The Los Angeles Lakers passed on Emmanuel Mudiay in favor of D'Angelo Russell with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft, and Mudiay made it clear Tuesday that he hasn't forgotten about the slight.
Prior to the Denver Nuggets' 120-109 victory over the Lakers, the No. 7 overall selection talked about the importance of proving the Lakers brass wrong, according to Mark Medina of the Los Angeles Daily News.
"They passed up on me; that's definitely a motivation," Mudiay said. "They took another point guard ahead of me. I'm a point guard. So I guess they saw something in [Russell] that they didn't see in me."
It will likely be some time before it becomes clear whether the Lakers made the right decision, but Mudiay turned in a better statistical performance than his fellow rookie point guard Tuesday.
Both struggled from the field, as they each made only three shots, but Mudiay registered his first career double-double with 12 points and 10 assists. The Guangdong Southern Tigers product dropped plenty of pretty dimes on the night, including this one captured by the NBA's official Twitter account:
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Emmanuel Mudiay Comments on Lakers Passing on Him for D’Angelo Russell
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