Dzanan Musa’s NBA dream started with him crying himself to sleep every night, an 11-year-old living on his own in a strange city.
The gifted Bosnian scorer landed in New York last Friday, a potential Nets target tipping off a whirlwind tour of teams with his draft stock at stake. That would be enough to intimidate an ordinary teen, but Musa is extraordinary.
After leaving his smalltown Bihac home to live on his own in daunting Sarajevo at just 11, his life changed before his voice even did. His journey to Thursday’s draft at Barclays Center began as a scared kid at KK Koš, a basketball academy, surrounded by young adults.