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BALLER MOVE: Draft in rounds 5-8
CURRENT ADP: 66.8
ANALYSIS: D'Angelo “Ice in my veins” Russell is going to go off this year. I don’t know if people are punishing their fantasy teams because of the whole Nick Young fiasco or if they just don’t get how good this young guard is. He is now the dominant player on the Lakers and second place really isn’t close. Brandon Ingram will take some time to get used to the physicality of the league while Jordan Clarkson, Julius Randle, and others are just role players.
Russell was taken with the second overall pick for a reason. Now that the Kobe Bryant retirement tour is over he is going to be getting five to six more shots per game. Expect Russell to go from 13 points and 3 assists to somewhere in the range of 18 and 7 per game. You cannot judge this young man on his body of work but have to project where he will be by the end of the year. There isn’t a more exciting young prospect at the guard position than Russell.
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