SANTA MONICA, Calif. — From the cover of SLAM magazine to around-the-clock hype on ESPN, it’d be easy for D’Angelo Russell to get caught up in the buzz he’s getting lately, heading into Friday’s much-hyped return to Los Angeles.
That is, if he hadn’t already experienced the narratives from the other end during his ill-fated stay with the Lakers. From the snitch headlines to fishbowl fervor around his Lakers tenure, he’d already learned P.