Now, five years later, Russell finds himself back where he once flourished. On December 29, 2024, the Nets reacquired the 28-year-old, along with Maxwell Lewis and three second-round draft picks, in exchange for Dorian Finney-Smith and Shake Milton.

Brooklyn took a 108-84 loss to Durant’s Suns on Wednesday at Barclays Center — where he, Kyrie Irving and James Harden once formed a potent but ill-fated Big 3.

Kevin Durant had nothing but good words to say about his former team, the Nets, heading into the Suns' matchup against them.

Suns star Kevin Durant was back in Brooklyn to face off against his former team in the Nets, and the fans had a reaction to his return.

As the calendar turned toward 2025, the Los Angeles Lakers made a bold roster move, trading D'Angelo Russell to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for versatile forward Dorian Finney-Smith and sharpshooter Gabe Vincent.

Durant joined the Suns in a blockbuster trade at the 2023 deadline that sent five first-round picks to the Nets along with Cameron Johnson and Mikal Bridges, who was later dealt t

Erik Slater: D’Angelo Russell on adjusting to his role with the Nets after his trade from the Lakers: "I'll never take being able to play free basketball like this for granted again."

Devin Booker scored the game-high 32 points and Kevin Durant had 24 to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 108-84 win at the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday to conclude a five-game road trip.

Whitehead had another solid offensive game in Wednesday’s loss, finishing with 12 points on 4-for-7 shooting — the third-highest scoring output on the team

Devin Booker and the Phoenix Suns (21-21) will visit the Brooklyn Nets (14-30) at Barclays Center on Wednesday, January 22. The game starts at 7:30 PM ET.In their last game on Monday, the Suns

The 21-21 Suns are playing the reeling Brooklyn Nets - who will be without Cameron Johnson, D'Angelo Russell ... since being placed into the lineup. Durant returns to Brooklyn nearly two years ...

But Clowney has hit a cold spell since last Wednesday against the Clippers — when, to be fair, the Nets lost by a staggering 59 points and nobody covered themselves in glory. But in the prior five games, he’d averaged 15.4 points, five boards and a steal, looking the part of a solid piece going forward.