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D’Angelo Russell seemed to be unwanted by his previous team’s front office, but the young superstar has emerged as an important piece to his current team. The Brooklyn Nets advanced to the playoffs for the first time in four seasons. Russell’s emergence is considered by many around the league as the main factor in Brooklyn’s […]

Just like every basketball fan, Brooklyn Nets All-Star point guard D’Angelo Russell has a lot of fond memories of Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade. Wade’s Christmas games, though, are the games Russell always remembers when someone brings up D-Wade to him. “I remember the Christmas games,” Russell told the Brooklyn media on Tuesday. “Every time they […]

To say that Brooklyn Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson is a fan of his All-Star point guard D’Angelo Russell would probably be an understatement. Recently, coach Atkinson sung the praises of his 22-year-old guard, stating that in his mind, Russell is a “winner.” “It’s another star on his résumé,” he said, via Brian Lewis of […]

Brooklyn Nets forward Joe Harris believes that teammate D’Angelo Russell deserves to be an All-NBA member this season after having a breakout year for them. Russell, the second overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft, was traded to the Nets from the Los Angeles Lakers before the previous season. There were doubts about his ability […]

Indiana Pacers fans love to troll the players of opposing teams. They have done it multiple times this season, most notably during a February game against the Los Angeles Lakers when they chanted “LeBron’s gonna trade you!” in a sequence when Brandon Ingram was shooting free throws. Well, they’re at it again. In their game […]

Brooklyn Nets point guard D’Angelo Russell says the team’s future is “in good hands” after the franchise extended the contract of head coach Kenny Atkinson. Barring a collapse over the final four games, the Nets are on their way to making the playoffs for the first time since 2015. Atkinson and Brooklyn general manager Sean Marks […]

Brooklyn Nets point guard D’Angelo Russell says the contract extensions head coach Kenny Atkinson and his assistant coaches reportedly got are “well-deserved.” Atkinson had led the Nets to 39 wins entering Tuesday. Brooklyn is on its way to making the playoffs for the first time since 2015: D'Angelo Russell shared his thoughts on ESPN's report of […]

Should the Brooklyn Nets make the playoffs, guard D’Angelo Russell believes one of the keys to a successful run is staying healthy. Russell made his sentiments known to UPROXX’s Robby Kalland. Shoot, we gotta stay healthy first. I think staying healthy is the main bug in this league that can contribute to a lot of […]

There’s been a lot of controversy surrounding the MVP and Rookie of the Year awards this season. Brooklyn Nets All-Star D’Angelo Russell has a solution though. Co MVP’s & Co ROY’s #ItsOnlyRight — D'Angelo Russell (@Dloading) March 31, 2019 Both award races are down to two men — and no one is budging. For MVP, […]

The Brooklyn Nets secured a massive 110-96 home victory over the Boston Celtics on Saturday night. Following the game, Nets All-Star D’Angelo Russell expressed the importance of every game from this point on until the end of the regular season: “I told you, man, every one is going to be worth it,” D’Angelo Russell said, […]

Two of the brightest young talents in the NBA’s Eastern Conference went at each other Saturday night. D’Angelo Russell and Jaylen Brown both scored personal victories. The game between Russell’s Brooklyn Nets and Brown’s Boston Celtics contained a battle within the larger competition. Russell and Brown displayed the skill and cleverness which have marked them […]

The Brooklyn Nets made a statement on Saturday night, beating the Boston Celtics 110-96 at home behind 29 points and 10 assists from D’Angelo Russell. The All-Star guard continues to have a breakout season for the Nets while helping the team keep their playoff hopes alive. After the game, Russell sent a strong message to […]

D’Angelo Russell has emerged as one of the top candidates to win the lauded Most Improved Player award at the end of this season, taking the Brooklyn Nets from one of the bottom dwellers in the East into a likely playoff team fighting for the No. 6 seed. Some front-office personnel feel the 23-year-old guard […]

Philadelphia 76ers star point-forward Ben Simmons is really happy point guard D’Angelo Russell is playing well with the Brooklyn Nets. Simmons and Russell are close friends off the court. The two All-Stars were teammates in high school at Montverde Academy in Florida. Ben Simmons on D'Angelo Russell: It’s been awesome seeing him play well & […]

Entering Tuesday, Houston Rockets superstar shooting guard James Harden and Brooklyn Nets point guard D’Angelo Russell are the only two players in the NBA this season who have scored at least 1,500 points, dished out 500-plus assists and knocked down 200-plus 3-pointers, according to NBA insider Tommy Beer. Only two players in the NBA this […]

Brooklyn Nets point guard D’Angelo Russell is the youngest player to reach double-digit 30-point games in a season for a Brooklyn player aged 22 or younger since Bernard King recorded 13 30-point games back in 1978-79, according to Basketball Reference. Russell turned 23-years-old on Feb. 23. Before turning 23, the lefty scored 30 or more points […]

The Brooklyn Nets will be in action against the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night, meaning we will get to see breakout guard D’Angelo Russell against the established All-Star in Damian Lillard. Lillard has turned into a sort of comparison for Russell, as Russell has shown flashes of Lillard’s smooth scoring ability and can have […]

Brooklyn Nets point guard D’Angelo Russell has become an All-Star this season, and it looks like the lefty has the culture and structure of Brooklyn to thank. Russell, who has developed a strong relationship with Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson, is enjoying the ride he’s been on with the Nets and says the franchise has […]

The Brooklyn Nets play in the league’s biggest media market, boast pristine new playing and practice facilities, and have proven themselves as one of the most well-run organizations in the NBA since general manager Sean Marks came aboard in 2016. Coach Kenny Atkinson’s team is clearly on the rise, too, poised for a playoff berth […]

Brooklyn Nets point guard D’Angelo Russell says the Los Angeles Lakers are “the type of organization that will trade you to bring in what they want.” The Lakers traded Russell to the Nets in the summer of 2017, just two years after they selected the lefty with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2015 […]

Former No. 2 overall pick D’Angelo Russell led the way for the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night, finishing with 21 points and 13 assists to propel them to a 111-106 win against his former team, the Los Angeles Lakers. The Nets’ victory officially eliminated the Lakers from playoff contention, and people can’t stop thinking about […]

Brooklyn Nets point guard D’Angelo Russell put forth further proof on Friday that he indeed has ice in is veins. The 22-year-old had another outstanding performance in a 111-106 victory against the Los Angeles Lakers, and Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson had nothing but wonderful things to say about his star point guard following the […]

You think eliminating his former Los Angeles Lakers club from playoff contention felt good for Brooklyn Nets guard D’Angelo Russell? I’m sure it did, but Russell downplayed it when asked about it after the Nets’ 111-106 win over the Lakers on Friday night: “Sounds good on paper, but at the end of the day, we’re […]

For the first time since 2005, LeBron James won’t be participating in the playoffs. Despite that disheartening reality and the accompanying lack of significance to the final three weeks of the regular season, though, the Los Angeles Lakers superstar is still going hard — at least after he turns the ball over and senses an […]

The benefit of 20/20 hindsight makes it easy to forget that decisions by NBA front offices are never made in a vacuum. There are always circumstances beyond a player’s presence or absence that help decide his future with an incumbent team, an important portion of which executives rarely make privy to the public. However, much […]

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton was nothing but complimentary of Brooklyn Nets point guard D’Angelo Russell prior to Friday’s contest between the two clubs, saying via Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times: “You don’t want to say that a young player isn’t going to be able to do things,” Walton said Thursday. […]

In news that is going to draw headlines, Brooklyn Nets point guard D’Angelo Russell will give Golden State Warriors superstar small forward Kevin Durant a tour of Brooklyn as part of KD’s “Fly By” show. Durant becomes an unrestricted free agent this summer once he declines his 2019-20 player option with the Warriors. The Nets […]

“Revenge is a dish best served cold” is a wise proverb that holds true to this very day. It doesn’t hold any more veracity than for D’Angelo Russell of the Brooklyn Nets, once traded by the Los Angeles Lakers after two years in the league. He now has the chance to eliminate the Lakers from […]

The Brooklyn Nets survived, endured, and walked away with their best win of the season against the Sacramento Kings earlier this week, a game that did more than just add another W in their column, but likely changed the levels of confidence this team had going into a heavily-contested bottom of the playoff picture. Head […]

D’Angelo Russell isn’t fussing about his triumphant return to Los Angeles to face his former team, the Los Angeles Lakers, short of two years since he was traded to the Brooklyn Nets to create cap room and free up the point guard spot for Lonzo Ball. The first-time All-Star knows what’s at stake and is […]

Brooklyn Nets point guard D’Angelo Russell is the first player in franchise history with 76-plus points and 22-plus assists in a two-game stretch, according to Anthony Puccio of NetsDaily. Russell finished with 32 points and 10 assists against the LA Clippers, and then he followed that up with 44 points and 12 assists versus the […]

The Brooklyn Nets orchestrated one of the best comebacks of the 2018-19 NBA season last night when they overcame a 28-point deficit to defeat the Sacramento Kings. Point guard D’Angelo Russell scored 27 of his 44 points in the final frame, and the Nets improved to 37-36 on the season. Brooklyn also made a fan […]

LOS ANGELES – Before Lou Williams hit the buzzer-beating shot to send the L.A. Clippers to a win over the Brooklyn Nets, guard D’Angelo Russell sparked a 10-0 run in a minute of action to help his team tie the game with six seconds left. Everyone knows what happened from there, as Williams drained a […]

The Brooklyn Nets have made the most out of D’Angelo Russell since he was traded to them by the Los Angeles Lakers. While Russell, then a second-year player looking ahead to his next season, could have sulked by the franchise giving up on him so quickly, he instead took comfort in the fresh opportunity ahead: […]

Brooklyn Nets forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson seemed to be falling out of the good graces of head coach Kenny Atkinson over the past month. However, the 24-year old swingman showed exactly why he deserves to be on the floor in a thrilling 123-121 victory over the Sacramento Kings. In a night full of huge shots down […]

Brooklyn Nets point guard D’Angelo Russell is currently having his best-ever NBA campaign this season. And on Tuesday night, the 23-year-old All-Star set all sorts of records in a single game. Russell scored a career-high 44 points in leading the Nets to a huge 123-121 road victory over the Sacramento Kings. He also racked up […]

Sunday night against the LA Clippers, Brooklyn Nets point guard D’Angelo Russell became the youngest player to have 30+ points and 10+ assists in a game for the franchise since Richard Jefferson did it back in 2003. Russell put up 32 points and 10 assists versus the Clippers on Sunday. The lefty is 23 years […]

Brooklyn Nets guard D’Angelo Russell showed out on Sunday in a thriller of a game against the L.A. Clippers, putting 32 points, 10 assists, and five rebounds in a heartbreaking 119-116 loss decided by a last-second game-winner by Lou Williams. Clippers coach Doc Rivers came out impressed, noting he had been fond of Russell from […]

Point guard D’Angelo Russell has used the 2018-19 season as his breakout campaign. Named as an All-Star for the first time in his career, Russell has been handed the keys to the Brooklyn franchise, putting his dazzling array of talent on display on a nightly basis. Take Sunday versus the Los Angeles Clippers, for example, […]