No player in the NBA wants to be sent to the D-League. Obviously, they’d rather be getting minutes in the NBA. Still, it can be a positive thing. Especially for a rookie like Taurean Prince.
This is Prince’s first stint in the D-League. In his first game with the Long Island Nets, he scored 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds on 7-for-14 shooting.
He also knocked down 2-of-5 from three-point range. Prince did this in a tidy 25 minutes of action. It was a solid performance, and one that shows why Atlanta was so high on him after draft night.