When D’Angelo Russell first worked out for the Los Angeles Lakers before the 2015 NBA Draft, he drew headlines for comparing his game to that of Stephen Curry.
Russell hasn’t quite lived up to that level of hype in his first two-years in the league, even if he has flashed a prodigious amount of sizzle on occasion, like when he led the Lakers in scoring with 28 points (to go with six rebounds and five assists) in their Sunday win over the Memphis Grizzlies Sunday.
The player comparison Russell was asked about on the broadcast after the Lakers’ win won’t get quite as many fans excited as his Curry one likely did, but it’s still nothing to sneeze at:
Russell said on @SpectrumSN that Conley "is one of the vets" he looks up to in the league.