Los Angeles Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell didn’t obtain a heat welcome from Atlanta Hawks followers on the State Farm Enviornment on Tuesday.
Russell has been linked with a commerce away from the Lakers, who’re rumored to be hopeful of together with him in a deal to land Hawks’ guard Dejounte Murray forward of the deadline. Atlanta, nonetheless, isn’t considering buying Russell’s providers, and would like the 27-year-old is dealt to a 3rd staff, in line with a report from ESPN’s Bobby Marks.
Followers on the State Farm Enviornment made their opinions on that potential commerce abundantly clear, making it extraordinarily obvious that Russell isn’t wished on the Hawks.
As Russell ready to take a pair of foul photographs early into the primary half of Tuesday’s sport, one part of followers started chanting, “We don’t need you!” on the Los Angeles guard.
Hawks followers chanting “We don’t need you!” with D’Angelo Russell on the FT line pic.twitter.com/fdH7yysOP7
— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) January 31, 2024
Though Russell has rediscovered a few of his finest type of late, followers in Atlanta made clear that they aren’t eager on the thought of pairing him with Trae Younger within the backcourt.
The Lakers are anticipated to be consumers on the commerce deadline, with the staff seeking to higher place itself to make a late playoff push. It’s actually potential Russell finds himself getting dealt come February’s commerce deadline, nevertheless it doesn’t appear Hawks followers are overly optimistic about the opportunity of including him to the staff.