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Theo Pinson: My second year. Kenny Atinson is my coach. Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, DeAndre Jordan, all these guys just get there. We on a the path has changed. We in championship or bus mode at this point because you got bonafide guys. And it shifted so quickly. It took everybody a minute to get themselves together because like at first we had D'Angelo Russell, Caris LeVert, Jarrett Allen. We were just in figuring it out. We just made the playoffs. We played Philly, blah blah blah. Everybody was like, "Yo, Brooklyn's on the way." Blah, blah, blah. And then these guys come. I'll never forget, bro. We played in Miami. I think we played the game and we had practice in Miami before we got on the plane. I don't know what the f*ck happened. I don't know. And I f*ck with Kenny Atkinson. That is my guy. He gave me opportunity. I f*ck with him. But I don't know what the f*ck happened, but Kenny was on one that day. This motherf*cker was going off. We were trying to run all types of sh*t like y'all know what Pistol is. Pistol is a like when you come down the court, guy sets like a flat screen on the sideline just to get the switch or whatever. People do it all the time in the playoffs just to get the matchups. And pretty much KD and them, they weren't really rocking all that like, ‘Hey, look, just give me the f*cking ball and all this shit.’ And we weren't, they weren't really running it, bro. Next thing you know, he flips the f*ck out. He's like, ‘Run the sh*t! I'm the f*cking coach! Run the sh*t.’ And everybody's like, “Oh sh*t.’ And I ain't he never seen it before. And he's yelling at superstars now? One game, he got an altercation in the huddle, the next morning he was gone. He got fired. That's when I was like, ‘Oh sh*t.’ The NBA is 1,000 percent a players’ league. (…) You don't talk to your star the same way you talk to everybody else.
Wizards GM Will Dawkins said team officials have been in contact with D'Angelo Russell’s representation and that Russell will not report to Washington “as we try to figure out what’s best for him and us and our future.” Russell has a player option for next season worth $6 million, but Dawkins’ comment appeared to indicate that the Wizards and Russell could reach a buyout agreement.
Christian Clark: Mavs are re-routing Malaki Branham and getting back Tyus Jones, a source confirms. No picks involved in the deal. Mavs get a point guard after sending out D'Angelo Russell in the A.D. deal yesterday.
Jake Fischer: Tyus Jones, sources say, was who Dallas actually targeted above D'Angelo Russell this summer, before Jones found a richer deal with Orlando than the Mavericks could afford.
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Marc Stein: The Mavs will now have two first-round picks in June (their own lottery pick and a late selection from this trade) and escape luxury tax purgatory by also moving off Jaden Hardy and D'Angelo Russell ... but Washington lands Anthony Davis without surrendering prized prospects.
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As previously reported three days ago, the Bucks have discussed improving around the margins with several of their own veteran minimum players in differing trade talks to acquire higher-paid players who fit under their room below the luxury tax, league sources told HoopsHype. The goal of those upgrades would be to either take a chance on a player with potential upside or acquire draft capital for helping a team shed salary. With that in mind, Cam Thomas and D’Angelo Russell are both on Milwaukee’s radar contingent on other deals the Bucks are working on, league sources told HoopsHype.
The Mavericks have upgraded D’Angelo Russell (illness) to available for Saturday’s game against Houston.
