This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/nets as Brooklyn Nets’ Rookies Will Need Patience This Season. The Brooklyn Nets were deemed one of a few losers at the 2025 NBA Draft.

How did Nets first-round picks Nolan Traore and Ben Saraf perform during their first NBA action at Summer League?

The Nets will have a new-look team next season, whether or not Thomas returns. They drafted a record five players in the first round this summer, and flipped Cam Johnson to the Denver Nuggets for Michael Porter Jr. and a 2032 first-round pick.

The Brooklyn Nets now have three NBA Summer League games in the books and remain winless after a 97-93 loss to the New York Knicks. Ben Saraf and Nolan Traore s

As a result, Egor Dëmin and Danny Wolf were resting — with Tosan Evbuomwan and Tyson Etienne out with minor ailments — giving fellow first-round picks Nolan Traoré and Ben Saraf a chance to shine, as well as UDFAs Grant Nelson and TJ Bamba.