The key focus for Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets at this point of the season is making an NBA Finals run. However, unlike the Nuggets organization, many other members of the NBA community have not let go of one other major discussion.
The Brooklyn Nets have a busy offseason ahead, and it starts with the 2025 NBA Draft. The Nets have a great chance at landing a top pick to draft generational talent, but they also own three other first-round picks.
Midway through their season, the Brooklyn Nets made a series of moves to help bolster their roster, with one of these moves being the acquisition of D'Angelo Russell.
Whenever D'Angelo Russell missed time with injury, the Brooklyn Nets owned a massive hole at the point guard spot. Keon Johnson is more of a prototypical two, Reece Beekman was too inexperienced and Dennis Schroder had been dealt to the Golden State Warriors before Russell arrived.
How many of the NBA players with at least 30 games with 30 points in the postseason can you name in five minutes?
D'Angelo Russell went from a championship contender to a lottery team when the Los Angeles Lakers traded him to the Brooklyn Nets in December. However, the 29-year-old made the most of his time with the Nets after that, averaging 12.9 points on 36.7 percent shooting (29.7 3 PT) with 5.6 assists and 2.8 rebounds in 29 games.
The Brooklyn Nets made a clear shift in the middle of the season when they traded for D'Angelo Russell from the Los Angeles Lakers, as it appeared they wanted to go after acquiring a veteran figure for their locker room.
The Minnesota Timberwolves social media team understood the assignment. Ahead of a reunion with his former team, Brooklyn Nets guard D'Angelo Russell spoke candidly about this year's Timberwolves, who he said are worse without Karl-Anthony Towns and him after they were traded away in the past two seasons.
On Thursday night, the Brooklyn Nets are set to welcome the Minnesota Timberwolves into the Barclays Center as they look to build on their win against the Dallas Mavericks on their last trip out.
One of the storylines surrounding the Brooklyn Nets throughout the season was the return of D'Angelo Russell, who made his way back to the Barclays Center in the trade that sent Dorian Finney-Smith and Shake Milton to the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Brooklyn Nets have a 23-51 record right now and they sit at 13th in the East. The Washington Wizards have been even worse, with a 16-57 record, which places them at 15th in the Eastern Conference and is the second-worst in the league overall.
One of the Brooklyn Nets' biggest needs in the upcoming 2025 NBA Draft is the point guard position. Over the last seven years or so, the Nets have rotated through elite playmaking talent such as Kyrie Irving and D'Angelo Russell.
On Saturday night, the Brooklyn Nets are set to take on the Indiana Pacers, finishing off the second leg of a back-to-back set against them. In their previous meeting on Thursday night, the Pacers managed to come out on top, 105-99, with Benedict Mathurin leading the way for Indiana with 28 points.
Clearly, Russell did not love how his time with the Lakers ended.
The Los Angeles Lakers were very active in this past trade deadline, something many expected. While the massive trade for Luka Dončić caught everyone's
The Brooklyn Nets' plate in the offseason is going to be quite full, as they have four picks in the upcoming draft and seven expiring contracts to mull over.
Tuesday night's loss against the San Antonio Spurs showed fans of the Brooklyn Nets something that they haven't gotten to see a lot of this season: the backcourt pairing of D'Angelo Russell and Cam Thomas.
In their first game after the All-Star break, the Brooklyn Nets lost to the league-leading Cleveland Cavaliers by a score of 110-97 on Thursday. Before this loss, the Nets were on a three-game winning streak and had won six of their last seven games.
D'Angelo Russell sank the game-winning 3-pointer with 3.4 seconds remaining as the Brooklyn Nets snapped an 11-game home losing streak with an unlikely 99-97 victory over the Houston Rockets Tuesday night in New York.
The heroics they showed against the Rockets were at least encouraging and provided a thrilling finish to a tightly contested game.
As the Brooklyn Nets continue to navigate their rebuilding phase, one of the most intriguing storylines has been the return of D’Angelo Russell.
Brooklyn Nets guard D'Angelo Russell has expressed his appreciation for the team's playing style, emphasizing the freedom it affords him on the court.
Russell is seven games into his second spell with the Brooklyn Nets.
Russell seemingly holds a grudge against the Lakers for trading him twice within the span of a few years.
On Friday night, D'Angelo Russell and the Brooklyn Nets will play the Lakers in Los Angeles. Russell will be making his return to Los Angeles for the first time since getting traded last month.
Once he found his way back to the Lakers in 2023, former All-Star guard D'Angelo Russell celebrated being given a second chance with the franchise. But not even two full seasons after his return, Russell was traded again to another one of his former teams.
Russell spent time with Brooklyn early in his career and reportedly didn’t part on great terms when he was traded to Golden State in 2019.
Russell’s streaky, ball-dominant, and one-way style of play means he would be a major long shot to make the United States team for the 2028 Olympics.
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