The Brooklyn Nets have had next to no luck with their point guards this season. Both Jeremy Lin and D’Angelo Russell required surgery that has kept them on the sidelines, with Lin slated to miss the entire season due to a ruptured patella tendon and Russell listed as out indefinitely after getting “loose bodies” removed from his knee.
The team did announce some good news regarding one of their point guards, as Russell is about to take a major step forward in his return to the floor. The Nets revealed that Russell will make the jaunt over to Long Island and practice with their G League squad. The news was first announced by Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
D’Angelo Russell is practicing with Nets G League team today, league source tells ESPN. He’s been out for several weeks with knee injury.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 8, 2018
The team confirmed the report by releasing a statement, saying that sending Russell to Long Island is “part of his return-to-play program.” Additionally, the team will recall him to Brooklyn after practice.
Russell had looked like he was on the verge of putting together a really good season for the Nets prior to getting hurt in mid-November, as the talented guard took the floor 12 times and averaged 20.9 points, 5.7 assists, and 4.7 rebounds per game for Brooklyn before hitting the shelves.
Now, he will return to a Nets squad that is five games back of the eight seed in the Eastern Conference. Plus, thanks to the emergence of Spencer Dinwiddie, Russell’s return means the Nets have a pair of very solid options at the position as they try to make a playoff push during the second half of the season.
