LOS ANGELES — D’Angelo Russell was a teenager when the Lakers drafted him second overall in the 2015 NBA draft, a 19-year-old still trying to find his way as a player and a teammate during a time when he had “some growing pains.”
Russell is back with the Lakers after having been acquired from Minnesota on Thursday, a “grown man now” who turns 27 on Feb. 23.
He came to the Lakers along with friends Malik Beasley and Jarred Vanderbilt, both of whom arrived from Utah during deadline day in a deal that sent Russell Westbrook, Juan Toscano-Anderson and Damian Jones to the Jazz.
