High school career

Russell attended Central High School in Louisville, Kentucky as a freshman in 2010-11, before transferring to Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida for his sophomore season. In 2014, he helped Montverde win back-to-back High School National Tournament championships playing alongside Ben Simmons. He later played in the 2014 McDonald's All-American game where he recorded 11 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists. He also competed in the Jordan Brand Classic where he had 3 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

Russell committed to Ohio State on June 7, 2013, choosing the Buckeyes over Louisville, Michigan State and North Carolina. Russell was rated by Rivals.com as a five-star recruit.

College career

Russell played one season of college basketball for Ohio State University. On January 9, 2015, he recorded a career-high 14 rebounds in a win over Maryland, later scoring a career-high 33 points in a 69-67 win over Northwestern on January 21. On February 8, in a 79-60 win over Rutgers, Russell recorded a triple-double with 23 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. This was the first triple-double recorded by an Ohio State freshman. Russell had an impressive showing against the seventh-seeded VCU in the NCAA tournament, scoring 28 points in a 75-72 overtime win. However, the Buckeyes' season ended the following round with a 73-58 loss to Arizona.

He finished fifth in the voting for the John R. Wooden Award, but did manage to win the 2015 Oscar Robertson Trophy, Wayman Tisdale Award and Jerry West Award. He was named on the Consensus All-American First-Team, he also earned first-team All-Big Ten honors, and was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year. In 35 games for Ohio State in 2014-15, Russell averaged 19.3 points, 5.7 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 1.6 steals in 33.9 minutes per game.

On April 22, 2015, Russell declared for the NBA draft, forgoing his final three years of college eligibility. He was touted by many scouts and reporters to be one of the top prospects in the 2015 draft.

College statistics

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2014-15	Ohio State	35	35	33.9	.449	.411	.756	5.7	5.0	1.6	.3	19.3

Professional career

Los Angeles Lakers (2015-present)

On June 25, 2015, Russell was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the second overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft. On July 10, 2015, he signed his rookie scale contract with the Lakers and went on to average 11.8 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists in five Summer League games.

He made his debut for the Lakers in the team's season opener against the Minnesota Timberwolves on October 28, recording 4 points and 3 rebounds in a 112-111 loss. On December 4, he recorded his first career double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds in a loss to the Atlanta Hawks. On January 7, 2016, he scored 11 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter of the Lakers' 118-115 loss to the Sacramento Kings.

Russell participated in the 2016 Rising Stars Challenge, where he recorded 22 points and seven assists in Team USA's win over Team World. On March 1, he set career highs with 39 points and eight made three-pointers in a 107-101 win over the Brooklyn Nets. His 39 points were the most by any NBA rookie in 2015-16 and the most by a Lakers rookie in a regular season game since Elgin Baylor had 55 in March 1959. His eight three-pointers broke Nick Van Exel's previous rookie Laker record of six in a single game. Between February 24 and March 2, Russell scored 20+ points in four straight games. He finished the 2015-16 season leading the Lakers and all rookies in steals per game, and became the youngest player to hit 130 three-pointers in a season. He subsequently earned NBA All-Rookie Second Team honors.

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2015-16	L.A Lakers	80	48	28.2	.410	.351	.737	3.4	3.3	1.2	.2	13.2
Career		80	48	28.2	.410	.351	.737	3.4	3.3	1.2	.2	13.2

[ Source: Wikipedia ]