Nolan Traore spent last season as a waifish rookie, one too slight and skinny to finish at the rim.

The young point guard returned to the Nets bigger and brawnier.

It remains to be seen if he’s better.

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“He’s a year older, and maturity is important — presence, confidence, all that. And you can see him with his sleeveless, and how much [bigger he is],” Nets coach Jordi Fernández said. “It’s great. He’s put the work in. You watch him move around and play. It’s a second-year player, now he knows a little bit more about what is the NBA, and I’m excited to watch him play.”

Anybody who watched Traore at the start of camp saw a more…

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