Lakers News: Latest on D’Angelo Russell, Larry Nance Jr. and More

October 11th, 2016 by Timothy Rapp Leave a reply »

The Los Angeles Lakers, and their collection of intriguing young talent, remain one of the most fascinating organizations to monitor heading into the 2016-17 season.

Below, we'll break down some of the latest news surrounding the team.

   

D'Angelo Russell

Lakers head coach Luke Walton is still working with D'Angelo Russell to find the right balance between being a facilitator and a scoring threat in the offense, as he told Jovan Buha of ESPN.com after a 101-97 preseason loss to the Denver Nuggets on Friday:

He struggled a little bit early because he really is trying to do the right thing, do what we're asking him. But at this level, there's a fine line of doing what the coaches want and playing off feel. The guy has got a phenomenal feel for the game. So a lot of picks he was coming off, he was trying to play-make even though he was open for the shot. So what we're trying to tell him is, any time you're open, shoot it. We want you to play-make, we want you to get everyone involved from the point guard position. But when you're coming off screens and you're open, the ...

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