The incident caused turmoil inside the Lakers’ locker room. It only added more anxieties for D’Angelo Russell amid a rookie season already filled with losing, evolving roles and fluctuating performances. But with the old adage that time can heal all wounds, Russell offered some self-deprecation in a recent Foot Locker commercial with an indirect reference toward secretly recording Nick Young admitting to infidelities.
LSU prospect and close friend Ben Simmons asked Minnesota’s Karl Anthony-Towns, Phoenix’s Devin Booker and Russell on advice about thriving in the NBA. With Simmons expected to be the No. 1 pick in Thursday’s NBA Draft, perhaps those players could shed some perspective on their previous rookie seasons.