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Inadequate scoring ability and poor defensive ability. Is the Nets No. 19 pick a bit like a squash?

6:18pm, 16 July 2025【Basketball】

In a previous NBA Las Vegas summer league game, the New York Knicks defeated the Brooklyn Nets 97-93 after a hard fight. After this game, the Knicks ended their two consecutive defeats in the summer league, with a current record of 1 win and 2 losses; while the Nets suffered three consecutive defeats in the summer league, with a current record of 0 win and 3 losses.

In this game, the Nets' starting and backcourt rookie Nolan Traore still had no improvement. Traore played 19 minutes and 13 seconds in the game, made 1 of 8 shots and 0 of 2 from outside the three-point line, and scored bleak data of 2 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists. There were 1 turnover and 2 fouls, with a plus-minus value of -5. Traore's feel is still not good on the offensive end, his scoring ability is very bad, and he also lacks stable offensive methods and scoring ability. He keeps wasting shots. Traore doesn't seem to have much ability in passing and organizing, and he is also unable to contribute too much in this regard. Traore's role in the defensive end is also very limited, and he is not a reliable defender either. Overall, Traore's performance is completely useless, and it can be said that there is nothing to do with it. It is completely a burden and burden to the team.

Summer League so far, Traore's average playing time in the first three games has reached 22.8 minutes, with averaging 7.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists, 2.3 turnovers and 3 fouls, with a shooting percentage of 30.4%, a three-point shooting percentage of 14.3%, and a free throw shooting percentage of 87.5%. Traore's performance on the offensive end in these games was simply a mess. His scoring ability was seriously insufficient, his offensive efficiency was very poor, he had no stability outside the three-point line, and his performance in passing and organization was not ideal, and his assist-and-turnover ratio was also a mess. Traore's defensive ability is also quite average, and he has no way to provide basic support to the team on the defensive end.

Traore is the backcourt player from France selected by the Nets in the 19th pick in the first round in this year's NBA Draft. In the French Ligue 1 last season, Traore's performance still had certain highlights. However, at least judging from the situation in the summer league, his adaptation to the NBA is relatively slow, and he has not performed as much as he deserves, and his overall performance still seems a bit difficult. For the Nets, they selected multiple backcourt players in their previous draft, but it seems that they have huge problems in their maturity. How the team should arrange their playing time next is also a huge question mark.