D’Angelo Russell scored 29 points in the Lakers’ 141-132 win over the Chicago Bulls, raising the question of whether the Lakers should still try to trade him.
D’Angelo Russell looked at Taurean Prince in the corner by the Lakers’ bench immediately after perfect ball movement got his teammate a wide-open three.
As the ball swished — and Thursday, it swished a lot — Russell stared at Prince and blew him a two-handed kiss. It was his homage to Prince’s signature celebration, the Lakers as in sync as they’ve been in months.
And again, Russell was the hub, celebrating teammates’ buckets — literally skipping into halftime after a Jarred Vanderbilt layup — while joyfully sniping from behind the three-point-line in a 141-132 win over the Chicago Bulls.
All the kissing, skipping, shooting and scoring from Russell has to make the Lakers look closely at their situation.
Is this the guy they really want to trade?
Russell’s heater, which has run over the last two weeks, has shown the Lakers the best version of the player they traded for last season.
