Brooklyn Nets: 2017-18 player grades for D’Angelo Russell
By Alec Liebsch
Highlights
As evidenced by his strengths, Russell had quite a few showings of greatness. From the white-hot quarter in Toronto to his triple-double against those same Raptors, D-Russ exhibited some great qualities to be a first option someday.
In case you missed the Nets’ top 10 moments this season, here are each of those showings:
Russell might have a history of ice in his veins, but on that night, he was all but cold. Quite honestly, no defender was stopping him from ripping all that twine.
Triple-doubles have become progressively more arbitrary as NBA fans get smarter, but don’t let that distract you from just how great this performance was. Dishing out 13 dimes against a 60-win squad is no small feat, especially when the man opposite Russell was all-world defender Kyle Lowry.
DLo had quite a few great assists this season, including one that resulted in merely two of Allen Crabbe‘s historic 41 points:
Don’t look now, but DLo might’ve just nutmegged you too.
Nikola Vucevic should’ve just taken the L when he had the chance; the Orlando Magic proceeded to funnel off plenty more Ls after that. Russell hopes to drop dimes like these for years to come, especially with a vertical threat like Jarrett Allen finishing anything and everything.