D’Angelo Russell has opened up concerning the impression Kobe Bryant made on him.
Russell is the one present Laker to have performed with Bryant, and made the feedback forward of Kobe’s statue unveiling in LA on Thursday.
“For the Lakers organization, you know for his legacy that he’s left behind, I think it’s a huge deal,” he told reporters. “Well deserved. And I don’t even think that’s enough. I think he, I think it should be Kobe Day, all that. I think he deserves more. So that’s the start.”
D’Angelo Russell, the one Lakers participant to spend a season on LAL with Kobe, spoke about his “vivid memories” of observing Bryant his rookie season because the franchise prepares to unveil a statue of Bryant this week pic.twitter.com/WryHFqTrHr
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Russell was additionally requested concerning the largest factor he realized throughout his one yr enjoying alongside Bryant.
“Honestly, I’d say the biggest thing I learned was just how he moved, you know, not what he said, not anything directly towards me, just being able to sit back in the shadows and watch how he went about his business as a young player. I didn’t know how big of a deal that was, but, you know, when I look back on it, a lot of that’s, those are kind of vivid memories for me. You know, his response, the way you talk, the way you walk, things like that.”
Russell’s lone season with Bryant was in his rookie yr in 2015-16. It was additionally Kobe’s last season.
It wasn’t all the time easy crusing for Russell that yr, with the Lakers struggling to win video games and Russell himself typically pressured away from the motion as a consequence of Kobe taking plenty of pictures.
But clearly he seems again on these days fondly, and at this level, that’s all that actually issues.
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