In February, the Los Angeles Lakers traded Russell Westbrook and a future first-round draft choice, and in return, they gotten D’Angelo Russell, Jarred Vanderbilt and Malik Beasley.
The trade turned around their season, and it likewise significant something of a homecoming for Russell, who invested his veryfirst 2 seasons with the Purple and Gold.
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He is more fullygrown and better than throughout his veryfirst stint in L.A. throughout the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons, and he has played a secret function in the group going up 2-1 in the Western Conference semifinals over the Golden State Warriors.
Prior to being traded back to the Lakers, Russell invested a coupleof seasons with the Minnesota Timberwolves, and he feels he was held back while there (h/t Lakers Daily).
“How much am I takingpleasurein this?” Russell told Sam Amick of The Athletic. “I felt like I was held back there, truthfully. I simply kind of had