D'Angelo Russell and Timofey Mozgov were teammates in 2017 .
On March 14 , 2017 , the Lakers shut down a healthy Mozgov for the rest of the season to give the majority of playing time over the final 15 games to the team 's younger players. On June 20 , 2017 , Mozgov , along with teammate D'Angelo Russell , was traded to Brooklyn Nets in exchange for Brook Lopez and the Nets ' first round pick in the upcoming draft.
Timofey Mozgov