Nolan Traoré

I don't want to say take off, but really start showing more.

There's a reason I'm talking about Mikael Brown Jr. and Yago Yeoman as the two kind of the two players there and not players like Ben Seraf or Nolan Traore or Joshua Jefferson or other rookies like Danny Wolf.

And it's because I think Mikael Brown Jr. and Yago Yeoman have shown the most.

I guess you could say Jaeger Yeoman's second season, Mikael Brown Jr. rookie.

The defense is also eh.

So can Danny Wolfe just show more clashes of that? Definitely something I'm looking for from him specifically.

Nolan Traore, he just needs to be more efficient.

For a young point guard, a very young point guard, and one who needed to bulk up, I'm not... like doubt not beating myself up that he hasn't that he didn't like had a rough rookie season but he does need to show more in year two especially on that scene that is still searching for names to emerge from them as they come not as they come out of the rebuild but as they're looking to move through their rebuild like drake powell can you just be a three and d wing and do that because the three is definitely missing i do like the defense but you got to do something on offense right powell Josh Minot, I hope, like Minot can push for minutes here.

So that would be interesting to see the Nets like the Nets could get really bad if they do end up trading Michael Porter Jr.,

Yeah, that's the thing that worries me a little bit with them is, I mean, the depth chart, like, right now, they've got, like, maybe Ben Serif or Nolan Traore playing minutes, and neither one of them were great at all last season.

They do have, like, a Keon Ellis.

Like, Noah Clowney's kind of interesting.

Ben Seraph, I think will be a good backup.

Nolan Traore, we didn't see it summer league, but we saw him walking and I turned to you and I was like, Traore looks like he gained something.

two inches of height.

Like he looked gigantic.

Oh, no, Drake Powell.

No, Nolan Traore.

Seraf makes it, but not Traore.

Okay.

Yeah, but I do want to say, me being the resident Knick fan here, even as a Knick fan, I can't deny just how awesome Yegor is, but also how interesting that roster is going to be.

Another thing that Yegor dropped on me was like, and it wasn't like anything major, but just, you know, talking about like guys like Nolan Traore and Ben Seraf and like just that he feels like and the team overall feels like they're building out a team of guys that can do stuff.

you know and have bring you know different layers and different styles to the team and like them being as young as they are and building together and them really believing in themselves and the group that they have it's you know obviously it won't be this year but in the next couple of years this might be a real team to watch in the east especially if you know they just continue to grow and you know move in the right trajectory and then continue to develop these guys in the right way there's a lot to like there and so just to wrap for me i think yegor has been unbelievable he's been so gracious as well you know taking the time to meet and talk with me whenever i'm there as well but as you mentioned like just last last thing do you want to give a special shout out once again to zach because he's been such an unbelievable ally to us so gracious with his time and with his space and his relationships he's always you know bringing players over and guys over to come talk with me.

And one thing that I noticed with Zach is he's a true servant leader.

And he says, trade for MPJ.

Boom says, Nolan Traore and MPJ.

Allen says, oh my God, please, I don't want MPJ.

We don't need another wing to push Shear more on the bench.

So you'll see each of their salaries attached to them as well as the total amount of money getting moved back and forth.

So the Toronto Raptors in this deal sends away Jason Tatum and pick 60 and receives Jeremiah Fierce, Paulo Banqueiro, Nolan Traore, and 2026 pick number 2022.

So this will definitely be not the only Paulo Banqueiro trade we discussed today.

He got moved a couple of times.

So you know that he can really stat pad and provide you with a lot of great value for steals, points, assists, and relatively poor efficiency.

But You know, as a point guard, as a young point guard, he's going to improve that gradually as he matures in his NBA career.

I don't really care for Nolan Traore, but he still is a former first round pick.

And I know that Nets just acquired and drafted Mikel Brown Jr.

On the Nets, he is going to be a great player for them, I think, potentially.

And again, as a primary playmaker and ball handler with them, Nolan Traore is going to be great for them.

They lost Nick Claxton, which is huge.

A huge loss for them as a rim protector.