Former Lakers guard shares Kobe Bryant shutting down D'Angelo Russell's attempt to quash beef with Nick Young (Images via NBA.com)
Former LA Lakers teammates D'Angelo Russell and Nick Young were involved in a long-standing feud that played out in the team's locker room. In a recent appearance on the "Byron Scott's Fast Break Podcast," posted Tuesday on Legions Hoops on X, former Lakers guard Lou Williams shed light on the role Kobe Bryant played in attempting to resolve the issue.
According to Williams, Bryant intervened in a planned reconciliation meeting between Russell and Young, aimed at resolving the tension between them. Bryant reportedly told the team to put the drama aside and focus on their upcoming game.
“Kobe walks clean through the meeting and says, 'Hey man, cut all this Kumbaya sh**. We got a game to play,'” Williams recalled.
The highly publicized beef between Russel and Young marred the Purple and Gold's 2015-16 season. The controversy began when Russell, then a rookie, secretly recorded a video of Young discussing his infidelity with fiancée Iggy Azalea.
