The Dallas Mavericks desperately needed someone to keep them afloat at the point guard position until Kyrie Irving returns from his torn ACL. In their moment of weakness, they turned to D'Angelo Russell.
There are certainly far worse options the Mavericks could have ended up with. Russell may even prove capable of minimizing the damage until a healthy Irving transforms the team into something resembling a Western Conference dark-horse contender.
However, Mavericks fans talking themselves into the incredible depth they will have at that spot once the NBA Playoffs come around are losing the plot.