D’Angelo Russell and Jordan Clarkson Pairing Can Unlock L.A. Lakers’ Future

The Los Angeles Lakers are somehow getting younger and growing up before our eyes at the very same time. Thursday's selection of guard D'Angelo Russell with the No. 2 overall pick has taken the Purple and Gold narrative to a happier place, a meditation on the future rather than preoccupation with an unlucky and injury-riddled recent history.

The organization has its youth movement to thank for the rosier outlook, including the now-healthy Julius Randle, who enters the season as the club's ostensible starting power forward. Elder statesman and all-around icon Kobe Bryant just mi...

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