D'Angelo Russell Secretly Tapes Swaggy P Talking About Hooking Up With Other Girls

Duncan McDonuts · Mar 30, 2016

Commodore said: ↑

sad thing is there are far too many that think what Russell did is way worse than what Nick Young did
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The other sad part is Russell has the worst repercussions. Young is free to sleep around with as many hoes as he wants. Iggy doesn't get tied down to a cheater. They both escape a doomed marriage. Russell has damaged his reputation in the league. All for a dumb prank.

Mr. Brightside · Mar 30, 2016

That's what Swaggy P gets for running up the budget.

cheke64 · Mar 30, 2016

I think D'Angelo has genuine feelings for Iggy. He on some Drake stuff

J.R. · Mar 30, 2016

Russell is only sorry he got caught.

In the aftermath of a leaked video of teammate Nick Young, a seemingly contrite Los Angeles Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell told The Vertical that he felt “sick” and “sorry” and insisted that he never considered that “these pranks that we pull on each other could have bigger consequences.”

Russell, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft and a cornerstone of the Lakers’ future, has been leveled with the public revelation of a 30-second video that included Young discussing relationships with women outside of his engagement to entertainer Iggy Azalea.
Russell used his phone to make the video in December, but it wasn’t until last week that a celebrity website obtained the video and made it public.

“I am sick,” Russell told The Vertical by phone on his drive to the Staples Center on Wednesday. “I am sorry about recording the video. I can’t repeat myself enough on that: I am sorry I recorded that video. I feel horrible. I wish this never happened.”

When asked about how the video left his possession and became public months after it was recorded, Russell told The Vertical: “Honestly, I have no idea. Me and Nick, that’s our friendship: We play around a lot. Anyone who knows him and knows me, they know that about us. But I apologize for recording that video. I never intentionally wanted to hurt anyone. I never wanted what was said in there to get out. It was my fault that it did, but that was never intentional.

“The thing is, we record ourselves doing dumb stuff all the time,” Russell told The Vertical. “On the road or home, wherever. We go back and watch what we did and said and laugh at ourselves. I guess I just never thought that these pranks we pull on ourselves could have bigger consequences. That was a big lesson I learned.

“I’ve said to myself over and over: What could anyone possibly gain by intentionally doing something that could hurt someone else’s relationship? I never wanted to hurt anyone. I’m sorry for it.”

Russell told the Vertical that he had spoken to Young and apologized to him – but wouldn’t say whether he believed his apology had been accepted. “He heard me out,” Russell told The Vertical. “I cherish our friendship on and off the court. … I never meant to hurt anyone.”

For Russell, the larger issue remains how his teammates – current and future – will accept him. As a point guard, Russell will need players to buy into his leadership. At 20 years old, that was a job that was hard enough for him already. Russell declined to discuss how his teammates had treated him in recent days, but acknowledged that he had relationships to repair.

“Listen, man, I know that it will take some time to regain trust and confidence,” Russell told The Vertical. “I hope they know I would never intentionally hurt someone – and know how horrible I feel.”

After leaving Ohio State after a sparkling freshman season a year ago, Russell wanted desperately for the Lakers to draft him at No. 2 overall. Despite an uneven year of performance and playing time – and now the fervor over the video – Russell insists that his desire to play and ultimately blossom with the Lakers is unwavering.

“I have the best job in the world, playing for this franchise, in a city that I love,” Russell told The Vertical. “You have to be willing to take the good with the bad, and that’s part of this job. … But I feel even stronger today than I did then. I love this city and love this franchise. … I take nothing for granted.

“I know this is going to be tough. I am a good person. I cherish the relationships I have and I would never intentionally hurt someone. I will work hard to earn back the trust of my teammates and those who were impacted by this.

“I’ll do whatever it takes.”

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Hence, Russell said he felt responsible that exposing Young’s infidelities has compromised his engagement.

“He’s one of the guys I’ve always talked to about anything,” Russell said. “I cherish our friendship. For me to have an incident like this come up and put it in jeopardy is not what I intended to do.”

So why did Russell even record the video?

“We joked around and play all around all the time and said crazy things. This just got in the wrong hands. It wasn’t a prank or something for everybody else to see. This was for my eyes and his eyes only,” Russell said. “There’s really no explanation for the topic of that discussion. But we play around and we joke and we laugh. We say things that you don’t really repeat. That was just an incident of playing too much goes wrong. I take the full blame for that and recording the video. But leaking the video wasn’t me.”

Conflicting accounts have emerged on how much Russell and Young have addressed the incident.

Russell and Young had private discussions regarding the incident, various team sources familiar with the situation said earlier on Wednesday afternoon.

“I’ve reached out to him and talked a little bit,” Russell said. “I let him know my apologies. I don’t know if they were accepted. If not, I wouldn’t blame him.”

But a source close with Young remained adamant on Wednesday evening that Russell has not apologized to Young. Even if Russell did, skepticism lingers that Young would have even accepted the apology. Young spoke for about a minute to reporters, but he did not take any questions.

“I don’t want to get into my personal life right now,” said Young, who is on the active roster after the Lakers said he missed the past two games because of a stomach bug. “I think it’s best me and D’Angelo handle the situation we have in a private manner outside of the media. I think it’s something we do need to sit down and talk about. That’s about it. What happened is what happened. We have to work on it.”

Certain teammates have distanced themselves from Russell and have become distrustful of him after violating an unwritten rule about making details about anyone’s private life public even if it was unintentional, according to sources familiar with the situation.

“There’s been a bad vibe,” Russell said. “We’re human so everybody has two cents to say. We got to clear the air.”

“If I’ve lost anybody’s trust, I’m going to work my tail off to gain it back,” Russell said. “That’s something you need for a winning team. You need everybody to trust each other. You need the first guy to trust the 15th guy. That’s my intentions.”

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rocketman12 · Mar 30, 2016

If this somehow makes Big name free agents want to stay away from the lakers then Dangelo Russell is one of my favorite players.

RedRedemption · Mar 30, 2016

Russell is a moron.
That being said its pretty ridiculous that people are dismissing Nick Young cheating.

mac2yao · Mar 30, 2016

Russell following the Kobe Bryant blueprint:

Step 1:Get drafted on a wave of hype
Step 2: Become hated by every one of your teammates

Now he just needs to up his game to Hall of Fame levels and the Lakers will be in good shape.

el gnomo · Mar 30, 2016

LMAO Wade just gave Russell a forearm shiver directly in front of the Lakers bench after a made basket... not a single player moved an inch.

sugrlndkid · Mar 30, 2016

Is this a glorified April fools prank...It really has been set up well...Expecting the big reveal Friday.

Houstunna · Mar 31, 2016

aussie rocket said: ↑

And to add to that, young sees the video has been recorded. Presumably then chews Russell out. And it STILL gets on the net???

How?
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Yeah. Russell's true motive is the real question.

If he was somehow 'naïve' to the situation (I don't see how that's possible though), that's MUCH better than anything else.

Worst case, it looks like Russell was trying to holla at Iggy after ruining the marriage

daywalker02 · Mar 31, 2016

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'you was 30 and she was 19'

conquistador#11 · Mar 31, 2016

these are the same guys that roll up on a jeep, zoolander style, cat calling and you expect these guys to abide to some bro code?

hakeemthagreat · Mar 31, 2016

RedRedemption said: ↑

Russell is a moron.
That being said its pretty ridiculous that people are dismissing Nick Young cheating.
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No disrespect, but what kinda man say this? What a man does is HIS business. Moral of the story don't record your friend unknowingly

tallanvor · Mar 31, 2016

hakeemthagreat said: ↑

What a man does is HIS business. Moral of the story don't record your friend unknowingly
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WTF? Cheating makes a person an *******. You should think less of someone who does.

krouchchocolate · Mar 31, 2016

tallanvor said: ↑

WTF? Cheating makes a person an *******. You should think less of someone who does.
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Yes cheating is a bad thing but that is nicks business.

juicystream · Mar 31, 2016

krouchchocolate said: ↑

Yes cheating is a bad thing but that is nicks business.
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And his fiancee's.

LosPollosHermanos · Mar 31, 2016

one of their announcers summer it up best. You're a joke of an organization....and you know you're a joke of an organization when you're putting your future in the hands of a guy calling himself "swaggy P".

Disgraceful cheater, funny how people keep overlooking that.

LosPollosHermanos · Mar 31, 2016

btw, Nick Young was taking home a honey from a club in L.A....

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IN L.A. I'm sure discretion was a priority of his.

Why are so many athletes watermelon heads. The NBA needs to prune these guys out.

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