Nets’ Nolan Traoré’s February by the numbers: 67 assists and a new role

February was the month Nolan Traoré stopped feeling like a project and started looking like a lead guard. The Nets’ French rookie was one of four Eastern Conference players nominated for Rookie of the Month, a nod that fits the way his season has turned. Brooklyn has had Egor Dëmin nominated in prior months, but Traoré’s case is built on steady creation, control and an expanding ...