Gilbert Arenas took advantage of Nick Young's history with D'Angelo Russell to poke fun at the former LA Lakers guard.
In 2016, then-Lakers rookie D'Angelo Russell secretly videotaped Young admitting to cheating on his then-fiancee Iggy Azalea. The video was later leaked online. Although Russell denied leaking the video, Young said he was convinced the former Warrior had done so intentionally.
On "Gil's Arena," on Friday, Arenas donned a Russell jersey and joked about the scandal.
"I'm little D-Lo, straight from D-Lo house," Arenas joked. "All I'm doing is snitching today."
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Young responded in good humor:
"It better not be signed neither, I'm not f*cking with you no more, oh that's what we on today?"
At the time, Russell accepted the blame for recording the video but insisted he was not the source of the leak.
The incident cast a shadow over the Lakers dressing room, with players admitting it had strained some relationships.
Nick Young claimed D'Angelo Russell leaked controversial video to boost his aura
Nick Young recalled the incident on an episode of Gil's Arena in November. He told Arenas that he did not get physical with Russell because he had been warned of the consequences by Lakers management.
“[Former Lakers GM] Mitch Kupchak told me, ‘Don’t come to the arena. Don’t come to practice, none of that. If you do anything, we’ll take your money,’ Young said. "And then when I got there there was security there, all around there, so I couldn’t get a chance to [beat him up].”
He added that Russell leaked the video to "get some of my aura."
“How else do did it get out there?” Young questioned. “I’m big time, you know that. I’ve had the baddest. At that time I was in the mix. I was dabbling and dabbling … he was seeing a lot. He was so enthused by the Swaggy persona. He was recording me to see how this shit was.”
Russell was traded by the Lakers to the Brooklyn Nets in 2017, while Young opted not to extend his contract and became an unrestricted free agent.
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