“Coach Matta recruited me the best, I had a close relationship with him immediately and I saw a great opportunity at Ohio State. Sometimes it's just that simple.”

American professional basketball player

D'Angelo Russell, known as DLo, is an American professional basketball player. He was born in 1996 and has played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association, after a college career with the Ohio State Buckeyes and being selected second overall in the 2015 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers. Russell first came to wider attention as a McDonald's All-American in 2014. His path runs through top-level college and professional basketball, with the Lakers drafting him after one season at Ohio State and later assignments in the CBA.