Los Angeles Lakers head coach Byron Scott says he's going to make a concerted effort to play the team's young players more after the All-Star break. Apparently, that effort does not apply to rookie guard D'Angelo Russell.
Scott said Russell will not be in the starting lineup when the Lakers return to the court Friday against the San Antonio Spurs, per Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times. The second overall pick has started only 22 of 53 games so far this season, a point of contention with many Lakers fans.
While Russell hasn't been an instant star, Scott's deployment of the former Ohio State standout has been inconsistent at best. The relationship has seemingly bordered on tenuous at points, including a number of strangely critical comments from Scott. Earlier this month, he compared Russell unfavorably to Kyrie Irving, whom Scott also coached during his rookie season.
“He was a little bit more business-like at practice and games,” Scott said of Irving, per Mark Medina of the Los Angeles Daily News. “D’Angelo still has a playfulness about him. Sometimes in practice he’s joking around ...
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