COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Six months ago I stood in a United Center locker room next to D'Angelo Russell and we had an in-depth discussion about his childhood. It was a nice 25-minute conversation.
We spoke about the park at which he grew up playing, his relationship with his parents, whether Stephen Curry was better than LeBron James and how he keeps his Air Jordans from getting scuffed up. It turned into the story below.
At that point, Russell had already blown up.