Former Los Angeles Lakers point guard D'Angelo Russell appeared to take another shot at the Los Angeles Lakers after joining the Dallas Mavericks in free agency.
The Dallas Mavericks signed D'Angelo Russell as their lone free agent addition this summer, believing he can be the ideal fill-in until Kyrie Irving is fully recovered from his ACL surgery.
The all-time list of NBA All-Stars is obviously long, and notably distinguished. However, there are some players — for various reasons — who the casual, or even most-dedicated, NBA fans can't recall having earned All-Star nods.
The Dallas Mavericks have a new point guard in town and his name is D'Angelo Russell. Bleacher Report writer Grant Hughes listed Russell as the team's "biggest riser" going into the upcoming season.
After trading Luka Doncic for Anthony Davis last February, the Dallas Mavericks had to rely essentially entirely on Kyrie Irving for both scoring and facilitation from the point guard spot.
D'Angelo Russell has bounced around the NBA since the Los Angeles Lakers in 2015. He's gone from the Lakers to the Brooklyn Nets to the Golden State Warriors to the Minnesota Timberwolves back to the Lakers, then back to the Nets and will start this coming season with the Dallas Mavericks.
The Dallas Mavericks only added one external free agent this offseason, bringing in D'Angelo Russell to be the stopgap until Kyrie Irving returns from his ACL injury.
The Dallas Mavericks only made one major move in free agency, and that was to bring in D'Angelo Russell as a stopgap until Kyrie Irving returns from ACL surgery.
Last season, the Brooklyn Nets reunited with D'Angelo Russell through a midseason trade with the Los Angeles Lakers. Before the 2025-26 season begins, they have the chance to rekindle relations with another member of the fun "Russell Era" of Brooklyn basketball: Rondae Hollis-Jefferson.
Earlier this month, 29-year-old D'Angelo Russell signed a two-year, $13 million contract with the Dallas Mavericks. With the move, he reunites with his former Los Angeles Lakers teammate, Anthony Davis.
While it was a short but memorable second stint for D'Angelo Russell on the Brooklyn Nets, the veteran guard received his thanks from the franchise on social media this past weekend as he signed a two-year deal with the Dallas Mavericks at the start of free agency.
The Los Angeles Lakers have a monumental summer ahead of them, and things could start to get underway on Wednesday night on the first night of the NBA Draft.
The Brooklyn Nets should fight hard to bring veteran guard D'Angelo Russell back this summer, and no, it's not just because the franchise will be retroing the "Bed-Stuy" era uniforms Russell once sported during his first stint with the Nets seven years ago.
The Brooklyn Nets had another miserable season this year by finishing with a 26-56 record and missing the playoffs for the second straight time. But one of their players seems to be enjoying himself early this offseason.
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.