D’Angelo Russell hasn't so much as played an NBA game, but the young rookie is already learning important lessons about how anything he says publicly can take on a life of its own.
Two weeks after he proclaimed in a since-deleted tweet that Tracy McGrady was the greatest player of all time—causing a wave of discontent among Los Angeles Lakers fans and Kobe Bryant supporters—Russell offered more context for his comments while sneaking in a jab at the fans who derided him for his remarks.
“There’s a lot of spoiled Lakers fans. I wasn’t downgrading Kobe at all,” he said, via Mark Medina of the Los Angeles Daily News. “I was just watching a highlight tape of Tracy McGrady and I got excited. I tweeted and the whole state of California went crazy.”
For some, Russell's comments about McGrady may have suggested a lack of historical perspective. After all, Lakers legends such as Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Walt Chamberlain certainly have more of a claim to "greatest of all time" status than McGrady, let alone players such as Michael Jordan and Larry Bird.&n ...
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D’Angelo Russell Comments on ‘Spoiled’ Lakers Fans, Kobe Bryant and More
August 30th, 2015 by Timothy Rapp Leave a reply »
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