But he plays like he's 33.
D'Angelo Russell
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zyzz
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David Locke had a long segment on his podcast about Russell being intriguing for the Jazz. He's shooting like 57% from the corners this year or something and pretty well on catch and shoot 3s. He specifically said he chose Russell because he's so un-Jazzlike that no one would accuse him of insider knowledge. He said he's more interested in finding the next Oladipo (high draft pick, played for bad teams/coaches, undervalued around the league). Then on today's podcast he said he's obsessed with Russell and that he was going to have a segment on him later on in the show, but he said he'd save his obsession for another day.
He talked about him again?
Locke was the guy who started me souring on Russell when he talked about him last week (or the week before?).
The appeal for me with Russell is his age and how he would fit here (a large combo guard that can spread the floor, handle the ball, hit open guys, and take some scoring pressure off of DM [who I think really suffers from the load he shoulders often without any ****ing spacing]).
It’s time to put the Jazz’s unblemished culture to work.
It’s time to put the Jazz’s unblemished culture to work.
Hotdog
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Well, when you turn 23 then you are done. You've peaked at that point and nobody wants you. You cant get better after that.
zyzz
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Yup, he used the word "obsession" today. Unfortunately he ran out of time, so I couldn't tell if "obsession" means he's "enamored" or if it means he's obsessed with figuring out if he's actually good or not. I kind of think it's the former.
Oh, I listened to it, and it's definitely the latter.
When he first brought him up a week or two ago, he came to the conclusion that he wasn't good.
zyzz
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I just re-listened to the end and yeah that's probably it. Earlier he talks about his obsession that he'll get to later, and at the end he doesn't have time and just says "We won't talk about D'Angelo Russell and my obsession with him. Big shot last night, bad shot, went in. I've never had a player who I should like less who I'm so intrigued by."
Yeah, I feel the same way about him. I'm curious to see what his newest take on him is.
Some skills here tho.
LoPo
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If we didn't have Donovan Mitchell, I would not have interest in D'Angelo Russell. I'm not some Russell fanboy. I'm intrigued by Russell because of his fit next to Donovan. I feel that he does want to facilitate the offense more than drive and shoot a crazy high number of shots. His passes recently have really been eye opening and just imagine the damage he can do with these improvements:
Gobert instead of Allen
Favors/Crowder instead of Hollis-Jefferson
Ingles instead of Harris
Donovan instead of Dinwiddie
No offense to any of those guys, but the personnel here is so much better. His job would be so much easier.
Oh damn, I had not seen Russell's FTr stats. Yikes. That is concerning. I love his offensive creation and passing, as well as his shooting... and I do think he fits really well with Mitchell in theory. He's got PG feel and skills. But as I said earlier - he definitely has not done enough to deserve what it would probably take to get him. You will have to project a bit and you will have to trust in your development staff to refine his game and make him more efficient.