Shaun Fein, who had had a solid career at Georgia Tech, didn’t get drafted in 2001 and so decided to hone his craft in France with a team in Nantes. Midway through that first year, the team decided to bring in a back-up point guard.
Fein was having a great year, winding up with a 20 point-per-game season as a combo guard. But he knew he had a lot to learn and the new guy, Kenny Atkinson, could help.
“He kind of took me under his wing,” Fein told Tom Dowd of the Nets official site.