Nate Sestina is 5 games into the NBA G League season with the Long Island Nets.
Sestina is currently starting at forward for the Nets. He is averaging 8.3 points and 3.0 rebounds per game early this season.
Here’s a highlight from last night’s game against the Westchester Knicks:
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— NBA G League (@nbagleague) February 17, 2021
Sestina recently talked about his experience of signing to play in Russia, then ending up in the G League:
Sestina eventually signed a professional contract to go play in Russia. He was there for about a month starting in October, practiced for five days and then they had to quarantine for about three weeks. After the five practice days, he said he didn’t want to lose the progress he gained over the past four months, so he was able to get out of his contract and return to Las Vegas to continue training.
“The coach over there was incredible,” Sestina said. “The coaching staff over there was incredible, the players were awesome. The front office and the team over there were awesome and they told me, ‘Hey, if you ever need to come back over here please, we’d love to sign you,’ so everything over there was great, we ended on a good note so then I came back here.”
Sestina didn’t hear his name called during the 2020 NBA Draft that took place on Nov. 18, but not long after the final selection, he received the call that he had been working his entire career to get.
“I was on the phone with the Brooklyn Nets,” Sestina said. “My contract had been set up and all I had to do was sign it the next day, so it was an absolutely perfect moment. I was surrounded by family and friends, my girlfriend was there and my agent was there and it was just a special moment for me. It was a dream come true just to be able to have that.”
Sestina signed an Exhibit 10 contract, which is a summer contract in the NBA world. It can be converted to a regular-season contract or a two-way deal (where a player splits time between the NBA and G-League), or it can expire at the conclusion of camp and a player becomes a free agent.
Training camp was held at the franchise’s training facility, which overlooked New York City.
“At first, I didn’t want to be that kid, that young guy walking through taking pictures, but I waited until everybody left and I walked out on the court and took a picture of it and sent it to my mom and I was like, ‘Hey this is my office view,” Sestina said.
