Elite Sports NY · Jul 14, 2018
Brooklyn Nets: D’Angelo Russell’s motivation lies in Devin Booker’s contract
(Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)D’Angelo Russell and Devin Booker have traveled similar paths in the NBA. But this season only one will walk in guaranteed for five seasons.
Their friendship stems from a high school basketball camp in St. Louis Missouri years ago. D’Angelo Russell and Devin Booker watched and challenged each other to make it playing professional basketball.
The year is 2018, and that goal has since been accomplished.
For Russell however, his career will follow an alternate path soon enough, should he not land a max extension like his buddy Booker. A look at the path taken by two young guards, and why their careers sit at a different pair of crossroads.