The new-look Dallas Mavericks continue to take shape.
Free-agent guard D’Angelo Russell has agreed to a two-year, $13 million contract to join the Mavericks, ESPN reports. The No. 2 pick from the 2015 NBA Draft now joins a Mavericks team rebuilt around Cooper Flagg and Anthony Davis.
Breaking: Free agent guard D’Angelo Russell has agreed on a two-year, $13 million deal with the Dallas Mavericks, sources tell ESPN. Mavericks officials and CAA Co-Heads of Basketball Austin Brown/Aaron Mintz and Antonio Russell reached the new contract after free agency began. pic.twitter.com/eljDwhDSUu
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The Dallas Mavericks have found their temporary replacement for Kyrie Irving.
The Mavericks struck a two-year, $13 million deal with point guard D’Angelo Russell on Monday afternoon, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. Russell will have a player option in the second year of the deal, too. The No. 2 pick from the 2015 NBA Draft will now get to join a Dallas team rebuilt around Anthony Davis and rookie Cooper Flagg, and he’ll presumably get significant minutes right away this fall.
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Russell has bounced around a lot in recent years. The Mavericks will actually be his fourth team in the past four seasons. He was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers by the Minnesota Timberwolves during the 2022-23 campaign, and then the Lakers sent him to Brooklyn ahead of the deadline last season. He finished out the end of a 2-year, $36 million deal there.
In total, Russell averaged a career-low 12.6 points and 5.1 assists per game last season across both his stints with the Lakers and the Nets. He also shot a career-worst 39% from the field. Though Russell has struggled over the last several seasons, at least some of that can be attributed to his seemingly constant movement.
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