{"id":152474,"date":"2025-01-01T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/?p=133316"},"modified":"2025-01-01T19:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T19:30:00","slug":"dangelo-russell-explains-why-hes-grateful-la-lakers-traded-him-to-brooklyn-nets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/01\/dangelo-russell-explains-why-hes-grateful-la-lakers-traded-him-to-brooklyn-nets\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u2019Angelo Russell explains why he\u2019s \u2018grateful\u2019 LA Lakers traded him to Brooklyn Nets"},"content":{"rendered":"

D’Angelo Russell made his return to the Brooklyn Nets, and is ready to get started.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is almost a week since the LA Lakers<\/a> and Brooklyn Nets<\/a> agreed a four-player trade<\/a>, which saw D’Angelo Russell<\/a> make his return to Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

Russell was previously traded to the Nets by the Lakers way back in 2017.<\/p>\n

Just two years after being drafted by the Lakers, being traded away the first time was a shock to the system for the second overall pick. Less so this time.<\/p>\n

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D’Angelo Russell grateful to land in Brooklyn again<\/h2>\n

D’Angelo Russell will have heard his name being floated around in trade rumors for months, and it felt inevitable after he was dropped from the Lakers’ starting unit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He was reported to be optimistic about his return to the Nets<\/a>, and now speaking to the New York Post, he says he is happy he is back in Brooklyn, making the transition a lot easier.<\/p>\n

Russell said: \u201cIt\u2019s a good feeling, honestly, to go back somewhere you\u2019re comfortable, somewhere you know the ins and outs a little bit. See some familiar faces. <\/p>\n

“It kind of makes the process a little easier to adjust to. So I’m just grateful for that.”<\/p>\n

On a personal level, being traded is one of the hardest things for a NBA player to adjust to, learning a new city, where to live, where to eat, and so on, and Russell could have been traded anywhere. Going back to his former team takes a lot of that hardship out.<\/p>\n

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D'Angelo Russell on #Nets<\/a> return: \u201cIt\u2019s a good feeling, honestly, to go back somewhere you\u2019re comfortable, somewhere you know the ins and outs a little bit. See some familiar faces. It kind of makes the process a little easier to adjust to. So I'm just grateful for that.\u201d #NBA<\/a><\/p>\n

— Brian Lewis (@NYPost_Lewis) January 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n