Ben Saraf is the second-youngest player on one of the youngest rosters in NBA history. But the Israeli point guard doesn’t seem like a rookie, much less a teenager.

Talk to various Nets, and Saraf’s name keeps coming up as having surprised them in summer workouts with his maturity and seasoned game.

“When you first get to the NBA, it takes a minute to not look at these superstars as you did when you were growing up watching them,” Michael Porter Jr. said. “[But] overseas players it’s a little different, because they’ve been playing pro so long. I noticed it in Ben, talking to coaches about Ben, just how he is in open gym, just how impressive he’s been to me. He’s 19, and just his level of professionalism, just walking around is well beyond his years.”

Saraf turned pro at 16 and has alre

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