The Lakers dealt their former lottery pick, D'Angelo Russell, to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for veteran forward Dorian Finney-Smith and Shake Milton on Dec. 29. It was a trade

Earlier this season, D’Angelo Russell was traded from the Los Angeles Lakers to the Brooklyn Nets for the second time in his career. It was under much different circumstances this time, as no one was criticizing Russell on his way out the door and the trade was purely for basketball reasons.

With Russell back in Brooklyn for the first time since his two seasons there from 2017 to 2019, he's now coming back from his second time with Los Angeles. In an interview with HoopsHype, Russell would be candid in saying how “traumatized” he was with the Lakers and explains his situation.