Russell: I didn t understand the deep meaning when I was selected by the Lakers. I thought the second place was good before I met a superstar like Kobe.

June 1 News Recently, Nets star Russell visited Yang Kan's podcast to talk about the ball.

When talking about being selected by the Lakers with the second pick, Russell said: "I didn't know what the meaning of this at that time, I didn't realize the meaning of the Lakers. I didn't know what that meant at all, so I got there. I saw the spotlight, saw the media attention, and I turned on ESPN and saw that it was an NBA team. I was in the Lakers when I was very young, and I didn't even know the Lakers. I was blinded by childishness.

"I was thinking at the time that my brother was selected by the Suns, and he was going to Phoenix. It's always a good thing, he enjoys it, and I'm the second-tier show. Towns was the No. 1 pick and went to Minnesota. But they were talking about me because I was in Los Angeles. I was really naive and thought it was great if I was the second place. Then I met Kobe Bryant, and I saw how big he is and knew what the star aura was. If you were in this room now, if you didn't know who Kobe was, you would also like him when he walked in. He is a superstar. ”