The veteran point guard sounds ready to impart his experience to Los Angeles’ young guard core.
If one were to do a word cloud for the most frequently used words to describe the Los Angeles Lakers’ goals this season, “growth” and “development” would be among the bigger vocabulary choices within. Coming off of the worst season in franchise history, the Lakers will measure their progress in how good their younger players look, rather than how many wins they improve their overall record by.
As D’Angelo Russell made clear when addressing his critics on Wednesday, the team’s young core has been putting in work this offseason.