The **Nets** have made French point guard **[Nolan Traore](https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/nolan-traore-1.html)** the 19th overall pick in the 2025 NBA draft.
Traore, who turned 19 last month, was viewed as a potential lottery pick a year ago, but has seen his stock drop some during the 2024/25 season.
In a featured role with Saint-Quentin in France’s top basketball league (LNB Élite), he averaged 11.6 points and 5.1 assists on .392/.302/.701 shooting in 30 games (22.6 minutes per contest).
At 6’4″, Traore has good height for a lead guard, and offers intriguing long-term upside as a creative passer and play-maker, per [ESPN’s Jonathan Givony](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41662748/2025-nba-draft-big-board-rankings-top-100-prospects-players). However, there are real question marks about multiple aspects of his game, with consistency, efficiency and turnovers all being issues.
On tonight’s broadcast, Givony reported the team plans to keep Traore to pair with No. 8 overall selection Egor Demin. Entering the night without a true lead guard, Brooklyn now has two intriguing long term primary ball-handlers to develop.
The Nets still have three first-round picks (Nos. 22, 26 and 27), so they still have a busy night ahead of them.