D’Angelo Russell found out just how spoiled and entitled some Lakers fans can be — finding out the hard way after paying Tracy McGrady too much homage.
During a recent appearance with Laker fans in attendance, Russell tried to the “controversy” by saying that he simply had a moment of inspiration while watching some old T-Mac tape, and wants Lakers fans to chill.
“There’s a lot of spoiled Lakers fans,” he said.
From Mark Medina of the LA Daily News:
With one click of a button, Lakers rookie point guard D’Angelo Russell made an impassioned fan base more upset than anything regarding his Summer League play.
Russell suggested in a tweet nearly two weeks ago that Tracy McGrady is the greatest player of all time. Lakers guard Kobe Bryant and his legions of fans expressed their disapproval over Russell’s since-deleted tweet, though Russell said Bryant “was cool” about the incident.
“There’s a lot of spoiled Lakers fans. I wasn’t downgrading Kobe at all,” Russell said Saturday in an interview with the Los Angeles News Group. “I was just watching a highlight tape of Tracy McGrady and I got excited. I tweeted and the whole state of California went crazy.”
I’m not sure what young D’Angelo expected, with two or three Lakers greats challenging for the best ever slot.