Ahead of his first game against his former team since getting traded last month, Brooklyn Nets guard D'Angelo Russell commented Friday on how his second

Lakers guard Austin Reaves gave major credit to his former teammate D’Angelo Russell for helping him deal with the LA scrutiny.

D’Angelo Russell, facing the Lakers for the first time since last month’s trade, was sharp off the bench and kept the Nets in striking distance throughout the night.

Austin Reaves scored a career-high 38 points, LeBron James had 29 and the Los Angeles Lakers held on to beat the Brooklyn Nets 102-101.

D'Angelo Russell is looking forward to "moving on" as he faces the Los Angeles Lakers with the Brooklyn Nets on Friday.

Buha's take has a lot of validity to it. The Lakers currently occupy the sixth seed in the Western Conference. They are only two games back of the Denver Nuggets for a top four seed in the conference. That gap should be one that can be closed with small improvements.

The Lakers will travel down the freeway to the new home of the Los Angeles Clippers, who built a $2 billion venue a mere mile away from The Forum, the old home of their in-town rival. The game also marks the first of four matchups between the teams this season, all of which will wrap up by March 2.

It doesn't look like the Lakers will be adding this player at the trade deadline, despite some interest from LA.

According to Brett Sigel of ClutchPoints, the Lakers continue to show interest in him. It sounds like Valanciunas is showing interest back in Los Angeles as well. LA would certainly be a good spot for Valanciunas to land. He is good enough that he can start next to Davis or still come off the bench.

Despite plenty of rumors and speculation regarding a blockbuster trade during the offseason and throughout the 2024-25 campaign, the Los Angeles

Brooklyn Nets guard D'Angelo Russell discussed trying to move on from the tenure with the Los Angeles Lakers before he dropped 19 points.