Can Ben Saraf and Nolan Traore Share the Floor Effectively for the Brooklyn Nets?

The quick answer to whether or not rookie point guards Ben Saraf and Nolan Traore can play together is technically yes, but probably not ideal.

But who cares?

The Brooklyn Nets are tanking anyway. That probably wasn't optimistic or positive-sounding, but how positive should we really get about a team that likely won't be that competitive again this season?

However, there is room for optimism in the Nets' approach. Let's start with the fact that they got kicked in the teeth by falling to eighth in the lottery, and then clearly decided to try and roll the dice on finding a quality lead guard somewhere in this draft. They selected Egor Demin at eight, Traore at 19, and Saraf at 26. They threw three darts at the lead guard board, and are hoping one of them is a bullseye.

A conundrum for second-year head coach Jordi Fernandez next season will be how he finds enough minutes for all these guards to be able to learn, improve, and develop. That will mean they will have to share the court together, which isn't ideal based on their current skill sets.

How can Nolan Traore and Ben Saraf Play Together next season?

Here's the good thing about the three guards the Nets drafted earlier this summer. Both have a good size for their position. Traore is 6-foot-4, Saraf is 6-foot-6, and Demin is 6-foot-9. Size-wise, the three of them could play together, but tasking Demin with guarding wings - and also Saraf - this early in their careers would be burdensome for both of them. They will have to try it at some point, but it's unlikely to be an ideal lineup configuration.

Saraf and Traore can function as a backcourt, though, with the likes of Michael Porter Jr, Terance Mann, Haywood Highsmith, and others filling in the wing positions to add more height and length. With that positional cover, it's now about the offensive fit.