D’Angelo Russell would like to be again in Brooklyn. However would Brooklyn like to have Russell again?
That’s the multimillion-dollar query.
The veteran level guard is headed into unrestricted free company for the primary time, however doing it in a summer season the place cap house is difficult to return by.
“I don’t suppose it’s in my management, to be trustworthy,” Russell informed The Submit on Saturday. “I’ve been on the crew earlier than the place all people was free brokers, too. So that they’ve obtained the leverage, they’ve obtained the playing cards. In the event that they resolve to deliver me again, cool. If not, we’ll determine it out.”
Russell stated he hopes to be again with the Nets.
“Hope? Yeah. (However) I simply wish to be within the NBA,” Russell stated earlier than the Nets’ 115-113 loss to the Celtics at Barclays Heart. “I don’t suppose I’ve ever been a free agent. I look again on it, I’ve by no means been. For me, it’s a bizarre feeling, however see the way it goes. I signed an extension with the Lakers, two years — one-plus-one, participant choice. I simply by no means hit (free company). So I’m excited to see.”
The purpose guard, who had 11 factors and eight assists in Saturday’s loss, is within the last season of a two-year, $36 million deal he signed with the Lakers in 2023.
Brooklyn traded Dorian Finney-Smith on Dec. 29 for Russell and three second-round draft picks.
First the Nets misplaced their greatest scorer. Then they misplaced a heartbreaker Saturday to basketball’s greatest crew.
