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The Brooklyn Nets will host the Charlotte Hornets Monday night at Barclays Center. D’Angelo Russell is questionable on the team’s status report with an illness. Here’s everything we know about Russell’s playing status vs. the Hornets. *Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV (Get Access | Save $30)* D’Angelo Russell injury status vs. Hornets Russell has […]

A loud segment of the Brooklyn Nets fanbase has been pining for a D’Angelo Russell reunion since the team’s beloved 2018-19 season. They got it earlier this year but under precarious circumstances. The tanking Nets swapped one out-of-place veteran for another, acquiring Russell as part of a package for Dorian Finney-Smith. Many pointed to the […]

Rockets head coach Ime Udoka referred to the Brooklyn Nets as a “low-level team” after Saturday’s loss in Houston. Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez made sure his players knew it ahead of Tuesday’s rematch at Barclays Center. Brooklyn responded by stunning Houston for the second time in four nights. Trailing 97-93 with 8.1 seconds remaining, […]

Jordi Fernandez knew a rebuild was in the cards when he accepted the Brooklyn Nets head-coaching job last spring. After a surprise start to the season, losses are piling up as the team angles for a top draft pick. Despite extended absences to Cam Thomas, Cam Johnson, D’Angelo Russell and Ben Simmons — the team’s […]

The Brooklyn Nets will host the Miami Heat on Saturday at Barclays Center. Ben Simmons and D’Angelo Russell are questionable on the team’s injury report. Simmons is dealing with an illness, while Russell is listed due to personal reasons. Here’s everything we know about both players’ statuses vs. the Heat. *Watch NBA games LIVE with […]

The NBA trade deadline is two weeks away, and the Brooklyn Nets are at the center of speculation. After trading Dennis Schroder and Dorian Finney-Smith in December, the team remains active in negotiations leading up to Feb. 6. With a roster full of uncertainty, the Nets aren’t avoiding difficult conversations. “We’ve been open with our […]

The Brooklyn Nets will be without their lead ball-handler on Wednesday against the Phoenix Suns. D’Angelo Russell will be sidelined due to left hamstring tightness/injury management on the second night of a back-to-back. Russell has struggled to stay on the floor since joining the Nets in a Dec. 29 trade from the Los Angeles Lakers. […]

D’Angelo Russell is adjusting to a featured role with the Brooklyn Nets following a trade from the Los Angeles Lakers. After a tumultuous start to the season in Los Angeles under head coach JJ Redick, he’s enjoying the transition. “I’ll never take being able to play free basketball like this for granted again,” Russell said […]

The Brooklyn Nets will host the New York Knicks on Tuesday night at Barclays Center. D’Angelo Russell is questionable on the team’s injury report due to left hamstring tightness/injury management. Here’s everything we know about Russell’s injury and playing status vs. the Knicks. *Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV (Get Access | Save $30)* D’Angelo […]

On Friday evening, the Brooklyn Nets continued their Western Conference road trip with a tough loss to the Los Angeles Lakers at the Crypto.com Arena. Brooklyn fought valiantly in this one despite dealing with several key injuries; however, the team ultimately fell when a D’Angelo Russell three pointer clanked off of the rim in the […]

LOS ANGELES – It was a Friday night and D’Angelo Russell was back in town, his first matchup against the Los Angeles Lakers since being traded to the Brooklyn Nets. So it seemed fitting that with the game on the line, the ball would find itself in his hands. D’Angelo Russell ended up missing the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers (21-17) are set to conclude their shortened homestand with a game against the Brooklyn Nets (14-27) on Friday night. Ahead of the matchup, former Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell reflected on his time with the team and expressed excitement about playing against his former squad. “It’s exciting. I’m excited to be on […]

Several players could have added motivation during Friday’s Los Angeles Lakers-Brooklyn Nets matchup at Crypto.com Arena. The most notable is newly acquired Nets point guard D’Angelo Russell. After missing Brooklyn’s historic 126-67 loss to the Clippers on Wednesday, Russell will be active against the Lakers. Los Angeles head coach JJ Redick expects his former point […]

The Brooklyn Nets will be without two top offensive players on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Clippers. Cam Johnson and Ben Simmons were ruled out for the road matchup. Johnson is managing a right ankle sprain, while Simmons will rest as part of a load management plan on the second night of a back-to-back. Johnson […]

The Brooklyn Nets could welcome back two top offensive players during a key draft positioning matchup. Cam Johnson and D’Angelo Russell are questionable for Tuesday’s road meeting with the Portland Trail Blazers. Johnson has missed the last five games due to a right ankle sprain, while Russell has missed four straight due to a right […]

The Brooklyn Nets continue to approach injuries to two of their top players cautiously as losses pile up. Cam Johnson and D’Angelo Russell will remain sidelined for Sunday’s road matchup with the Utah Jazz. Johnson will miss his fifth consecutive game with a right ankle sprain, while Russell will sit out his fourth straight with […]

The Brooklyn Nets will receive reinforcements for the start of a six-game West Coast swing. After missing the team’s last three games due to calf soreness and lower back injury management, Ben Simmons will return to the lineup against the Denver Nuggets on Friday. With D’Angelo Russell (left shin contusion) and Cam Thomas (left hamstring […]

The Brooklyn Nets will be without D’Angelo Russell again during Wednesday’s home matchup with the Detroit Pistons. Russell will remain sidelined for his third consecutive game due to a right shin contusion. The veteran point guard, who joined the Nets from the Los Angeles Lakers in a Dec. 29 trade, sustained the injury during Saturday’s […]

The Los Angeles Lakers, after much ado, finally decided to trade away D’Angelo Russell, sending him to another former team of his in the Brooklyn Nets in a deal that brought them back Dorian Finney-Smith and Shake Milton. Russell simply did not fit on the Lakers squad anymore amid Austin Reaves’ continued emergence, which pushed […]

The Brooklyn Nets will host the Indiana Pacers on Monday at Barclays Center. Ben Simmons and D’Angelo Russell are on the injury report, both listed as questionable. Simmons is dealing with left calf soreness, while Russell has a left shin contusion. Here’s everything we know about Simmons and Russell’s injuries and playing statuses vs. the […]

The Brooklyn Nets’ injury struggles grew more dire on Saturday. Already down Cam Johnson and Cam Thomas, the team lost point guards Ben Simmons and D’Angelo Russell. Simmons was a late scratch due to left calf soreness before a 123-94 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, while Russell exited the matchup due to a left shin […]

Saturday night’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers has been one to forget for the Brooklyn Nets. Not only are they down 107-86 as of this writing, but veteran guard D’Angelo Russell has been ruled out for the remainder of the game with a right shin contusion, via ClutchPoints’ Erik Slater. Russell finished with five points […]

Sean Marks has been the NBA’s most active general manager this season. The Brooklyn Nets GM executed his second trade earlier this week, sending Dorian Finney-Smith and Shake Milton to the Los Angeles Lakers for D’Angelo Russell, Maxwell Lewis, and second-round picks in 2027, 2030, and 2031. “This particular trade came around really quickly,” Marks […]

D’Angelo Russell’s homecoming raises lineup questions for the Brooklyn Nets, the most prominent of which surrounds his former high school teammate, Ben Simmons. After opening the year in Brooklyn’s starting lineup, Simmons moved to the bench nine games into the season. He was thrust back into the starting unit after the Nets traded Dennis Schroder […]

LOS ANGELES – When the Los Angeles Lakers decided to trade D’Angelo Russell to the Brooklyn Nets this past weekend, it signaled two things. The first was their need to address their front-court depth and versatility, which they did by acquiring Dorian Finney-Smith. The second was it signaled the Lakers’ confidence in Austin Reaves playing […]

Five years removed from his first Brooklyn Nets tenure, D’Angelo Russell is back in the back and white. The Los Angeles Lakers traded the former No. 2 pick to Brooklyn for the second time in his career on Sunday. Much has changed since Russell, now a 10-year veteran, was last with the Nets. “It’s just […]

D’Angelo Russell and Maxwell Lewis are available to make their Brooklyn Nets season debuts on Wednesday against the Toronto Raptors. The Nets acquired Russell and Lewis from the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday, along with three second-round picks, for Dorian Finney-Smith and Shake Milton. A Russell Brooklyn homecoming has been a point of speculation dating […]

When the Los Angeles Lakers traded D’Angelo Russell to the Brooklyn Nets, it was obvious that Austin Reaves would see more time. In their latest game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, their first game of the trade, Reaves showed out and finished with a game-high 35 points, nine rebounds, and ten assists. Anthony Davis was asked […]

LOS ANGELES – If there was one player on the Los Angeles Lakers’ roster who had seen his name the most in trade rumors, it was D’Angelo Russell. The Lakers had re-acquired Russell in a midseason trade during the 2022-23 season, and it seemed like his name had been in trade chatter ever since. The […]

After months of talks, negotiations and a late race to the finish line, the Los Angeles Lakers finally traded for Dorian Finney-Smith. It cost them D’Angelo Russell, Maxwell Lewis and three unprotected second-round picks, but Rob Pelinka finally landed the two-way wing who has alluded him for multiple transaction windows. The natural question after such […]

The Los Angeles Lakers heated up the trade market on Sunday when they swung a deal to acquire Dorian Finney-Smith and Shake Milton from the Brooklyn Nets for D’Angelo Russell, Maxwell Lewis and three second-round picks. The Lakers were able to beat out a competitive offer from the Memphis Grizzlies, who had a package centered […]

The Los Angeles Lakers made a move Sunday acquiring Dorian Finney-Smith and Shake Milton from the Brooklyn Nets and shipping away D’Angelo Russell. The Lakers now have a solid three-and-D player that they can plug into the lineup and another player that can shoot from the perimeter pretty well. The Lakers do lose a point […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been viewed as one of the teams who is expected to be very active on the trade market after a very up-and-down start to the season that has seen them go on extended winning streaks followed by long losing streaks. Even though Anthony Davis is playing like an MVP and […]

On Sunday morning, the Los Angeles Lakers shook up the NBA trade market by trading D’Angelo Russell, Maxwell Lewis, and three second-round picks to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for Dorian Finney-Smith and Shake Milton. The move will mark the second time Los Angeles traded Russell to Brooklyn and will give them one of the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers took a step towards improving their roster this weekend in a trade with the Brooklyn Nets sending D’Angelo Russell, Maxwell Lewis and three second round picks for Dorian Finney-Smith and Shake Milton. It seemed like it was only a matter of time as Russell’s name has popped up in trade rumors […]

On Sunday, the Los Angeles Lakers made one of the first big trades of the 2024-25 NBA season by shipping D’Angelo Russell, Maxwell Lewis, and three second round picks to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for Dorian Finney-Smith and Shake Milton, as originally reported by Shams Charania of ESPN. With the move, the Lakers move […]

The Brooklyn Nets remain the most active team on the trade market leading up to this year’s deadline. They’ve agreed to a deal sending Dorian Finney-Smith and Shake Milton to the Los Angeles Lakers for D’Angelo Russell, Maxwell Lewis, and their 2027, 2030 and 2031 second-round picks, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. With that, we […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have been in trade rumors since the season started, and they’ve made a splash in getting a solid three-and-D player while sending out D’Angelo Russell, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. “The Los Angeles Lakers have agreed on a trade sending D’Angelo Russell, Maxwell Lewis and three second-round picks to the Brooklyn […]

After picking up a massive win on the road against the Golden State Warriors on Christmas, the Los Angeles Lakers find themselves trending in the right direction at 16-11 overall. The Lakers now return to LA for a four-game homestand, starting on Saturday when the struggling Sacramento Kings come to town. This is yet another […]