Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Nick Young won't be seeing time on the court anytime soon while he recovers from a hand injury, so while he's on the mend he's getting involved in another venture outside of basketball.
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Young and his girlfriend, rapper Iggy Azalea, will be brand ambassadors for Forever 21 and will be appearing in the mall chain's holiday ad campaign, according to ESPN. "Swaggy P" and Azalea gave sneak peeks of their photo shoot on Instagram:
A photo posted by Iggy Azalea (@thenewclassic) on Oct 10, 2014 at 1:34pm PDT
The 29-year-old Young averaged 17.9 points in his first year with the Lakers. Though he is a solid scorer, he doesn't do much else with averages of 2.6 rebounds and 1.5 assists. He will have to develop his all-around game and contribute to his team in other ways besides scoring.
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Young will miss extended time to start the season after tearing a ligament in his thumb while guarding star teammate Kobe Bryant in practice. He jokingly blamed Bryant for the injury before undergoing surgery on Monday, to which Bryant responded he needs to learn to move his feet on defense.
Bryant praised Young earlier this month, saying he enjoys going up against him in practice. Young is usually the initiator of the trash talk, but Bryant admitted that he continues the playful back-and-forth to help get the best out of the young shooting guard.
"He's very competitive and I think this camp is gonna do wonders for him in particular because he's gonna be at a level in his conditioning that I don't think he's ever been at," Bryant said. "I think because of it, he'll discover another level to his game."
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