Brooklyn Nets guard D'Angelo Russell is back in Brooklyn for the second time in his career, but he is more prepared to be a leader this time.

A loud segment of the Brooklyn Nets fanbase has been pining for a D’Angelo Russell reunion since the team’s beloved 2018-19 season. They got it earlier this year but under precarious circumstances. The tanking Nets swapped one out-of-place veteran for another,

In this Brooklyn return, D’Angelo Russell is convinced the Nets can make an even more shocking postseason run than his last time here.

In a transitional period for the Brooklyn Nets — a time after the failed 2013 "super team" and before the failed Kevin Durant-Kyrie Irving-James Harden trio — D'Angelo Russell led the franchise to a miraculous playoff run.