Player development is at the top of the Brooklyn Nets ' list of priorities this season. Yet, most of the team's NBA-record five rookie first-round picks have seen little game action early this season. That is about to change. The Nets assigned Nolan Traore, Ben Saraf and Danny Wolf to their G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets, on Wednesday.

With Long Island opening its season on Friday, Jordi Fernandez spoke about Brooklyn's development plan and revealed that the rookie trio will play in G League games.

“We need our young guys to keep watching, keep working like they're doing right now,” Fernandez said Wednesday after the Nets' win over the Pacers. “Those three guys played at the end of the game [against Minnesota]… And now they have the opportunity to have real practices and re

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