The hits just keep coming for the Los Angeles Lakers. After news leaked that LeBron James likely won’t return for at least two weeks, head coach Darvin Ham said it’s unlikely that trade deadline acquisition D’Angelo Russell will play in the team’s next two games.
While speaking with reporters before the Lakers take on the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night, Ham said that Russell would likely miss that game, as well as the team’s Wednesday matchup with the Oklahoma City Thunder:
Darvin Ham says that it’s doubtful that D’Angelo Russell (ankle) will play on either of the final two games on this road trip in Memphis today or Oklahoma City tomorrow.