The low blow from D'Angelo Russell to Reaves after defending a Wizards star

The Los Angeles Lakers star D'Angelo Russell has recently re-signed a two-year 37 million extension with the team. D-Lo was a guest in one of the latest episodes on The Pat Bev Pod with Rone, hosted by the former Laker Patrick Beverley.

Miami Heat sharpshooter Tyler Herro and new Washington Wizards wing Jordan Poole are inextricably linked as 2019 draftees and players who both signed massive contract extensions in the 2022 offseason.

The Lakers PG D'Angelo Russell said while he initially thought Herro was better, he came around on Poole as his teammate on the Golden State Warriors. This is a low blow to Reaves as he has often been compared to Jordan Poole, who is the new star of the Washington Wizards.

D-Lo said about the Tyler Herro vs. Jordan Poole: “Honestly, I didn’t see that,” Russell told his former Minnesota Timberwolves teammate. “I didn’t know he was going to be as nice as he was. I remember it was him and Tyler Herro and we were all talking, and I was like, ‘I think Tyler might be better than him.’ And [Draymond Green] was like, ‘Nah, I don’t know JP got some s**t.’”

How D'Angelo Russell got to play a lot with Jordan Poole

D'Angelo Russell then told Patrick Beverley about how Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and other key Warriors got hurt that season so he, Poole, and Green played a lot together that year. And while the current Lakers player didn’t say whether he ultimately came around on Poole being as good or better than Herro, it sounds like Russell absolutely came to respect the young wing's talent.