What the Nets’ Nolan Traore is learning about the toughest transition in the NBA

Earlier this season, Nolan Traore seemed and sounded like a lost teenager.

Because he was.

But since coming back to Brooklyn from the G League, Traore has looked like an NBA player. To be specific, he’s acted the part of a point guard, mentally the hardest position in the league to play.

The French rookie is figuring out on the fly how to use his strengths, and perhaps even more important, how to orchestrate.