While Dzanan Musa has been a known quantity in Europe for several years, famously winning Bosnia’s first championship, the FIBA U16 European championship, in 2016. Earlier this month he was the focus of a stirring NBA Players Only documentary, “Something in the Water,” about basketball in the Balkans.
The Nets other rookie, Rodions Kurucs, is a bit of a mystery. Taken 11 spots after Musa, at No. 40 in this year’s Draft, Kurucs has always attracted a lot of attention because of his talent, first seen on Latvia’s junior teams.
Here’s what Musa said about their first match in 2014 in a FIBA U16 game.