Russell out here being a good Samaritan.
D’Angelo Russell had a breakout season with the Brooklyn Nets this year that was highlighted by a trip to the playfs and an affinity for custom Arizona Iced Tea cans. While Russell has since been eliminated from the playfs, he has been keeping busy and even showed f his love for Spanish soccer team FC Barcelona this past week. The young Nets star traveled all the way to Spain for VIP tour the team’s huge facility which also includes a basketball court. The footage was posted to FC Barcelona’s YouTube account and it looked like a lot fun.
The 6’5″ basketball star met up with 5’7″ midfielder Riqui Puig who played a game “keep-ups” with Russell. Russell actually held his own pretty well and even got some compliments from Puig.
Perhaps the highlight the trip though was when Puig tried to dunk. At 5’7″ Puig clearly doesn’t have the height to touch the rim but Russell was right there to pick him up and lift him like a figure skater so he could get his dunk f.
Overall, Russell looked like he had a pretty good time exploring a whole other world in soccer. It’s definitely cool to see that athletes from completely different sports are able to have a mutual appreciation for each other.
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