D’Angelo Russell reportedly unfollowed Spencer Dinwiddie on Instagram last summer shortly after it was revealed that Dinwiddie had served as an influential recruiter for free-agent superstars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.
Still, the former Nets teammates dismissed any suggestions of a rift between them ahead of Wednesday’s reunion in Brooklyn.
Barring a trade before the 7:30 p.m. tipoff, the on-the-block Russell will return to Barclays Center with the Warriors for the first time since he was traded to Golden State as part of the Nets’ blockbuster signings of Durant and Irving in July.
Russell, who still follows several of his other former Nets teammates on the social-media site, called Dinwiddie “my guy” Tuesday and said his former backcourt mate “should’ve been an All-Star this year.”
Dinwiddie also seemed bemused when asked about Russell’s decision to stop following his account on Instagram, saying: “I can ask him about it if you’d like. That’s the first time I’m hearing about that. Pretty sure I still follow him, so I’m solid. He’s a phenomenal player, a great teammate and last year was very special.”
Barring a trade made within the next few hours, D'Angelo Russell is set to play. I hope the building gives him a super loud ovation and the Nets have a nice video tribute lined up for him.
Plenty of guys have come and gone through the doors over the last few years but D-Lo is a guy who always will be a Net in my eyes. He gave us some fun memories and he worked hard to become a better player and person under Marks and Kenny.
That being said, we need to win BADLY and I hope to god D'Angelo is going to give one of those 5-16 20 point performances tonight because if he comes in here looking to go Ice In My Veins mode on us this is going to be a long night.
Caris LeVert needs to keep up what he started the other night versus Phoenix.
