Timberwolves guard D’Angelo Russell will return to the lineup on Monday against Sacramento, according to Shams Charania and Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic (Twitter link).
Russell last played on February 8, when he lasted just six minutes against the Mavericks before leaving with what was described as left leg soreness. He also missed a game due to right quad soreness.
Russell is averaging 19.3 PPG and 5.1 APG this season. After being drafted by the Lakers with the No. 2 pick in 2015, Russell was shipped to the Nets in the summer of 2017. He became an All-Star for Brooklyn in 2019 but wound up with the Warriors on a four-year, $117MM maximum contract sign-and-trade that summer.
He was traded last February, along with Jacob Evans and Omari Spellman, to Minnesota in exchange for Andrew Wiggins and two future draft picks.
Russell and Karl-Anthony Towns have only played five games together since the trade. Russell’s return gives Minnesota a chance to evaluate how Russell, Towns, and top pick Anthony Edwards blend together.
4 teams in 6 years, and almost every team got better after he left.
I think that’s a fair point. Going strictly off the eye test, I think we’ve played better when he’s not in the lineup.
lol he went from a garbage lakers team to BKLYN and turned them around, then traded to a trash GS team and now he’s playing in blackhole Minnesota..not his fault. id like to see him on a team with potential
Almost every team, except for the Warriors of course.
Time to shine
Would it be possible for kat and ad to coexist on the court?
Of course it would be Tatsumaki… mega stars like them can always play together, right?
Actually it would be awesome & unstoppable if they did!!!
It would be an insane combo, honestly…