant has suddenly decided he isn’t going to keep embarrassing himself and his career, taking less shots, making more of them and looking like the kind of player the Lakers actually need in this weird season.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Should Keep Prospects Away From Kobe Bryant
Moving D’Angelo Russell and Julius Randle to the bench for the Los Angeles Lakers might benefit them eventually, because it means less minutes next to Kobe Bryant.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers, Byron Scott Ruining D’Angelo Russell
A bad rookie season doesn’t predict a bad NBA career, but it’s interesting to see a head coach almost purposely sabotage a player’s starting career, as the Los Angeles Lakers, through their brilliant head coach Byron Scott seem to be putting hurdles in front of D’Angelo Russell instead of helping him develop as their point guard for the foreseeable future.
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NBA Rumors – Los Angeles Lakers Already Regretting Drafting D’Angelo Russell Over Kristaps Porzingis?
We’ve already established that Byron Scott can’t coach or develop talent for the Los Angeles Lakers. But does he suck when it comes to identifying talent as well? He was part of the decision to draft D’Angelo Russell over Kristaps Porzingis.