Former Lakers player is ready to put on the boxing gloves

Throughout the years, we have seen more and more, former basketball, and football players change sports to go on to the boxing ring. This not only gives the players a few buck extra in their pockets but also gives them the chance to solve some previous issues they might have had in the past. Now, there might be two NBA players that might end up getting into the ring.

Former Lakers player Nick Young expressed his willingness to put on the boxing gloves and fight former teammate D'Angelo Russell. During an interview for the Boxing with Chris Mannix podcast, Young was asked what player in the whole NBA he would fight, and without a second thought, he answer ‘D’Angelo'.

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D'Angelo Russell and Nick Young shared a locker room in Los Angeles from 2015 to 2017. Then Russell was traded to the Brooklyn Nets while Young was sent to the Golden State Warriors. Of course, the comment from Young comes with a background on their time with the Lakers.

D’Angelo Russell and Nick Young fell out following Russell’s prank where he decided to record a video of Young admitting that he cheated on then-fiancee Iggy Azalea back in 2016. Still, Young continued the interview commenting that he also would fight, a ‘few dudes on the Golden State Warriors, as well as a couple of coaches’

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Russell Westbrook has had a beef with the newest player on the Lakers roster, Patrick Beverley. Both players have been going at each other for almost nine years. Now, they are teammates. Time will tell if they can work together or end up in a Russell-Young situation.