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Nolan Traore shoots a 3-pointer during the first half when the Nets played the Hapoel Jerusalem in preseason play on Oct. 4, 2025 at Barclays Center. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\nDALLAS \u2014 Out of Brooklyn\u2019s record five first-round picks, four have been in the rotation for the past couple of weeks.<\/p>\n
Now Nolan Traore \u2014 the forgotten Frenchman \u2014 has been recalled from the G-League. The teenaged point guard earned his call-up with his recent play down in Long Island, and will travel with the Nets for Friday\u2019s game in Dallas.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe deserves [it]. He\u2019s played well. \u2026 We\u2019re very happy with where he\u2019s at,\u201d coach Jordi Fern\u00e1ndez said. \u201c[He\u2019s improved] on both ends. He\u2019s done very good things. He\u2019s fast, very good athlete. His body will keep developing and he\u2019ll keep getting stronger. But his intentions have been great, his ball pressure\u2019s been good, his activity, understanding schemes. So, one step at a time. We\u2019re seeing progression.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nolan Traore shoots a 3-pointer during the first half when the Nets played the Hapoel Jerusalem in preseason play on Oct. 4, 2025 at Barclays Center. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n
Traore \u2014 pegged as one of the fastest players in the draft \u2014 has logged just 36 minutes in four cameos, none since Nov. 18.<\/p>\n
But the point guard has averaged 18.8 points on .489\/.431\/.774 splits with 6.4 assists for Long Island, albeit with 3.5 turnovers.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a long time. So I\u2019m just happy to be back in Brooklyn, and I\u2019m ready to play,\u201d Traore said. \u201cI think I progressed in all aspects of the game, mostly the shooting was good. And just getting to play, and play live is great too.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shooting was one of several holes in Traore\u2019s game, along with defense, size, vocal leadership, turnovers and how he responded to those gaffes.<\/p>\n
But in the past four games, Traore averaged 23.3 points on 63.6 percent shooting with 32 assists. Most encouraging, he had just six turnovers and hit 10-for-14 from deep, improvement not in mechanics but confidence.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis superpower is speed. He\u2019s been shooting the ball very well and confident, which I love. He\u2019s been trying to be more vocal. That\u2019s what you want point guards to be,\u201d Fern\u00e1ndez said. \u201cThen the assist-to-turnover, he struggled with turnovers at times and how he reacted to those turnovers. I don\u2019t care as long as you move on to the next play \u2014 and he\u2019s had impressive numbers with assist-turnover ratio in the last three or four games. So, very happy to see that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Traore had 18 points, eight assists and no turnovers in Wednesday\u2019s win over the Westchester Knicks with Fern\u00e1ndez watching. But Traore made strides in not getting down after mistakes.<\/p>\n
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Nolan Traore looks to pass during the Nets\u2019 loss to the Timberwolves at the Barclays Center on Nov. 3, 2025. JASON SZENES\/ NY POST<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s about you don\u2019t have to waste time on a bad play. You just have to keep going and be ready to play the next play. So, yeah, you just got to be focused and get to the next play faster,\u201d said Traore, who is also becoming more vocal.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m more of a leader by example, but when I\u2019m in a good position in the team, I talk more because you\u2019ve got to talk about the play that happened, the play that\u2019s going to happen. When you play more, you talk more, and when you have a bigger role and a bigger impact on the team, you have to be more vocal for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n
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