As D’Angelo Russell arrived at a corporate charter hangar at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Thursday night, a few dozen media and Timberwolves staffers were there to greet him.
A lot of people were filming him, but Russell had a handheld camera of his own, documenting the moment for himself. Russell didn’t have much to say in that moment except for, “This is a movie to me.”
The Wolves’ pursuit of Russell played out like that last week. There was Act III disappointment in the form of reports that said talks between the Wolves and Warriors had stalled, and perhaps Thursday would come and go without a deal.