{"id":596900,"date":"2026-02-11T15:24:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/596900\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:24:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:24:23","slug":"dangelo-russell-wont-report-to-wizards-may-be-bought-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/596900\/","title":{"rendered":"D&#8217;Angelo Russell Won&#8217;t Report To Wizards, May Be Bought Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/russeda01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-08_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">D\u2019Angelo Russell<\/a> is technically a member of the Wizards after <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/02\/mavericks-to-trade-anthony-davis-to-wizards.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">being included<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/davisan02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-08_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Anthony Davis<\/a> trade last week. However, it sounds as though his tenure with the team might end before it even begins.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-463790\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/DAngelo-Russell-vert-e1770587143456-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\"  \/>General manager Will Dawkins said the front office has been in contact with Russell and his agents, but Russell won\u2019t report to the team \u201cas we try to figure out what\u2019s best for him and us and our future,\u201d per Henry J. Brown of SI (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/henryjbr_sports\/status\/2020572529941713275\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter video link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>While he didn\u2019t state it outright, Dawkins\u2019 comments suggest the Wizards may either waive or reach a buyout agreement with Russell, who makes $5.7MM this season and holds a player option worth nearly $6MM for 2026\/27.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday morning, Washington <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/02\/wizards-waive-dante-exum.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">waived<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/exumda01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-08_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dante Exum<\/a>, another player included the trade. The injured guard will miss the rest of the season following December knee surgery. Exum was on a minimum-salary contract.<\/p>\n<p>Russell was Dallas\u2019 primary free agent addition last summer. The 29-year-old struggled to make an impact in 26 games (19.0 minutes per contest) with the Mavericks though, averaging 10.2 points, 4.0 assists and 2.3 rebounds on .405\/.295\/.717 shooting.<\/p>\n<p>The No. 2 overall pick in the 2015 draft, Russell has suited up for the Lakers (two different stints), Nets (ditto), Warriors, Timberwolves and Mavs over the course of his 11 NBA seasons. The one-time All-Star holds career averages of 17.0 PPG, 5.6 APG, 3.3 RPG and 1.0 SPG on .427\/.363\/.793 shooting in 655 games (29.4 MPG).<\/p>\n<p>Dawkins also discussed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hardyja02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-08_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jaden Hardy<\/a>, the fourth former Mav who was sent to Washington. The fourth-year guard arrived in D.C. on Sunday and was inactive for today\u2019s game. Hardy earns $6MM next season with a $6MM team option for \u201927\/28.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExcited to have another young, scoring athlete in the mix with our young guys,\u201d Dawkins said. \u201cWe\u2019ll see him play a little bit towards the end of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran guard D\u2019Angelo Russell is technically a member of the Wizards after being included in the Anthony Davis&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3780],"tags":[7,7265,7138,6,682,468,3892,683],"class_list":{"0":"post-596900","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-wizards","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-dangelo-russell","10":"tag-jaden-hardy","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-washington","13":"tag-washington-wizards","14":"tag-washingtonwizards","15":"tag-wizards"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116052694324213283","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}