Jordan Clarkson and D’Angelo Russell of the Los Angeles Lakers were part of the NBA All Star Rising Stars Challenge last week in Toronto. The young duo turned in a great performance to help Team USA overcome the World Team, 157-154, NBA.com reports.

The game was, of course, more on allowing them to play at any pace and style as they wish. But in the eyes of spectators and the media, seeing the two yuppies perform without boundaries was something they had hoped to see with the Lakers. However, everyone knows that Scott has been trying to take control and that includes limiting their minutes, particularly D’Angelo Russell, per ESPN.

Russell has not yet won the good graces of Scott, preferring to keep him in cold storage until he sees the mature player come out from being a rookie. The second overall pick of the 2015 NBA Draft has been hit time and again by Scott for trying to take over, which many believe could be the key to see him finally break out of his shell.

Based on his performance last Friday in Toronto, Russell was finally able to show the NBA fans what he is truly capable off. Then again, anyone playing that night could do just about anything so his 22-point performance that went with seven assists will likely not matter to Scott, who was most likely watching.

Towards the end, there was a tricky question thrown at the Lakers young duo pertaining to playing time. Apparently, the question was trying to weed out something from the issues involving the rookie’s playing time.

Clarkson didn’t say much about it, but did do a (big) brotherly act by mumbling something to Russell. Per Fox Sports transcription, Clarkson said something like - “Don’t say nothing crazy”.

Clarkson’s guidance is seen more as trying to prevent Russell from saying something foolish, a wise idea considering it could be used against him at some point.

Instead, Russel responded as quoted by NBA.com, "I feel like that game is more of a confidence builder. It's not something you (can) really get too high or too low on. If you didn't really play very well, it doesn't really mean too much.”

Of course the media had a heyday on that one, believing that Russell wanted to say something he just couldn’t. Considering his level and state with the Lakers right now, it may be wise to hold all that off until he does get to that stage where he can yap as much as he want without getting himself into more trouble than he has right now.