While many still believe they will, the Golden State Warriors general manager went on air to discredit the rumors surrounding D’Angelo Russell.
After extensively talking at the Las Vegas Summer League with Joe Lacob and D’Angelo Russell, Myers likely feels certain that this will work.
Following those exchanges and likely countless phones calls and texts, Myers was confident enough in Russell’s ability to toss the trade rumors in the trash. However, I wouldn’t count them out quite yet.
According to ESPN’s Nick Friedell, Bob Myers said that the team “didn’t sign him (Russell) with the intention of just trading him.