Early in the Nets ‘ 116-99 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday, the best scorer inside Fiserv Forum wasn’t Giannis Antetokounmpo, Myles Turner or Nic Claxton. With Cam Thomas and Michael Porter Jr. sidelined by injuries, and Egor Demin out after his breakout performance the night before, it was fellow rookie Danny Wolf who stepped into the lineup, stepped up and finally had his moment.

Despite flashing an advanced passing feel for this stage of his development, this was not a night where the 6-11 forward looked to distribute. Wolf came out hunting shots, scoring from every angle and pouring in 17 points in his first 15 minutes on 6-for-9 shooting, the strongest offensive start of his first five NBA appearances.

Wolf’s shooting from long range stole the show. He shot 3-pointers wi

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