The future appears to be bright for the Los Angeles Lakers franchise with some very talented young players leading the way in the post-Kobe Bryant era. D’Angelo Russell, Brandon Ingram, and Julius Randle have become the players the will be built around moving forward, and all three of them have received high praise from their head coach Luke Walton this season.
Before coaching his team to a 16th win of the season on Friday at the expense of the Indiana Pacers, Walton talked about the team’s young core and whether they’d be playing in the NBA All-Star Game in the future, via Mark Medina of the OC Register:
“I’m not going to tell you D’Angelo is going to be an All-Star.