PORTLAND – Early in his career, D'Angelo Russell wanted to offer some words of encouragement to a veteran teammate in the last year of his career. He told this teammate to keep shooting, despite his shot not falling for a couple games.
The teammate, Kobe Bryant, didn't exactly need the advice.
"I went up to him and I told him, 'Keep shooting, Kobe.' He looked at me and laughed," Russell said. "Like, 'It's my last year. You don't think I'm going to keep shooting?' So, I learned that from him. Just keep going, it will make its way, keep playing right.