On Wednesday evening, the Dallas Mavericks will take the floor at home against the San Antonio Spurs for their first game of the 2025-26 NBA season. While head coach Jason Kidd has not yet revealed his starting lineup for the game, many assume that offseason signee D'Angelo Russell will come off the bench, especially after rookie Cooper Flagg recently started at point guard in a preseason game.

Recently, Russell got 100% honest on his mindset about potentially coming off the bench in Dallas.

“Just be a basketball player, whenever I get in the game. It just comes down to winning and finishing the game. However I can help finish the game and always impact winning, is my goal,” said Russell, per Tim McMahon of ESPN on X, formerly Twitter.

Russell signed with the Mavericks this offs

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