Kyrie Irving

Brooklyn Nets Receive: G D’Angelo Russell

Minnesota Timberwolves Receive: G Kyrie Irving

This simple swap finds the Brooklyn Nets and Minnesota Timberwolves exchanging point guards.

For the Timberwolves, there is risk involved here. In fact, risk might as well be Kyrie Irving’s middle name. He’s spent the better part of two seasons establishing his own unreliability.

At the same time, this is an undeniable talent upgrade for the Pups. However you feel about Irving, he is a better basketball player than Russell. That’s simply undeniable.

On the other hand, the Nets seem outright tired of his antics. Russell may not have his natural gifts, but he won’t give them the same headache.

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If they’re in the market for some organizational stability, reuniting with Russell makes good sense. For what it’s worth, he had the best years of his career in Brooklyn.