Being in unfamiliar territory is always a challenge.
Part of playing in the NBA is understanding that it’s a business, but that doesn’t make moving to a new city any easier to handle. That is likely what the two newest HEAT players, Beno Udrih and Jarnell Stokes, are experiencing right now. While that may be the case, both are fortunate enough to have someone on the team they are familiar with.
For Udrih, it’s fellow Slovenian Goran Dragic. In Stokes’ case, he has former teammate Josh Richardson to lean on for advice. It’s not very often that teams pull off trades that involve players who have connections quite like this.