The Los Angeles Lakers have a lot of talent on their roster, but the majority of that talent is extremely young. Outside of a few veterans, it will be players like D’Angelo Russell, Julius Randle, and Brandon Ingram, all of whom are 21 years old or younger, who will lead the charge.
One major question that tends to surround younger teams is who will step up and become the leader and right now there is no clear choice for the Lakers.
That doesn’t mean there aren’t some possibilities, however, as head coach Luke Walton appeared on The Big Podcast with Shaq, and said that he believes Russell has shown some leadership capabilities over the summer:
“In summer league I spent the majority of my time with the young guys here, and D’Angelo has been phenomenal as far as being vocal in practice, and doing what we ask him as a coaching staff, and coming in early and after practice and getting work in.