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This Week in Twitter: C.J. Stroud Certifies As a Star in the NFL Playoffs, D'Angelo Russell Has a Big Week for the Lakers, and The Journey Featuring Bruce Thornton
C.J. Stroud helped draw a record-breaking audience in the final game of his rookie season, D Lo delights in LA, and Bruce Thornton gets a spotlight from BTN's "The Journey."
Pivoting to basketball, D'Angelo Russell had himself quite a week for Los Angeles to the delight of LeBron James and his other Laker teammates.
No exaggeration, you have to be playing with some serious sauce to get away with passing up an assist on the break to LBJ.
Russell has unfortunately found himself a frequent trade piece throughout his NBA career. However, if he can maintain something close to this level of play into the next month, it may prove difficult for the Lakers to move on from D Lo a second time.
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Hoohoo D-Russ sniper show going on in Denver tonight! 6/10 from 3 at the half. Get it done son
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Just sayin': Consistency seems to be his major problem, game 3 was not so good:
Asked if the Lakers were overwhelmed by the Nuggets' level of execution, James said, "You'd have to ask the individuals that question and see how they feel. It's hard for me just to be like, 'This is what I think that guy feels.' ... I can't do that. I'm not a mind reader. I don't know."
No one was able to ask Lakers point guard D'Angelo Russell that question. After going scoreless in Game 3 on 0-for-7 shooting (0-for-6 from 3), he declined to speak to reporters after the game, according to a team spokesperson.
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Skull Session: Ohio State’s 2025 Draft Class Can Make History, Marvin Harrison Jr. Shines in Arizona and Dawand Jones is the Honorary Grand Marshal for The Indy 200
Ohio State's 2025 draft class can make history, Marvin Harrison Jr. is “everything people said he is” in Arizona and Dawand Jones will be the honorary grand marshal for the Indy 200.
TEACH THESE YOUNG BLOODS A LESSON. Ohio State men's basketball hosted "Vet Week" on Tuesday and Wednesday, welcoming alumni like D'Angelo Russell back to campus. Over the weekend, some videos of Russell cooking current (and sometimes former) Buckeyes in a scrimmage surfaced on Instagram:
Like Uncle Drew long ago, Russell taught those young bloods a lesson.
He's officially reached Unc status.
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Skull Session: Ohio State’s 2025 Draft Class Can Make History, Marvin Harrison Jr. Shines in Arizona and Dawand Jones is the Honorary Grand Marshal for The Indy 200
Ohio State's 2025 draft class can make history, Marvin Harrison Jr. is “everything people said he is” in Arizona and Dawand Jones will be the honorary grand marshal for the Indy 200.www.elevenwarriors.com
TEACH THESE YOUNG BLOODS A LESSON. Ohio State men's basketball hosted "Vet Week" on Tuesday and Wednesday, welcoming alumni like D'Angelo Russell back to campus. Over the weekend, some videos of Russell cooking current (and sometimes former) Buckeyes in a scrimmage surfaced on Instagram:
Like Uncle Drew long ago, Russell taught those young bloods a lesson.
He's officially reached Unc status.
Lol is beanie
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Skull Session: Ohio State’s 2025 Draft Class Can Make History, Marvin Harrison Jr. Shines in Arizona and Dawand Jones is the Honorary Grand Marshal for The Indy 200
Ohio State's 2025 draft class can make history, Marvin Harrison Jr. is “everything people said he is” in Arizona and Dawand Jones will be the honorary grand marshal for the Indy 200.
TEACH THESE YOUNG BLOODS A LESSON. Ohio State men's basketball hosted "Vet Week" on Tuesday and Wednesday, welcoming alumni like D'Angelo Russell back to campus. Over the weekend, some videos of Russell cooking current (and sometimes former) Buckeyes in a scrimmage surfaced on Instagram:
Like Uncle Drew long ago, Russell taught those young bloods a lesson.
He's officially reached Unc status.
Love me some DRuss
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D'Angelo Russell exercises $18.7 million player option with Lakers, per report
Russell is widely expected to be a trade candidate for the Lakers this offseason
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D'Angelo Russell exercises $18.7 million player option with Lakers, per report
Russell is widely expected to be a trade candidate for the Lakers this offseason
D'Angelo Russell is opting into the final year and $18.7 million of his contract with the Los Angeles Lakers, according to The Athletic's Shams Charania. Russell, whom the Lakers acquired at the 2023 trade deadline, signed a two-year deal with the Lakers last offseason that included this player option. With trade rumors swirling around him at both the deadline and during this offseason, there was some fear that he might opt out and leave the Lakers for nothing. However, with Russell opting in, the Lakers will either bring back their starting point guard or have extra salary to use in a trade.Russell has had two strong regular seasons with the Lakers since joining the team in 2023. He averaged 17.4 points in his final 17 games of the 2022-23 season, and then put up 18 points and 6.3 assists per game while breaking the Laker record with 226 total 3-pointers last season. However, Russell struggled mightily in consecutive playoff series against the Denver Nuggets, both of which the Lakers lost. He averaged a pathetic 6.3 points per game in the 2023 Western Conference finals, and then shot below 39% from the floor in the first round against Denver last season. He was benched for Game 4 in 2023 but started all five games last postseason.
While Russell is a strong offensive player in the regular season, those playoff issues combined with his well-known defensive weaknesses make him a tough fit for a Lakers team with lofty postseason ambitions. He was an upgrade on Russell Westbrook when the Lakers were desperate, and his ability to run the offense for lengthy stretches helped keep LeBron James healthy, but now that he has opted in, the Lakers will likely consider him as a trade chip.
Their books sorely needed his salary for that purpose. The Lakers have four other players earning between $10 million to $20 million: Rui Hachimura, Austin Reaves, Jarred Vanderbilt and Gabe Vincent. This is the optimal range for trading purposes because it is a small enough number to be traded individually for a single, non-star player, but big enough that, when lumped with other contracts, can take in a very expensive acquisition. The problem here is that the Lakers view Reaves and Hachimura as long-term core pieces. With only Vincent and Vanderbilt as likely trade options, the Lakers were pretty limited in the kinds of players they could pursue. Adding Russell's $18.7 million to the mix gives them more flexibility to seek out help.
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