It’s never do or die for any NBA prospect in one respective season, but for D’Angelo Russell, next season will either prove highly rewarding or gravely in cost.
Russell, 22, is a byproduct of the final Kobe Bryant years in Los Angeles. He was supposed to mitigate the changing of hands for the Lakers and instead was traded years later for a pending free agent in Brook Lopez and the draft rights to Kyle Kuzma.
Season four will prove monumental to the trajectory of this guard’s NBA career, for more reason than one.
Drafted second overall by the Lakers back in 2015, Russell was an appealing point guard prospect with tremendous upside.