Tag: nba rookies

  • NBA Playoffs – Teams & Their Rookies

    You’ll find 0 rookies leading a team into the playoffs this season and very few actually playing a significant parts for the postseason teams. Norman Powell for the Toronto Raptors, Myles Turner for the Indiana Pacers, Josh Richardson for the Miami Heat and Justin Anderson on the Dallas Mavericks slightly break the perception, but not by much.

  • Rookies Going Down – First Julius Randle, Then Jabari Parker

    Rookies Going Down – First Julius Randle, Then Jabari Parker

    The race for rookie of the year keeps getting thinner as another prime candidate, Jabari Parker, goes down with a probably torn ACL, which means the end of the season for the Milwaukee Bucks forward. He is the second lottery pick to go down for the season, following Julius Randle of the Los Angeles Lakers.

  • 7 Best NBA Rookies After the First Month of the Season

    7 Best NBA Rookies After the First Month of the Season

    There are no superstar rookies in the 2014-2015 NBA Season, but quite a few guys who can become All-Stars in a few years. Jabari Parker and Andrew Wiggins will battle each other for rookie of the year, but the surprising Bojan Bogdanovic from the Brooklyn Nets is also worth following.

  • NBA Stars During Their Summer League Days

    NBA Stars During Their Summer League Days

    There’s no need for an NBA Summer League to tell us LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthony were going to be NBA stars, but for other, less heralded rookies, it’s a chance to get acquainted with what the NBA is going to be about, slightly.

  • 10 Best NBA Rookies Halfway Through the 2012-2013 season

    10 Best NBA Rookies Halfway Through the 2012-2013 season

    Midway through the 2012-2013 NBA season it’s hard to determine who will be winning rookie of the year, but it’s safe to assume it’ll be either Damian Lillard, the current popular choice, or Anthony Davis, who was the favorite going into the season, but hasn’t affected his new team the way Lillard has so far done in Portland.

  • Mid Season Awards – The Top 10 Rookies in the 2010-2011 NBA Season

    We’re pretty much half way through the 2010-2011 NBA season, so it’s time to hand out some awards and do some top 10 ranking. Here are the 10 best rookies so far this season.

  • How Are the NBA Sophomores Doing?

    With about a month and a half behind us in the 2010-2011 NBA season, it’s time to check in on the best rookies from 2009-2010 and see how they’re handling the pressures of being an NBA sophomore.