When D’Angelo Russell arrived in Brooklyn, he didn’t know how to be a professional. But he wanted to be taught.
And in the year-and-a-half since the Nets hinged their rebuild on him, they’ve helped him grow into an All-Star.
“The coaches that I’ve had, my teammates that I’ve met throughout this journey, it’s something that you can’t take away,” Russell said. “It almost feels like a degree. You can’t take that away from somebody.”
A master class in hoops professionalism? Call it an MBA: Masters of Basketball Adulthood.
“For myself, I can say that I’ve been through so much.