Ahead of his return to the Crypto.com arena, Nets guard D'Angelo Russell reflected on his previous stints with the Lakers.

It’s been a couple of weeks since the Los Angeles Lakers traded guard D’Angelo Russell and Maxwell Lewis to the Brooklyn Nets, marking the end of the second stint with the Lakers for Russell.

The trade ends a long stretch of uncertainty for Russell, with the former No. 2 overall pick seemingly on the trade block since the Lakers re-acquired him in the trade that sent out Russell ...