Ben Saraf SHINES while leading Brooklyn Nets during preseason opener | A new starting point guard?
Coming up, Ben Saraf headlines several noteworthy rotation decisions during the Net’s preseason opener. I’ll tell you why the rookie could be Brooklyn’s starting point guard after this. [Music] You are Locked on Nets, your daily Brooklyn Nets podcast, part of the Locked on Podcast Network. Your team every day. Welcome in to the Lockdown Nets podcast right here on the Lockdown Podcast Network. It’s your team, the Brooklyn Nets, every single day. I’m Eric Slater, Brooklyn Nets beat reporter for clutchpoints.com. Thank you for making me your first listen of the day. The show is 100% free on all those great platforms. Today’s episode is brought to you by FanDuel. Right now, new customers can bet just $5. And if your bet wins, you’ll get $300 in bonus bets to use across the app. Download the FanDuel app today. And on today’s show, I’m going to be reacting to Brooklyn’s preseason opener, a 12388 win over Hapo Jerusalem. But beyond the score, I’m going to take a detailed look at Jordy Fernandez’s rotation decisions and what they could indicate about several roster battles. And no roster battle is more significant right now than the one between the Brooklyn Nets rookie point guards. And Ben Saraf gets the starting nod in this game over Nolan Tore. And we know Jory is sidelined, has been dealing with that plantar fascia tear and has not been able to play at training camp yet or do any contact work yet. So Ben Saraf gets the starting nod and this is pretty significant I think given Jaor Dilman’s uh injury situation because Jaor we’re now you know this is October 5th now we’re now like two and a half weeks away from the preseason or from the regular season opener and Jaor has not done contact work and we heard from Shawn Marks at uh media day that they don’t have any concerns about Jaor missing the regular season opener or missing regular season games and I said when I did my pod reaction to that that any Nets injury update now I take with a grain of salt and I you know I don’t read too much into you know what Shawn Marks are actually saying or anybody from the Nets and Jagor Dman two and a half weeks out from the regular season opener having not done contact work I’m not all too confident that he is going to be ready for the regular season opener I would say it’s trending in a direction where that may not be the case and if that is not the case Ben Saraf could be the Net’s starting point guard come opening night over Nolan Troy and you know just looking at what Sarath did in this game like I’m not going to focus too much on any of the guys I talk about like what they did on the court whether they struggled or played well because you know the competition that the Nets were playing in this game I would say it was not very high level I would say it was a far cry obviously from NBA competition but looking at Saraf he played 18 minutes he had nine points on four of six shooting knocked down his only three-point attempt and Most importantly, he had uh six assists and one turnover. Looked really good handling the ball and being a decision maker. He got in foul trouble early. Had four fouls in like his first eight minutes, but he finished the team a he finished the game a team best plus 25. And I thought he looked good from all accounts. And him getting the starting point guard nod here over Nolan Troy should not be all that surprising after what we heard, you know, leading up to this. there was a, you know, a banging of the drum and a Ben Saraf hype train, uh, dating back from the Nets open runs in the offseason going into the media day into training camp, a lot of players have said that they are impressed with him and I did a podcast, you know, talking about that last week and, you know, it’s not all that surprising because I think when you look at Ben Saraf and Nolan Shroy, Ben looks like the more NBA ready player and we heard Shawn Mark say this at media day. He said that of the Nets rookies, Ben is probably one of the ones who’s more ready, you know, NBA ready to play right now. And I thought that you could see that on the court. You look at what Nolan Troy did in this game. He didn’t play poorly by any stretch of the imagination. Played 18 minutes, had seven points, two assists, one turnover, uh two of six from the field, one of three from three. But I think when you look at Ben and Nolan on the court and you look at the way they’re operating, I think that Ben looks like the more NBA ready player from numerous standpoints. First, just the physicality in the body. Like we saw this with Ben when he played Ferrario far last season and also at summer league. He is a physical player, a physical driver, a guy who’s 6’6, legit 66 and 200 lb. And you know, you look at Nolan Troy, it’s a little bit of a slighter frame, obviously 6’4, still has really good height, really good length for a point guard, but weighs 175 and is going to have to add a lot of muscle to his frame. And in that regard, Ben Saraf handling the ball, being able to get downhill, being able to bump defenders off their spots. Defensively, I think also being able to guard point guards, then guard up. Also, I think he can do that better than Troy right now just because of his size and his mass. So, that is pretty obvious on the court. And then from a decision-making standpoint, I think that Ben just looks a little bit more polished right now as a ball handler, as a passer, as a decision maker. We saw Ben make some really good passes in this game and be able to get downhill playing with a little more tempo. And I think the reason for that is you look at the way that these guys play, the way Ben plays and the way Nolan plays. Nolan obviously, you know, Jordy Fernandez says all these guys have a superpower. Nolan Troy’s superpower is his speed, his first step, his ability to be a a blur in transition and then in the half court, you know, turn the corner on screens, blow blowbyss and get downhill. When you play with that type of speed, you know, you don’t necessarily have to have as much craft out of the gate early on in your career. And a guy like Ben Saraf, who has a really crafty handle, can create advantages, but does it differently, doesn’t do it with that explosive first step necessarily or like that blazing speed, has to play with a little bit more craft, a little bit more of an in between game. And I think that shows up in the decision- making and, you know, the passing. I think that Ben looks just a little more comfortable with the added size, the added, you know, pace that he plays with going slow to fast, fast to slow. I think, you know, you see that, you see Ben get into the lane. You see the details. You see him have that extra time to be able to read the defense and be a little bit more comfortable with that. You know, being a little bit of a bigger guy and for Nolan, I think he’s going at one speed and necessarily doesn’t give yourself as much time to, you know, make decisions and be a passer and all those things. still a good passer and I think still a very encouraging player. I think just in the early going I think Ben has numerous areas where he looks a little bit more comfortable and a little bit more NBA ready right now and early on you know I just right now I’m not sure if Jor is going to be ready for that regular season opener. So Ben Saraf could be the starting point guard for this team come opening night. And I think that, you know, he has a lot of aspects to his game that I think are going to be fun to watch for fans and I think are going to be um encouraging, you know, and I think the three-point shooting, I asked Ben after the game the areas that he needs to improve. And he said three-point shooting, you know, outside shooting was number one. He said defense, he said some other things offensively, but you know, the three-point shooting I think will hinder him a little bit out of the game in terms of, you know, NBA level defenders just going under screens, daring him to shoot, doing some of those things. But honestly, Ben getting up a lot of threes off the dribble. Ben, you know, challenging those defenders with his three-point shot. Whether or not they go in is going to be a positive early on for his development. So, we’ll see. We got two and a half weeks. We got uh a couple more Nets preseason games in China before they close it out in Toronto. And I think that there will be a lot more Ben Saraf tape and a lot more, you know, to monitor before that regular season opener. But we have some other rotation battles, namely one at the bottom of the roster involving guys like Tyrese Martin, Jaylen Wilson, Drew Timmy, even Dariq Whitehead. So I’ll touch on what Jordy Fernandez’s rotation could say about that battle, how that’s all trending when I continue locked on Nets after a quick break. But before that, want to tell you about our friends over at Pelaton. Guys, Pelaton is shaping the future of fitness with their brand new Pelaton Crossraining Tread Plus powered by Pelaton IQ. It’s their most advanced equipment design yet. Designed to give you real-time guidance and endless ways to move. Whether you’re running, lifting, or crossraining with your favorite instructors. This is training reimagined. Pelaton is built for breakthroughs with tools that help you plan, stay motivated, and reach peak performance. 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And the next one was the bottom of the roster, the battle for the Net’s final roster spot. You know, there were a few guys that were going to be involved. Tyrese Martin, the non-g guaranteed guys, Tyrese Martin, Jaylen Wilson, Drew Timmy, and I think also Dariq Whitehead is in that conversation as a player who, you know, just 2020 2023 first round pick, but up to this point, hasn’t been able to show that much due to injuries and a bunch of other things slowing that down, slowing his development down. And you look at Tyrese Martin in this one, we’ve heard the buzz about him. You know, we heard from Michael Porter Jr. the other day that Tyrese has been the most impressive player at Nets’s training camp to him. We heard several other players bring up his name unprompted as a standout. I I asked Jordy Fernandez about him at Net’s practice on Friday and Jordy was just highly complimentary of the work that Tyrese has done. And you look at his rotations in this game and Tyrese Martin of these guys battling for the Net’s final roster spot was, you know, had the most expansive role by far. Tyrese got out with the net’s second unit um ahead of guys like Jaylen Wilson and Dariq Whitehead and even Drew Timmy but Drew Timmy is you know just at a different position. So these three wings Tyrese Martin, Jaylen Wilson, Dariq Whitehead I would say that he has the upper hand right now and you know that’s pretty noteworthy especially when the two guys behind him are you know guys who the Nets drafted in 2023. I mean Tyrese we know he was the number 51 pick in the 2022 draft. I think that was by the Atlanta Hawks out of Yukon. And then, you know, had stints with uh Atlanta’s G-League affiliate, also the Timberwolves G-League affiliate, and then he signed with the Nets on the Exhibit 10 last offseason. He impressed at training camp. He earned the two-way contract, had a role with the Nets being in a tanking season, continued to impress, and then got that two-year standard deal, and he’s on the non-g guaranteed salary right now. And he’s a little bit older than these guys. like when you I’ve been you know we’ve known that this these were the guys who are going to be involved in this rotation battle or this battle for this final roster spot and the Nets cut Keon Johnson and then you know I’ve thought that the idea of the Nets keeping Tyrese Martin over a guy like Dariq Whitehead or even Jaylen Wilson guys who are just so much younger than him. Tyrese is going to be 27 during this NBA season whereas Jaylen’s going to be 25 and Dariq’s only going to be 22. So, I thought that that youth for a Nets team that is, you know, rebuilding and should be looking for upside would give them a leg up over a guy like Tyrese Martin. And maybe it did initially, but Tyrese Tyrese’s play during the offseason and during this training camp might be enough to get him give him the nod over guys like that. And even then, you know, it’s not like he’s old. It’s not like he’s like really old. He’s going to be 27 during the season at the end of the season. So, he still has a ways to go, but in terms of the developmental track, it gives you, you know, less ability or less confidence that he’s going to have a lot more upside than some of these other guys just because he’s older. But, he’s supposed to been playing really well. And, you know, these other Nets, non-G guaranteed guys like Jaylen Wilson, uh, non-G guaranteed Jaylen Wilson, Guaranteed, and Dariq Whitehead. They might be the odd men out right now because you look at this Nets roster, they have 15 guaranteed contracts. And you know, none of these other guys besides the ones that I’m naming, I feel like are real candidates to be cut and open up other rotation spots. You could say guys like Kobe Buffkin, maybe Haywood Highmith, but nothing I’ve heard has indicated that those guys spots are in any sort of danger. So, you know, it could be these players. And Tyrese Martin seems to have the leg up. You know, he didn’t look like unbelievable last night. I think he was like one for four or one for five from the field. But everything we’ve heard has been him playing well and impressing. And you look at, you know, waiting a guy like Dariq Whitehead. I’ve had questions about whether or not Shawn Mark Shawn Marks would be willing to do that because this is a player who we selected in the first round in 2023, you know, just like two years ago. And he’s a player who presumably had some upside. I mean, was a number two player in the entire country in the class of 2022. But we just haven’t really seen much from Dariq. And you know, he’s battled those injuries. He had the multiple lower leg surgeries. But through the preeason, we just haven’t heard really anything about Dariq, about Dariq’s play. You know, it’s citing. Not that I’m saying it hasn’t. I’m just saying that we haven’t heard anything about it. And that’s usually not a great sign. And you look at in this game, Dariq was one of the last guys to, you know, get into the game for the Nets. He came in with like five or six minutes left, I think it was. and these other guys like you know Tyrese was clearly ahead of him. Even Jaylen Wilson was ahead of him and it just seems like Tariq is at the back end. So will Shawn Marks actually wave a guy like this? That’s to be determined. But there is a benefit to waving Dariq Whitehead from a financial standpoint. I’ve spoken about how the Nets are below the salary floor right now. They’re going to have to need to they’re going to need to spend more maneuver more to get up to reach that by day one of the regular season. I said they’re around $4.2 2 million below the salary floor right now if you account for just their 15 guaranteed contracts and waving Whitehead’s $3.3 million salary and keeping one of the non-G guaranteed guys whether it’s Tyrese Martin or Jaylen Wilson that would help the Nets you know just about bring them up to the salary floor because I said they’re about $4.2 2 million below. If you wave Whiteheads 3.3 million, that still counts towards the books and then you get to add the extra, you know, 1.52 million that these other non-G guaranteed guys or one of them is making, whoever you keep and that brings you just about to the salary floor. So, there is a benefit to that. Does that mean that the Nets are going to wave Whitehead? I don’t think so. But, I don’t necess, you know, it’s not a guarantee. But you look at the rotation in this game, you look at how much we’ve been hearing about a guy like Tyrese Martin and how little we’ve been hearing about a guy like Tariq Whitehead, it could be an indication of things to come and we’ll see, you know, we’ll see how it plays out. Whitehead, you know, he could still stick with the Nets like they have an open two-way spot, but as a former first round pick, a guy getting waved, I think you staying with that organization is pretty unlikely. So, we’ll see how it shakes out. But Tyrese Martin at the moment seems to have the leg up. And you know, we I talked to Tyrese on Friday and he said, you know, talking about the improvement that he’s made this off seasonason that he felt like this was the first off seasonason since he’s been drafted where he’s really been able to focus on, you know, crafting and bolstering his skill set. And the reason for that being he has the contract with the Nets and he was guaranteed a spot at Nets training camp so he could just spend the whole off season working on his game being consistent being with this Net’s player development staff as opposed to prior summers where he was kind of going to work out for teams. He was on the move consistently. He was just trying to find a spot and lock down his next home. He said that stability that he has right now has really served him well. And I think we’ve seen a lot of impress impressive stuff from Tyrese Martin. It’s not all that surprising that of this group, if you’re just looking at what he’s done on the floor that he is the guy the Nets are the highest on because I think for multiple perspectives. First of Jaylen Wilson, of Dariq Whitehead, of Tyrese Martin. You know, Whitehead’s a good three-point shooter, but he can’t really do anything else. But I’d say that Tyrese Martin is is a significantly better three-point shooter than Jaylen Wilson right now. I think he showed that on tape. And then you look at the ball handling, the decision- making, looking like an NBA player in those areas. I think that Tyrese flashed that at a decently high level at the end of the regular season last year in terms of being a guy who could make some decisions off the balance, could be a pick and roll, secondary, tertiary ball handler. I think he did all that stuff. So, I think his skill set is by far the best out of these guys. I think that the thing that has been working against him was his age, but maybe his play is just bringing it to a point where that’s not really too much of a concern and he’s just so much ahead of these other guys that he is going to be able to stick around. But, we’ll see. We got three more preseason games. We have a lot more to break down on that. But we got one more noteworthy rotation battle involving Danny Wolf and also uh Drew Timmy, both of uh the Nets big men, younger big men who they’ve brought in. So, what did the Nets preseason opener say about them? How could that be trending? I’ll touch on all that when I close out Locked on Nets after a quick break. But before that, want to tell you about our friends over at FanDuel. The NFL season is here and FanDuel is making sure you’re ready for kickoff with a can’t miss offer. Right now, new customers can bet just $5. And if your bet wins, you’ll get $300 in bonus bets to use across the app. Guys, FanDuel fits however you like to bet, player props, building a same game parlay, or even jumping in live as the action unfolds. It makes every game more exciting. Whether you’re watching your team or just keeping an eye on your fantasy lineup, it’s quick, easy, and the best way to add a little more energy to Sundays. So, are you ready to play? Download the FanDuel app now by visiting fanduel.com to get started. That’s fanduel.com to place your first $5 bet. Coming back from the break, closing out today’s Lockdown Nets episode, talking about Brooklyn’s preseason opener and how Jordy Fernandez’s rotation decisions could indicate things about what is happening in training camp and what players will be in what roles to start the year. And the last guy that I want to talk about, uh, two guys are Danny Wolf and Drew Timmy. and Danny Wolf obviously the Nets’s rookie first round pick and has a solidified spot on this roster whereas Drew Timmy is one of those non-g guaranteed guys alongside Jaylen Wilson alongside Tyrese Martin and then obviously Dariq Whitehead guaranteed but still battling for the final roster spot and I think Drew Timmy you know it might be tough for him to secure one of these final roster spots because you look at what the Nets a have ahead of him at the center position or in the front court they have obviously Nick Claxton, they have Dron Sharp, and now they also have Danny Wolf. And Danny Wolf was in this game ahead of Drew Timmy. And you know, Wol has no danger of losing his roster spot. But I think this just speaks to how far Timmy is down on this depth chart. And given that, I think it’s going to be a real uphill battle for him to secure the Nets final standard roster spots. But Drew Timmy is a guy who could stick around with the Nets on a two-way. the Nets have a open two-way spot. And I think that he might be the most likely of these non-g guaranteed guys to be willing to accept that because unlike, you know, a tight unlike Jaylen Wilson or a Dariq Whitehead, he wasn’t a draft pick for this team. He’s a guy who, you know, came into the league undrafted. The Nets gave him his first opportunity. So them cutting him or waving him doesn’t necessarily, I think, say as much about them, you know, being low on him as opposed to a guy like Jaylen Wilson or Dar Whitehead who they drafted. I think that, you know, Timmy could feasibly stick around in that two-way spot. I think he might be more willing to do that, but I think he’s also a guy who could have some interest and could potentially get a standard spot somewhere else. So, we’ll see how that shakes out. But I think this is probably trending in a direction where there’s just too much ahead of Drew Timmy at the center position for him to be the one who secures that final roster spot over a guy like a, you know, over a guy like Tyrese Martin or Jaylen Wilson or even a Dariq Whitehead. So, we’ll see. But maybe that maybe Timmy will be able to stick around with the Nets on that final two-way spot if he’s willing to accept that. But Danny Wolf, you know, being that guy who was ahead of Drew Timmy and I think, you know, he got into this game really late and I think that could say some stuff. Obviously, the Nets have, you know, a guys at both positions in the front court. They have guys like Nick Claxton and Don Sharp ahead of him at center. They have a guy ahead of him uh at power forward and Noah Clowny. So, I think that that could say something about Danny Wolf obviously being down in the rotation right now. And that might say something about where he opens the year. might be a situation where he’s opening the year in Long Island. And things that I’ve heard about the Nets and where they are going to be putting these guys to start the year. Danny Wolf and um Danny Wolf and Drake Pal are guys that from things I’ve heard, fans should probably expect to be spending time in Long Island out of the gate and throughout the season. I think all these guys could spend time in the G-League at some point throughout the year. But those guys, I think, are the ones who, you know, should be in the G-League probably to start the year and will be. And I think that that know shouldn’t be all that surprising when you look at the Nets have no veteran ball handlers. They have no you know veteran point guards. So these guys like Ben Saraf Nolan Troy and Jorman you know Domen sideline right now. They need those guys up with the NBA squad because they don’t have any other point guards. Whereas in you know uh Drake Pal and Danny Wolf’s case the Nets have a bunch of wings ahead of Drake Pal and they have a bunch of big men ahead of Danny Wolf. And I think both of those guys are guys who could benefit from time in the G-League. So I would probably expect that to start the year. But looking at Wolf, what what Wolfe did in this game. He had, you know, played 15 minutes, had five points, five rebounds, five assists, two 20 two or four shooting. So I think you saw his ability to stuff the stat sheet and be versatile. And you saw that on the offensive end of the floor like he came in the game and one of the first plays that he had, uh, Ben Saraf needed help. He had picked up his dribble near at the top of the key and Wolfe flashed out of the post, got the ball and Saraf cut back door and he hit him with like a quick little almost like behind the head pass that Saraf caught and laid in. We also saw a play where Wolfe got the ball at the top of the key and he uh what you know took the guy off the bounce and finished kind of like stopped, shot faked, finished in the lane. So that’s the stuff the versatility that Wolf brings to the table. The three-point shooting is obviously going to be, you know, big for him and we’ll see how that develops. But I think his ball handling craft, his, you know, screening and being a short roll guy and being a pick and roll guy, something that he didn’t do as much at Michigan and also the three-point shooting, I think being in Long Island will give him an opportunity to develop all those things. And I talked to Danny at uh practice on Friday and asked him about obviously there’s a lot of questions about how his development is going to go in terms of is he a center, is he a a four or a jumbosized wing, like how does that go? And everything that Wol said was what you would expect. He said like, you know, I’ve spent time at both, but I’ll do whatever the coaching staff is as asking me to. I trust the developmental track. I think it was noteworthy that he told me that during the Nets summer runs, like their open runs and scrimmages, he was playing, you know, a lot of power forward, doing a lot of ball handling and pick and roll stuff, and then when we got to training camp, he said that it’s been, you know, more time at the five. So, I think that, you know, do with that information what you will. I also think that there was a noteworthy comment from Jordan Fernandez and I asked Jordy about developing a player with Wolf’s skill set that’s a little unorthodox for a big man and I asked him if you know seeing a guy like Danny who’s near sevenfooter handling the ball as a pick and roll ball handler primarily at Michigan like is that strange is that just a testament to where you know the league is trending and its evolution and basketball’s evolution as a whole and he answered you know talking about Wol’s development he said first that they’re going to have to use all their resources and he said, you know, we’re going to have to use all our resources. He started with the G-League and then he kind of stopped himself and said the G- League or the NBA and kind of like quickly, you know, audible out of that because he doesn’t want to give anything away to the media, but said, you know, I think that was an indication and other things that I’ve heard that Wolf will probably spend time in the G-League to start the year. And then he also said when you have unique players, you need to take unique approaches to developing them. That’s something that he said. And he made an illusion to Nicola Joic. He said that, you know, he was lucky enough to work with Nola and Nola flashed so many things and showed so many things that you had to view him, you know, in other ways and as a non-traditional player because if you just viewed him in that traditional mold, you were boxing him in and not taking advantage of his skill set and really doing yourselves and him a disservice. And I thought that, you know, I’m not saying that he’s comparing Danny Wolf to Nola Joic, but I think that it’s noteworthy that he brought Joic up when discussing a guy like Danny Wolf. And I think that Danny is going to fit into that, you know, a similar developmental track in terms of him having these other things that he can do. And I think the Nets drafted him for that reason. And that was a reason that they were encouraged by him. And I think that they’re going to try to let those things shine. You know, they’ll do a lot of traditional center stuff with him that I think he’ll be able to do. But I think they’re also going to be looking at ways to maximize that skill set. And a lot of that might be playing outside of centers or doing things that centers don’t traditionally do, whether it be inverted pick and roll or other ball handling or, you know, sticking him on the wing. We’ll see how that plays out. But I would expect Wolfe to be in the G- League probably to start the year and throughout the year. And I think that it’ll be exciting to see what he does there, you know, for a Long Island program that has developed other big men, you know, several other like, you know, Jared Allen spent a little bit of time there, obviously Nick Claxton, most recently, Noah Clowny, Dron Sharp, you know, all these guys have spent time in Long Island and had encouraging stretches. So, I think Wolf will be the next in that line of development in that line of these Nets big men that Shawn Marks has been able to find late in the draft and ultimately have shown success and promise at the NBA level. But that’s it. That’s all I have for today’s Lockdown Nets episode. Hope you guys enjoyed everything reacting to these rotation decisions. The Nets are going to have some time off and then they will have next weekend their pair of preseason matchups in China uh with the Phoenix Suns. So, we’ll see how all that plays out. But if you guys do not already, make sure to subscribe to Lockdown Nets on YouTube or wherever you get your podcast, whether Apple Podcast or Spotify. If you have a second right now, smash that like button, leave a comment. Anything you guys can do to engage is much appreciated. We got a lot more Nets training camp news to get to. We got other rotation predictions and much more. So, I have all that when I’m back tomorrow talking more Brooklyn Nets basketball.
Erik Slater reacts to Jordi Fernandez’s rotation decisions during the Brooklyn Nets’ preseason opener. He analyzes Ben Saraf starting at point guard and several other roster battles.
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17 comments
Were you surprised Ben Saraf started at point guard on Saturday? How did you feel about his performance?
What record do you see for this team?
Not surprised. Let’s see how this plays out.
Where’s Adam and Doug Norie
Relax they played a high school team
Dariq Whitehead 100% getting cut. Ain’t no way they picking him over Jalen or Tyrese. Last night showed it to everybody with eyes.
Saraf reminds me a bit of Ginobili, with his agility and change of pace, and his body control.
Keep up the good work Erik
Nets need lots of shooters. they are 4 years away
Great episode!
Keep up the great work!
Broooooooklynnnnnnn!
Saraf sznnnnnnnnnn
Thank you!
These are terrible takes. If Ben Saraf is the starting PG after the Nets drafted Egor and Nolan the. The whole draft is a failure. This is nasty work.
I was at the game Saraf looked good from a physical standpoint but he had 3 fouls in two like 4 minutes of play and it wasn’t even nba talent level players. Who did look really good is NT, he commanded the offense, showed off his quickness and might have been worth the 19 pick by the nets
Ben led a professional young team to the German finals at the age of 18/19…. He has the confidence of a much more mature player.
He has a great future Infront of him