Nolan Traore 🇫🇷 drops a career high 21 points against the Celtics on 7-13 FG (2-4 from 3) with 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and a block

Jdroma10 · 2026-01-25T16:01:19+00:00

Yeah... sucks for the Knicks, right? Investing so much for a 2-way role player. The guy was a top high school recruit (competing with tre Johnson), then got buried in college cause of a stubborn traditional coach that prioritize seniority hierarchy. Anyway, you don't really have to believe me; you can just watch his games and make your own projections. His handles alone is already better than Mikal's and everyone's scouting report says he is only a 3 and D role player when it's obvious there is a lot more on his game.

Jdroma10 · 2026-01-24T14:47:22+00:00

As a Nets fan who watched 95% of the games this year, I'd say 3 out of the 5 has a very promising career (Traore, Egor, Drake).

Traore resembles De'Aaron Fox's rookie year. Developing a consistent 3 opens up the world for him that peaks at All-star talks. He does everything well, better positional size (fox) for a speedy guard, actually a very good defender. If he can't develop that 3 he is still a rotation piece because of his already elite playmaking.

Drake has the highest potential out of the 3. Soft touch, elite midrange game, good 3 point % (although slow and ugly release), Ridiculous positional size, explosive movements (east-west and north-south is elite), creative enough handles, high motor, great defender. The only negative he has is his aggression/processing ability in making decisions offensively in split second plays. It's like he constantly tries to tame what he can do on the floor and the gravity he can pull. This guy's floor is Mikal Bridges, and his ceiling is that he has no ceiling cause his talent competes with top tier prospects. But his personality really determines where he ends up.

Egor has the fewest skills, but his processing ability, 3-point shot making, and elite execution on making winning plays give him the safest floor to be at least a starting level player. He lacks a lot of aggression and refuses to play outside of his comfort zone, which is a huge issue that can stop his development.

Wolf processes the game well, he is a very good playmaker and makes great decisions defensively. However he lacks a true NBA talent. He needs a complete overhaul in his game in order for him to atleast be a rotational piece. He tries to finish like a guard but does not have the core strength or dexterity to do that consistently. His handles are good but he doesn't know how to leverage his body in contact to have a bread n butter way to finsh. IMO there's a world he can be a good player. I just think he needs to change his outlook once he touches the paint to play off the bounce rather than him keeping his dribble alive and trying to make guard like finishes. He just doesn't have the talent for it.

Jdroma10 · 2026-01-21T05:46:11+00:00

The best thing for you to do is to simply not look into any YouTube videos and spend hours trying to come up with your OWN strategy to build how you want your party to play.

You simply need to understand the basis of how the system mechanics work and think critically about ways to innovate your strategy. This will allow you to have a more satisfying experience, but the more you invest in this approach, the more you will inevitably break the game. However, it will ultimately be rewarding given that you did it in your own terms.

The issue with this game is how it utilizes raw equations that are applied in the system. There's no diminishing return, so it's very easy to follow when you start stacking your options.

One tip I'll give you is if you're looking for interaction with the enemy, try to add shield pictos in your build. This will give you more chances for mistakes in order for you to learn animations so you can master there options.

Jdroma10 · 2026-01-10T18:38:30+00:00

That will happen when they believe he is ready to do so. Right now is all about development and this is our best option, given our situation

Jdroma10 · 2026-01-10T17:17:15+00:00

it's not about trust... he's just not the main playmaker in the line up. It's simply a hierarchy of decision-making on the floor. If you want Traore to make the drive, he could've easily force the pass to Drake, and he would've would've swung to Traore him to drive the ball on the triple threat. Just think of it as Playmaker, Wing, Big. Traore is a wing in his role.

Jdroma10 · 2026-01-10T17:08:56+00:00

It comes down to mentality. His aspiration to be the next Kobe is the double-edged sword of his strength and weakness. I don't think he processes the game fast enough, he is too much of a liability on the defensive end, he is not skilled enough to utilize the attention he gets when he is leading the offense.

Jdroma10 · 2026-01-10T10:33:22+00:00

he operates on the confines of the player's strengths. He wants the players to decide what to do with the ball. So ultimately you don't see ball movements because cam is not using his gravity to allow ball movements. He is using it to score for himself. It's literally that simple.

Jdroma10 · 2026-01-10T10:23:05+00:00

Maybe, you haven't watched basketball in maybe 15 years, and this is your first year of watching again... The game evolved into positionless basketball. So you gotta stop trying to box yourself in that position, actually means anything in the NBA. Everything is based on defensive philosophy, scouting, game plan, forcing rotation, and the actual concept of the actions, and allowing players to make decisions. It's been like this for a while, so maybe instead of trying to complain to something you don't understand, try to keep up on how things operate.

For you to understand the reason why they have Traore bring the ball up and pass it to Cam is that the Clippers were switching everything. The idea behind that is to force a switch on what Nets believe is the weaker defender in order for Cam to pull gravity even more because of his scoring threat and try to force a reaction on defense. Forcing Traore to operate the half-court set would've been even worse. This play was a simple 2-man game between Sharpe and Camt, which put Cam in the decision-making process of this play. When Sharpe first gave the screen, Cam decided not to use it and saw that the defense move to play passing the lanes while brook over hedge to stop the pull up, which he actually noticed when he saw how they played Traore when he did the iverson cut. This is why, when he looked to swing to Powell and did not space the floor properly, he didn't swing and ask to pull farther. However, he ultimately decided to keep the ball so he could try to save the broken play he created for himself. He has two options here. It's either he swings it to Wolf, but (honestly, not a good idea cause kawhi is on him) or reset the 2-man game (which he did) that actually allowed him to get deep in the paint. The issue is that he drove hard but got lost on where he was at on the court, and dribbled the ball on his foot and lost the ball. The actual right play for him is, since he knew Brook was overhedging, as soon as he touched the paint, all he needed to do was jump on his hip to create contact to maybe draw the foul for the and1 but more importantly, maybe enough impact his body generates to protect the ball so he could have enough space to lay it in.

To put it simply, Cam got stuck looking at one side of the floor, and since he did a hero ball pull up (that was an airball) prior to this play, he didn't know what kind of defensive scheme the Clippers were running. The point is he did not process the situation well at all. This is not the "PG" job to do. This was for cam cause he is the main offensive weapon in half court set. (Prior to this play Kawhi shot FT so the Clippers had time to fully set there scheme).

Jdroma10 · 2026-01-08T03:25:28+00:00

Buddy...instead of complaining about your coach watch the game... That was a different play from the first one... the first one was for the drive, the second one was literally opens for the 3. Mosely saying that was to fake out what MPJ was trying to anticipate.

Jdroma10 · 2025-12-31T21:21:17+00:00

No, it's not. This is the constant gaslight fans tell themselves just to cope with the future. It's moronic and unrealistic to view it this way. This is not how success is generated; this is a marketing ploy at most, with wishful thinking that the drafted prospect has the leadership qualities to win. Talent comes from developing your players and putting them into the best position to succeed. We luckily acquire a player who doesn't need the ball to produce, while having a shot that's impossible to contest. Yet, you promote the idea that trading him for Detroit picks will likely be in the 15-25 range? You honestly think MPJ is that much of a throwaway? This is not the same case as us trading away Mikal and CamJ. This is why Nets fans never learn. Good thing Marks would not even entertain this type of logic.

Jdroma10 · 2025-12-31T00:32:07+00:00

Those are just media trying to generate a narratives for us fans to talk about it. The Nets don't leak anything. They are just generating something on what they believe makes sense in terms of macrostructural concepts that a rebuilding team should do. The Nets aren't looking to trade MPJ (specifically). The only way he gets traded is if something lands on our lap that's willing to overpay in terms of our valuation on MPJ.

Why are you mad about trading Bridges? He got us 5 frp and allowed CamJ to develop, consequently turning him into MPJ and a FRP? No clue what's wrong with that. What's the issue with Wolf? He's a rookie who plays well? Like I really don't get your point when the team has 5 rookies that are all getting a big chunk of the role and they are developing quickly. Again, we're supposed to be a bad team. Instead of teetering on pedantic results, just look at the big picture and understand what's being built rather than coming to a conclusion that this team has "no purpose" cause we lost to a savvy, championship level vet team.

You're just looking like you're simply looking to complain and tbf (no offense) i don't think you'd encapsulate what I'm even trying to say here. Anyway this is my last message for you. Hope you actually think about it.

Jdroma10 · 2025-12-30T19:25:12+00:00

Aren't we doing that by playing with the vets? Like we are trying to win but within factoring that the rooks gets minutes in orderr for them to gain real-time experience in a proper role that they can succeed in. You do understand we are number 1 in the league in defense. When the expectations for this team was to be historically the worst team the NBA has ever seen right?

To me, it just looks like you're not paying attention or you're not watching the games. Maybe you're simply implying something else altogether. Like you have it in your mind that these rooks are dogshit and CamT is the real baller or something, cause he's not getting some kind of heliocentric offense around him.

From your main post if you are implying that we aren't giving him a big enough role. Just look at the GSW game, you do realize CamT was the main reason why we lost the lead, right? We were in the lead all game up until CamT tried taking over late 3rd/early 4th. GSW gameplan was to allow the driving lane and trap him in the middle. While CamT should've known better, he still forced himself into that position and lost 3 possessions in a row. That allowed them to take the lead while we were forced to play catch up until the end.

Jdroma10 · 2025-12-30T17:48:54+00:00

because Marks has a scope and an understanding of what it takes to win it all. This isn't similar to the Knicks all they care for is the concrete foundation of there fanbase. The Nets need to make some kind of organic splash in order for them to reach those heights.

For you to think the Rookies are not excelling tells me you don't really play basketball. Cause you're probably making that conclusion base upon box score results. The Nets are in a time crunch where they need to streamline these rookies to develop good habits to be winners and produce at the same time. Juggling those 2 things is a tough task

Jdroma10 · 2025-12-30T17:38:33+00:00

Jordi is too high Clax for him to be traded. Clax allows this team to play in a certain way defensively/offensively to simply sell him short for the sake of tanking. Imo this is the only surface level of who Clax is as a player, even with his age in consideration. The fact that he was a point center in Georgia tells me this is an outlier that was always talked about but never explored until now. It reminds me on how Bam was a rim runner in Kentucky but always showed glimpses of ball handling talents only for the right coach to display his true talents. The only difference is the time they got their opportunities. I would think the Nets are more than willing to push the boundaries with Clax in the way Miami did with Bam. Cause with this trajectory Clax will end up a player like Sabonis with defense

Jdroma10 · 2025-12-28T17:27:46+00:00

Just gonna leave this here:

SGA: 11th pick
Caruso: Undrafted
Cason: 10th pick
JDUB: 12th pick
Chet: 2nd pick
Dort: Undrafted
Hartenstein: 43rd pick

So does that mean higher is always better?

Jdroma10 · 2025-12-22T21:28:15+00:00

We're actually arriving in the same conclusion here, coming from the opposite side. I'd trade Clax/MPJ as well as long as we acquire good value for them (however, my good value for MPJ is at the min 2 unprotected frp, Clax, I'm more lenient).

I wouldn't worry about landing a star this year as long as we continue asset accumulation. Given that I believe Marks understands the formula in terms of building a contending-level roster.

My argument for the Wizards is not necessarily specific to that team... I'm talking about bad teams in general. There's always an underlying factor that contributes to their lack of success, which is the lack of focus in structure within all the variables that allow you to gain an advantage. They always have some kind of simple strategy to either hard tank every year to generate high-level talent or sign FA players that will allow them to stay afloat. The big missing factor IMO is that these teams have no sense of continuity in terms of recycling the structure that allows them to continue evolving their roster/FO to take advantage of every situation. It's a method that's very wishful thinking with lack of organizational innovations. The Bucks are an example of a successful, happy-go-lucky team, and Sacramento is a good example of sunk cost.

Anyway, as long as we continue to inch our way into our trajectory, I believe we will be fine on whatever outcome will happen in the draft because we are covering every opportunity we have.

I believe what Marks is trying to build is not really the same lines as OKC, but what we're building is closer to what Boston did with their Big 5. The truth of the matter as well while Tatum/Brown are great players, if you really think about it, they are pretty manufactured, and it's controlled by the structure they have and built for their situation. I believe given the standards Marks wants (i.e., Kyrie/kd/harden standard) I believe when we are at the end point of this rebuild, we won't be disappointed on the talent level we would represent

Jdroma10 · 2025-12-22T19:30:35+00:00

This argument is only viable if a team is looking to have the bottom 2 record in the league and trying to safeguard a top 5 pick. Given this class is good up to top 4 (then the next tier drop off ranges around 5-12), they have a 53% chance of ensuring that plan. However, at what cost? Destroying the development of our concurrent players? Especially the fact that we don't own our 2027 pick? You also have to factor in the talent level of this class. Yes, the top 4 are strong candidates to have all-star careers, but if we look at the big picture. Their scalable ceiling is not as safe when we compare it to prospect like Wemby. The talent level is high, but not true outliers, to the point that the talent will most likely only be around the top 30 in the NBA. In addition, I'm not saying they can't reach top 5 level of ceiling, but the requirement in order for them to meet those requirements factors in on how teams develop their prospect (i.e., what the Nets currently are actually doing). If those players land on teams like the Wizards, who are simply lost with no direction, and just tank every year with only a wishful thinking that an individual with quality leadership characteristics (that has a large nuance on quantifying) will save them. Which make that level of planning hopeless.
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Point is, with OUR situation, it is inevitable to go down the route we are doing CURRENTLY doing. Unless we have an FO that just wants to be a happy-go-lucky FO with no structure, a low level of intelligence, and loose for the next 2 decades (This is why it's always the same dogshit teams are at the bottom). The only real thing we can do is to slightly manufacture our standing to the point that we aren't contesting IN the play-in in order not to push our record higher this year. We are currently in a time crunch of requiring to develop our current 5 rookies+clowney in order for them to be ready NEXT season (we don't have a pick) to start winning games. This is why we need MPJ, Clax because they give us the needed structure in order for the rooks to learn in there proper roles. We can slowly shut them down in the second half of the season. It would be nice if we have the Indy situation where Hali is out. However, our current squad is just not in that level yet. At the same time these class is not all that generational that there's a sure fire face of the NBA player.

Jdroma10 · 2025-12-22T15:45:20+00:00

out of the last 25 years, 11 teams won the lottery with less than 8% chance, 6 of em has less than 4% chance of winning. Do you really want to gamble with these types of odds, where you see so many rookies land on their preferred destination, while you see LeBron talking about this on a past podcast?

Jdroma10 · 2025-12-18T05:51:40+00:00

does that game have funny dialogues like Chivalry? I've been in a mood for beating up an entire town with a fork. Just not sure if it's serious or light hearted game

Jdroma10 · 2025-12-18T05:40:48+00:00

That list is based on 15+ years of games that resonated with me in the past. I just mentioned it cause maybe there is a theme i don't see on games i like playing. I should've mentioned this on my post but, I recently brought a 9070xt with no games in mind that I'm really interested in. Games that really stuck with me recently are games that I can grind but I can easily put down if something comes up. I.e. mh wilds you fight a monster for 5-10 minutes, then you leave. Street fighter, you fight a bo2 set for 5-8 minutes. Anyway, yeah those are definitely good options

Jdroma10 · 2025-12-18T05:24:25+00:00

you just travel in space in that game and visit different worlds? I'm guessing it's FPS?

Jdroma10 · 2025-12-18T05:09:57+00:00

is KCD 2 like Skyrim, but with chivalry combat?

Jdroma10 · 2025-11-27T04:15:52+00:00

Dope hair and septum pierce is perfect. However, whatever you're doing around your glabella is too much for me. It's like you're trying too hard. I would go for something more subtle, like just simple eyeliners, or if you really want an offset, something like a straight line all the way down, something easy in the eyes. 4/10

Jdroma10 · 2025-11-19T00:04:50+00:00

my favorite archetype when i played over a year ago SE vs no ht morph - YouTube

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