One of the most important players for the Los Angeles Lakers this season was undoubtedly point guard D’Angelo Russell. Coming off a career-year shooting wise, many were interested to see what Russell could bring under new head coach JJ Redick who is looking to find new ways to bring the best out of all the players on the Lakers roster.
The two have regularly spoke about their relationship and communication being great, even as Redick made the recent decision to move Russell to a reserve role in place of the more defensive-minded Cam Reddish.
A year ago, a similar move was made with Russell moving to the bench and he was pretty open about not caring for the change.