Should The Lakers REALLY Trade D’Angelo Russell? Weighing Their Options
The Lakers have been connected to a number of players on the trade market, most of whom would require the Lakers to send out D’Angelo Russell’s salary as part of the deal. But should the Lakers really trade DLo coming off of a 34 point outburst against the Blazers? Trevor Lane digs in…
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22 Comments
Nooo
We already know D’Angelo‘s up and down you can’t keep putting him on the bench he hast to play through this and watch him prevail the Lakers need to settle down we can’t keep on making all these trades is still no championship
We should’ve never traded the championship team again we never give team a chance
DLo is not the problem. It's Ham. DLo and Rui should be starting. Get the best players on the floor. We need a solid backup PG to run the second team. Keep DLo and let everyone know that this starting lineup will not change unless there's an injury.
DLO cannot be replaced. You cannot find a better fit at the PG position for this Lakers team without gutting the roster completely.
DJM is a nice player but throwing away all that team chemistry for a guy who’s a worse 3pt shooter with similar if not worse playmaking is NOT it. Especially if it takes a first to do it.
Stop scapegoating DLO. And why should the Lakers FO care about DLO walking in the offseason…? Are we not in “win now” mode???
Every year, Lakers Nation falls into the same pitfall. Other teams don't appear this volatile from game to game.
We just need consistency from him, rui n reaves
Im not gonna lie but i was on the hate DLo and trade him . Havent seen me up here cuz he been balling he is a great player just super inconsistent if there is anyway to keep him at the high level no trade
Trade rui instead
No
as long Ham is our coach and Lebron is old this team is on the down side no matter who you trade….if your doing this to get farther in the post season cool but what's the point we arent winning the title with this coach. he will find a way to blow the game and gas lebron out by putting him in rotation with none offensive players once everyone is healthy. did you see our starting line up with everybody healthy this guy is more of a scientist than a coach conducting these experiments
Hang on to our pg #DLO and bring in a Center
No.. No and No
Embiid plays the entire first quarter, SGA plays the entire first quarter, Luka plays the entire first quarter, and i can keep naming players that do this because they are the best player on the team. why is AD not playing the entire 1st quarter ?? oh yeah HAM is our coach…when AD plays the entire first quarter it makes a huge difference every game…have bron sit towards the end have AD sit the begging of the 2nd a let bron run the game for 5 minutes put AD back in sit bron for 3 minutes and let them finish out the last 4 minutes together or 5 depending on the scoreboard
Don't trade Dlo, trade Reaves, FIRE DARVIN HAM!!!!!!!!
DLo is not perfect but he's good enough to start in this Lakers team…
Trading for someone who never played for a big market like LA is a foolish move because at the end of the day you only will hope the player you get will be able to handle the pressure and get his rythm right away with the team.
Nah trade Dlo cuz honestly he doesn’t really perform or compete at a high level unless Lakers play a weaker team. He hasn’t been running the offense but wanted to take on the challenge to play PG. it’s not working out. So what he helps get a win here and there…ain’t gon matter in playoffs (if we even make it that far). Trade pls…bet he don’t play well tonight against Clips…
NO they should get a real Coach. Ham is the problem.
If u keep D-lo wait till the playoffs come his numbers will plummet round by round.
This is the truth. We don't have a back up PG to be able to run our winning starting lineup. Trade prince for a backup PG and get a consistent center. Tell Coach to go back to the original lineup from last year and The rest is history.
We all know he can score, but hes inconsistent on hassle pplay and sucks in defense where teams explore his weakness in defense, and trade Lebron while he still have value hes not the same as before anymore
Yes he should be traded he’s playing like this as he doesn’t care and knows he’s gone so he ballin good on him but it’s always easy with no repercussions