Warriors legend D’Angelo Russell heads back to Nets

Steph Curry and Splash Cousin D’Angelo Russell hug it out on Christmas For 33 thrilling games in 2019-20, D’Angelo Russell was a member of the Golden State Warriors. He averaged 23.6 points and 6.2 assists, shot 37.4% from three-point range and the team went 8-25. Then, the relationship ended, with Russell traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves to form a “Little Three” with Karl-Anthony Towns and Malik Beasley, while the Warriors got Andrew Wiggins and a first-round pick that became Jonathan Kuminga.

Since then, he rejoined his original team, the Los Angeles Lakers, where he helped them to a conference finals sweep in 2023, then got benched, un-benched, and re-benched by coaches Darvin Ham and…