Last season, Lakers rookie Julius Randle broke his leg in his very first professional regular season game and missed the rest of the year. This year, their new highly touted rookie, D’Angelo Russell, has apparently sustained an injury as well. Russell injured his foot in Lakers training camp, but the good news is we’re still a month away before the games actually matter. Let’s just hope it’s not too serious.
Russell made it through the morning practice session with a bone bruise on the bottom of his right foot, though the Lakers weren’t sure if he would sit out the afternoon session, or maybe even Friday’s practice.
Russell tried to downplay the soreness and knocked an iPhone out of Roy Hibbert‘s hands when his teammate tried to snap a picture of the foot.
But then Russell had a pertinent question for a Lakers employee who told him it was time to talk to reporters.
“Do I have to stand up?” he said.
He didn’t. He sat in a padded chair while media members circled around him.
H/T: LA Times
