The first time around for D’Angelo Russell — from when he was traded for franchise icon Brook Lopez on Draft Night 2017 through the end of the magical 2018-19 season and the “Clean Sweep” — was the 28-year-old’s best time and he acknowledges it.
All dressed in coogi, black and white, he was the guy. Then, the team he had helped speed on its way signing Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving sent him off to Golden State in a jerry-built sign-and-trade for KD. He later wound up in Minnesota then back to L.A. which had drafted him before finally being returned to Brooklyn .