The new star of Los Angeles Lakers D’Angelo Russell wrath the anger of the entire team after it became clear that he has recorded a conversation with his teammate Nick Young without his knowledge. 20-year-old guard held a conversation with Young in which he was asked questions about Young’s personal life, such as whether he has been with other women since he’s engaged to the music star Iggy Azalea.
Young, himself still can’t understand why the youngster has recorded everything on a video. After this action, Russell is not anymore among the favourites in the locker room of the LA Lakers. The media claim that most of the other players are isolating and deliberately avoiding to communicate with him.
The members of the club management are aware of the situation, but at that time they haven’t taken any measures and have left the players alone to deal with the situation.
One of the players, who wanted to remain anonymous, commented to ESPN that the situation is far from perfect, since before this incident Lakers had problems of backstage character, but the performance of the Russell banged everything. Now, it’s almost impossible Lakers’ players to trust each other.
But one thing is still not clear. What is the reason for Russell’s action? Maybe he wants Nick Young’s girlfriend to hear something that she mustn’t know? Maybe he has been offended of his teammate and now wants a revenge? Or maybe D’Angelo wants Azalea for himself? Who knows? The important thing is that Russell has shown he is far away from maturity.
“I haven’t talked to him, won’t talk to him. That’s an internal matter that our guys will deal with. The only thing that I’m disappointed about is that it got out. We’re a family, and we try to keep everything in house,” the coach Byron Scott said in an interview. “He’s such a kid. I told him the other day, ‘You are 20, but sometimes I think you are 14.’”
The youngster is maybe ashamed of his behaviour, as he refused to give an interview, walking out of the court with only saying: “Nope, nothing to talk about.” For sure, if he wants to have a good career, he will have to grow up.
D’Angelo Russell was selected under №2 in last year’s draft and is considered as a key part of the future of the Lakers and the new vision of the club after Kobe Bryant retire. The former star of Ohio State has been having not a bad debut season in the pros with an average of 13.1 points, 3.4 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 1.2 steals.