Sources: Lakers teammates 'isolating' D'Angelo Russell after video surfaces

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Re: Sources: Lakers teammates 'isolating' D'Angelo Russell after video surfaces 

Post#41 » by Domejandro » Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:11 am

EmperorLocky wrote:I think this is awesome! You know if Nick wasn't doing the dirty on his missus this video would have never been made. Can't get upset at someone else for abusing your trust when that is what you do yourself.

I'm interested to know Russell's motivation. Was this pay back for something? Maybe he wants a chop at Iggy.

How is this awesome? All this has done is publicly humiliate all parties involved, Iggy Azalea included. Two wrongs do not make a right, abusing your own teammate's trust is a horrible thing to do in any circumstance. What Nick Young did was legitimately awful, but I do not see that as being justification for D'Angelo Russell recording a private conversation; this matter could have been dealt with privately.
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Re: Sources: Lakers teammates 'isolating' D'Angelo Russell after video surfaces 

Post#42 » by YourBuddy » Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:13 am

So because Nick Young is admitting he cheated on Iggy, that absolves Russell of any wrong doing? :banghead:
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Re: Sources: Lakers teammates 'isolating' D'Angelo Russell after video surfaces 

Post#43 » by EAS Law » Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:13 am

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Clay Davis wrote:I don't see how he was snaking his teammate. For one thing, he told him he was taping. For another, he didn't release the video himself. If Nick Young was really pissed about it he could've asked him to delete it or whatever. Maybe he did... but even then, I highly doubt D leaked the tape himself and am pretty sure his phone's security was compromised. I wouldn't say he's a scumbag or even a snitch.



Lots of ways it could've went down. Someone could've stole his phone or something, he could've left it unintended and a girl he was with saw it and sent it to herself, etc. He's a pretty famous dude, so there's definitely a motive for someone to slide through his phone.


I don't know man. It literally took the FBI months to figure out how to get into an iPhone. I have my doubts that some groupie or thief managed to do this.

What reason at all would Russel have to record his boy dishing his indiscretions?

You don't have to decrypt it... maybe he puts his phone down, lock doesn't go on, groupie grabs it. Maybe she sees his code over his shoulder. Then again, this is sort of veering into tinfoil hat territory so it's likely I'm wrong.


Completely right regarding the decryption, and All very possible scenarios, but I still have significant doubts that it happened that way.

My point is founded on the assumption that he even has an iPhone, but virtually any knowledgable, sane human being would have some sort of lock on their device.

I would go as far as to say that the Laker teammate reaction to this, compounded with the fact that I've never heard of a similar situation in my life occurring in the NBA, leads me to conclude that Russel shared this with someone knowingly and willingly and whether through negligence or malice, the destruction is unspeakable in terms of respect as a man.

Let Nick Young deal with his personal issues and becomes better man without forcefully taking away something he clearly cares about.

Oh yeah-- and try not to bait the guy into dishing. That was just disgusting.

Sorry, but I'm apparently passionate about tending your own fields and minding your own home so to speak.
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Post#44 » by andrewww » Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:15 am

The only rationale you can say for Russell doing this is an attempted prank gone wrong, but at the same time this is not the type of situation to tape "lock room talk" and on a medium (tape) where it can get out, regardless of whether Nick Young did or didn't cheat in his own private life. Not a good look for a rookie to get caught doing this even if the ultimate intentions weren't for public consumption.
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Re: Sources: Lakers teammates 'isolating' D'Angelo Russell after video surfaces 

Post#45 » by jordan0386 » Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:17 am

None of us know what type of relationship Nick has with Iggy. What lines he can and can not cross.

Russell sharing this video is very wrong because it paints all parties in a bad light.

We do need more information as to why he recorded in the first place. SAS or someone else will eventually fill us in.
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Post#46 » by picc » Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:18 am

Why, D'Angelo? :banghead: Why???
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Post#47 » by MrCheerios » Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:20 am

King Bugs wrote:Nick Young is cheating on his fiance, but D'Angelo is the bad guy.

This nonsense is totally backwards. :noway:

They both are wrong. Young has the bigger offense, sure, but Russell shouldn't be recording personal conversations with his teammates secretly and having the video come out on gossip sites. From a teammate perspective, I'd care more about the latter than the former because Young can't cheat on me, but Russell can sure as hell violate my privacy. Young's infidelity is strictly between him and his fiancee.
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Post#48 » by mtron929 » Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:20 am

Russell single-handedly destroyed 2016 (and beyond) free agent recruitment for the Lakers.
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Post#49 » by picc » Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:21 am

I was still holding out hope this was some kind of hoax.

Gonna be really hard to root for him going forward. On the fence about how I feel about him being on the team. I know if I was a player I wouldn't wanna be in the same locker room with this guy and I wouldn't want to play with him on the court.

This sucks.

Goddamnit.

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Post#50 » by picc » Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:22 am

bondom34 wrote:Lou Will, Kobe, and Nick Young isolating? How strange.


Crap. This shouldn't have made me laugh.
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Post#51 » by DaGawd » Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:23 am

picc wrote:Gonna be really hard to root for him going forward. On the fence about how I feel about him being on the team.

Goddamnit.

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Yo.....Jose Calderon for D Russ?
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Post#52 » by picc » Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:29 am

DaGawd wrote:Yo.....Jose Calderon for D Russ?


I'm not upset by the offer at all.

That's how bad this was. :-?
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Post#53 » by JB2 » Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:30 am

This thing is forgotten by end of summer.
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Re: Sources: Lakers teammates 'isolating' D'Angelo Russell after video surfaces 

Post#54 » by DaGawd » Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:33 am

picc wrote:
DaGawd wrote:Yo.....Jose Calderon for D Russ?


I'm not upset by the offer at all.

That's how bad this was. :-?

Lol well damn....I was just kidding...
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Re: Sources: Lakers teammates 'isolating' D'Angelo Russell after video surfaces 

Post#55 » by eagereyez » Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:33 am

Should have taken Okafor, he knocks people out for his teammates :)
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Post#56 » by mtron929 » Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:34 am

bondom34 wrote:Lou Will, Kobe, and Nick Young isolating? How strange.


This is the funniest thing I've read on realgm in months.
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Re: Sources: Lakers teammates 'isolating' D'Angelo Russell after video surfaces 

Post#57 » by adjacent2bench » Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:40 am

Terrible move on D'Angelo's part but in the long run he did Young a favor. Iggy's fame gonna fizzle and so will their relationship. Always happens.
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Post#58 » by NYKHardKnock » Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:41 am

This makes drafting KP feel that much better
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Re: Sources: Lakers teammates 'isolating' D'Angelo Russell after video surfaces 

Post#59 » by Yoshun » Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:41 am

Nick Young is still in the league?
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Re: Sources: Lakers teammates 'isolating' D'Angelo Russell after video surfaces 

Post#60 » by almatic » Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:43 am

YogurtProducer wrote:
wablty wrote:
King Bugs wrote:Nick Young is cheating on his fiance, but D'Angelo is the bad guy.

This nonsense is totally backwards. :noway:


In this case? Yes. "But that guy was cheating on his girl" is a pretty awful excuse for intentionally recording a coworker's dirty laundry clearly confessed in confidence for the purpose of having something to hang over the guy's head.

How about this... Don't cheat


How about this... try being a multi-million dollar-making professional athlete that plays basketball in front of crowds of 15,000 people all over the country before making this quick judgement.

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