Why The Brooklyn Nets Do The Deal

Without question, the Brooklyn Nets are taking a loss on paper here. Kyrie Irving is a significantly more talented player than Russell.

Still, don’t sell Russell short. It’s possible that, at 26, he’s still searching for his ideal role in this league. Could he find it by reuniting with his former Brooklyn Nets?

Perhaps Russell is a sixth man. What we do know is that he’s a strong ball-handler with good floor vision. Russell is talented. That might be as well as the Nets can do for Irving.

After all, his trade value has clearly tanked in light of off-court issues. The Nets’ best opportunity to move him will be to identify a team who has its own motivation to move on from a quality player. If the Wolves are serious about dealing Russell, they may qualify.

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If the best either side can do is swap problems, at least they’ll each come away from this summer with new avenues towards solutions.