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Nolan TraoreBrooklyn Nets · #13

Guard · 6'3", 185 lb · Créteil, France · Age 20 · 1st season

Nolan Traoré is a French point guard for the Brooklyn Nets, drafted 19th in 2025 — one of the fastest players in his draft class. A speed-and-passing lead guard, he rose through France's INSEP pipeline and starred for Saint-Quentin before the draft, playing a significant rookie season with Brooklyn built on open-floor pace and playmaking.

MVP race · #221Guard rank · #108Balladex Impact · 54
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Brooklyn Nets · #13 · Guard
Nolan Traore
Season avg8.9 pts · 1.8 reb · 3.8 ast · .380 fg
Career avg8.9 pts · 1.8 reb · 3.8 ast · .380 fg
Live win probabilityNets 54%
Balladex model · projected 117–116 · 97.3 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
9.1pts
1.8reb
3.9ast
54%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Nolan Traore
Brooklyn Nets · Guard
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Sion James
Charlotte Hornets · Strong defender
Category breakout
Head-to-head history
Home/away splits from recent games; live grades from the DNA model.
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Scouting report

Nolan Traore — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

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Speedy Rookie Guard · Impact 54
Nolan Traoré is a French point guard for the Brooklyn Nets, drafted 19th in 2025 — one of the fastest players in his draft class. A speed-and-passing
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Offense
D
Defense
C
Feel / IQ
C
Playmaking
Average creator
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Scoring
Average scorer
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F
Rebounding
Below average on the glass
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3PT / spacing
Average spacing
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C
Perimeter D
Average on the perimeter
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F
Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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C
Clutch
Average late
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C+
Athleticism
Strong tools
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C
Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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B-
Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Nolan Traore stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Nikola Jokić DEN
29%
2
Luka Doncic LAL
20%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC
12%
4
Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA
4%
5
Victor Wembanyama SAS
3%
6
Anthony Edwards MIN
2%
7
Tyrese Maxey PHI
2%
8
Jamal Murray DEN
2%
Balladex Consensus: #258 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
<1%MVP odds
54Impact index
107Star score
Career scoring average8.9 ppg
Seasons in the index1
Accolades on file2
No. 19 Draft pick (2025) · 1× BCL Best Young Player (2025)
Stat explorer

Nolan Traore — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring
8.9 PPG
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Playmaking
3.8 APG
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Rebounding
1.8 RPG
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Shooting
.318 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Nolan Traore

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026-27  confidence
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 1-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Everything it reads
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1 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
real
Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
auto
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
+dev
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Per-stat aging curves
age 20 — applied per stat
curve
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
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Durability signal
GP last 3: 56 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Nolan Traore career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2025-265622.28.91.83.8.380.318
Career5622.28.91.83.8
Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.
EraLab · the stat time machinenovel
Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.
raw PPG
in 2026 pace
why
Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart
Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.
Role simulatorpowered by GM engine
Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Brooklyn Nets built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

16–66proj record
#14conf seed
-9.5net rtg
108.4off rtg
118def rtg
1%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Day'Ron Sharpe, Terance Mann.
How his role moves
Projected 16–66, 14th in the East. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
54 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
2 accolades
No. 19 Draft pick (2025) · 1× BCL Best Young Player (2025)
Act IV

The Ballad of Nolan Traore

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

May 28, 2006

The beginning

A blazing-fast French point guard — speed and playmaking for the Nets.

Brooklyn Nets

Turning pro

Drafted 19th overall, 2025 as a Guard.

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A blazing-fast French point guard — speed and playmaking for the Nets.

Chapter

From France's INSEP pipeline, Traoré set an under-18 scoring record and starred for Saint-Quentin before Brooklyn drafted him 19th in 2025.

Chapter

He scored 27 in his Champions League debut and was named its Best Young Player.

Traore's story
The documentary, narrated
Highlights
▶ Highlights landing soon

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
Day-To-Day · INJURY_STATUS_DAYTODAYBrooklyn general manager Sean Marks announced Monday that Traore underwent right knee surgery and won't play in Summer League, C.J. Holmes of the New York Daily News reports.
Height
6' 3"
Weight
185 lbs
Experience
1st Season
Draft
19th overall, 2025
Born
Créteil, France
Age
20
Jersey
#13
Beyond the game

Traoré is the younger brother of professional player Armel Traoré and comes from French basketball's strong development system, reportedly earning his baccalauréat a year early. Of Ivorian descent, he was named the Basketball Champions League's Best Young Player before the draft, marking him as one of Europe's top young guards.

His on-court identity is speed and playmaking — billed as the fastest player in his class, an explosive lead guard with open-floor acceleration, advanced vision, and the ability to create his own shot. His rookie efficiency (around 38% from the field) and defense are the developmental frontiers, but his pace and passing give him a high-upside floor-general profile.

The person

A blazing-fast, pass-first lead guard — open-floor speed, playmaking, and self-creation.

Elite speedBilled as the fastest player in his draft class.
PlaymakerAdvanced vision and passing in transition.
Shot creatorCan create his own shot as a lead guard.
FAQ

Nolan Traore — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Nolan Traore, answered.

What is Nolan Traoré known for?
Elite speed and playmaking — he's billed as one of the fastest players in his draft class, an explosive lead guard who pushes the pace and passes with advanced vision.
Where did Nolan Traoré play before the NBA?
He rose through France's INSEP pipeline and played professionally for Saint-Quentin, where he was named the Basketball Champions League's Best Young Player.
What does Nolan Traoré need to develop?
Shooting efficiency and defense — the areas that will determine whether his speed-and-vision profile becomes a starting point guard.
Nolan Traore career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Availability & durability

games played vs season length
Career availability
68%
1 seasons
Last 3 seasons
68%
26 games missed
Games missed
26
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Some risk
steady
Availability by season
56
25-26

Some risk. Availability trend is steady68% of games over the last three seasons, low of 68% in 2025-26.

Availability = games played ÷ season length (schedule-adjusted for lockout and COVID seasons). A durability signal from real game data, not a medical assessment.

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