Time may heal all wounds, but right now D’Angelo Russell is not happy with Ohio State’s decision to fire Thad Matta in early June. The offseason has already been tumultuous for Russell, who, after two seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers, was traded to the Brooklyn Nets last month. The news is not something that new head coach Chris Holtmann can be happy to hear as he has the task of turning around an Ohio State basketball program that has missed the NCAA Tournament the last two seasons.
While it’s hard to imagine that the absence of Russell around the program would have any sort of major impact on what Holtmann is trying to do in Columbus, especially with Russell only spending a year with the Buckeyes, the presence of the talented guard certainly wouldn’t hurt.