Nets see G League as laboratory for basketball experiments

Getty ImagesSomething interesting happened, with little fanfare, this week in Long Island. On Tuesday, the Long Island Nets started 6’9” Dzanan Musa at point guard. The 29th pick in the NBA Draft originally was seen as a wingman, a shooting guard, maybe a small forward, in the traditional designations of NBA players.

Then, as if to reward the Nets for their creativity, this happened in the second half...

That’s a 6’9” point guard throwing a lefty bounce pass half the length of the court to Jordan McLaughlin, running at full speed. That’s not what 19-year-olds do. Tim Capstraw, doing color for the YES Network broadcast, called a “glimpse of brilliance.” The Nets called it “an experiment.” We…