D’Angelo Russell is reaching the high-point of his career thus far while the Los Angeles Lakers find new lows to reach seemingly every week or so. He’s about to play in his first All-Star Game and his Brooklyn Nets are on track to make the playoffs. When asked about what has helped him make the leap he has, Russell pointed to the team that traded him in a salary dump.
Russell has been watching how this season has gone for the remaining members of the young core and is thankful he was sent away, as he tells Leo Sepkowitz of Bleacher Report:
Meanwhile, an even bigger story is unfolding in Los Angeles, Russell’s old home.