{"id":23018,"date":"2019-06-30T23:28:09","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T03:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=23018"},"modified":"2019-07-01T11:23:02","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T15:23:02","slug":"dangelo-russell-traded-to-the-golden-state-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2019\/06\/30\/dangelo-russell-traded-to-the-golden-state-warriors\/","title":{"rendered":"D&#8217;Angelo Russell Traded to the Golden State Warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/russeda01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">D&#8217;Angelo Russell<\/a><\/strong> is on his way to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/nba-teams\/golden-state-warriors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Golden State Warriors<\/a>. He was obtained via a sign-and-trade between the Warriors and the <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/nba-teams\/brooklyn-nets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brooklyn Nets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>D&#8217;Angelo Russell to the Golden State Warriors<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>In a surprising twist, the Warriors pulled off a deal for Russell in the aftermath of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/duranke01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Durant<\/a>&#8216;s departure. With Durant set to sign with the Nets, Brooklyn needed to move Russell. The Nets are reportedly sending Russell, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/grahatr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Treveon Graham<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/n\/napiesh01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shabazz Napier<\/a><\/strong> to Golden State in return for Durant.<\/p>\n<p>The deal is a maximum contract, worth $117 million over four years.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Golden State and Brooklyn have agreed on a sign-and-trade, sending D\u2019Angelo Russell to the Warriors on a four-year, $117M maximum contract, league sources tell ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1145535080305242112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The move ultimately helps both sides, giving the Warriors something in return for Durant, and the Nets are able to clear enough space <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/27091242\/sources-nets-sign-durant-kyrie-deandre\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to sign<\/a> Durant, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/i\/irvinky01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyrie Irving<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jordade01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeAndre Jordan<\/a><\/strong> to long-term deals.<\/p>\n<p>Despite losing Durant to the Nets and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/thompkl01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Klay Thompson<\/a><\/strong> to injury &#8212; though they locked him up on a <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/06\/30\/report-klay-thompson-re-signs-with-golden-state-warriors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">long-term deal<\/a> &#8212; the Warriors found some semblance of bliss in the signing of Russell. The Warriors fell apart. Now, they&#8217;re back in the playoff picture in the ever-improving Western Conference.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Potential Issues<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The move may cause some complications in the future, though, with a logjam in the backcourt. Former MVP <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/curryst01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephen Curry<\/a><\/strong> is undoubtedly the starting point guard, and Thompson is the shooting guard when healthy. Russell primarily runs the point, but will likely shift to the two-guard spot in Thompson&#8217;s absence. When Thompson returns, though, it could cause rotational complications.<\/p>\n<p>Those worries will be dealt with in the future. In the here and now, adding one of the better free agents is a solid bounce-back from losing a two-time Finals MVP.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors won&#8217;t compete for the title next season. The future, however, is still up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lowryky01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyle Lowry<\/a> #7 of the Toronto Raptors blocks D&#8217;Angelo Russell #1 of the Brooklyn Nets during the Toronto Raptors vs Brooklyn Nets NBA regular season game at Scotiabank Arena on February 11, 2019, in Toronto, Canada (Toronto Raptors win 127-125) (Photo by Anatoliy Cherkasov\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, D&#8217;Angelo Russell is on his way to the Golden State Warriors. He was obtained via a sign-and-trade between the Warriors and the Brooklyn Nets. D&#8217;Angelo Russell to the Golden State Warriors In a surprising twist, the Warriors pulled off a deal for Russell in the aftermath of Kevin Durant&#8216;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3009,"featured_media":23029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62,6,2,25,3],"tags":[1970,231,307,182,69],"class_list":["post-23018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","category-nets","category-featured","category-warriors","category-news","tag-2019-nba-free-agency","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-dangelo-russell","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-kevin-durant"],"modified_by":"Chase Gage","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}