With the Los Angeles Lakers hosting the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night, it will mark the return of D’Angelo Russell to Crypto.com Arena after being traded a few weeks ago.
Russell was sent from L.A. to Brooklyn for a second time as the Lakers added a 3-and-D wing in Dorian Finney-Smith. This time though, Russell left on much better terms as he had a lot of team and individual success during his second stint with the Lakers, including becoming the franchise’s all-time single-season 3-point record holder.
Even if that is the case though, Russell said he is looking forward to moving on when speaking to the media ahead of Friday night’s game, per Dave McMenamin of ESPN:
“Just a blur.