It’s been a season full of “first-time-since” for the Brooklyn Nets. Brooklyn enters the final two weeks of the regular season with 38 wins — 10 more than last season and their most since 2014-15 — and D’Angelo Russell has already set a new franchise record for 3-pointers in a season.
Russell achieved one of the more significant “first-time-since” accomplishments when he became the Nets’ first All-Star since Joe Johnson in 2014.
He’s been on an absolute tear of late, per Tommy Beer of NBC/Rotoworld, averaging 34.0 points, 10.8 assists, 5.