One of the more interesting training camp battles heading into the preseason for the Lakers appears to be over before it even started.
The signing of Gabe Vincent this offseason and the poor finish to the playoffs from D’Angelo Russell seemed to place the role of starting point guard in flux heading into the season.
However, during Thursday’s media availability for both head coach Darvin Ham and vice president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka — who had a trademark wild analogy involving D’Lo — the former ended any debate and announced D’Lo as the starting point guard.