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Byron Scott is beefing with a Clippers analyst over D'Angelo Russell

What's beef?

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Byron Scott is currently engaged in a feud with Clippers analyst and former NBA player Don MacLean, who decided to go to bat for youngster D'Angelo Russell. MacLean questioned Byron's handling of Russell, who said the franchise would be better off letting D'Angelo soak in 35 minutes per game even if he's coughing up the ball an exorbitant amount of times.

This criticism was brought to Scott's attention during practice on Tuesday, and Byron didn't hold back from tearing into MacLean:

Byron Scott on Don MacLean saying D’Angelo Russell should be out there much more: "First of all, to Don, that’s why you’re not coaching.