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[Charania] Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell is picking up his $18.7 million player option for next season to stay in LA, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.



[Charania] Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell is picking up his $18.7 million player option for next season to stay in LA, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.

by PlayaSlayaX

29 Comments

  1. ChunkyMilkSubstance

    Asset fans when they’re able to hold on to an asset: 😃😃😃

  2. JayDee62

    Damn. My dawg must have a weak market. I for one welcomes D. Lo back (inb4 trade)

  3. Brad-Stevens

    He balled out for the majority of the season and *still* had to pick up the option

    Playoff rep in the gutter

  4. MAMBAMENTALITY8-24

    They gonna trade his ass. Well at least dlo survived a dejounte trade

  5. pskill43

    I guess he asked around and no one is paying big bucks for him

  6. Gristle__McThornbody

    OMFG YES. Great day for the Lakers.

  7. Would’ve got paid if he sat out the playoffs

  8. NBAgospel

    I think there’s a Trae Young trade coming

  9. PerchiN808

    Yesssah thank god 🙏🏽

    Bye though 👋

  10. Zammy512

    DLO back, great regular season PG. We either trading him or rolling with him at least through the deadline. I’ll take it. Wish he would show up in the post season though

  11. GriffinQ

    Guy isn’t great in the playoffs but he was one of the Lakers best performers throughout the season last year (and post acquisition in 2023). As long as Reaves takes a leap and Christie develops, it might actually benefit them to have DLo there for regular season consistency as they try and get a better seed this year.

  12. StarlingRover

    Lakers needed this. Cant replace him with a guy off waivers or a vet min guy. Now , im wondering if he opted in knowing he is gonna be traded. Not counting any dream scenario where bron takes less money for a taxpayer mle

  13. Hungry-Space-1829

    After IQ got 5 years 175 million I thought D lo would for sure opt out. 2/50 or so seems pretty reasonable given his performance last season, but I guess not. I get the playoff struggles but dude was one of the best shooters in the entire league and salaries are booming rn.

    This is great for the lakers, though.

  14. IamInternationalBig

    This is good news for the Lakers. There was nobody to easily replace him on the free agent market. Russell is a productive regular season player, even though he does seem to get clamped in the playoffs.

  15. cuhman1cuhman2

    Most threes in a season for us, we need this man like it or not

  16. Marktaco04

    He was ass in the denver series. But Lakers don’t get to the play offs without D Lo.

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