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[h1]2008-09 NBA Rookie Class: Top 50[/h1]
By David Thorpe, Scouts Inc.
Year: Select Year 2009 2008
1-10 | 11-20 | 21-30| 31-40| 41-50Next» [table][tr][td]2008-09 NBA Rookie Class: Top 50[/td] [/tr][tr][td]RK[/td] [td]Player[/td] [td] [/td] [td]TM[/td] [td]Age[/td] [td]POS[/td] [td]G[/td] [td]MIN[/td] [td]FG%[/td] [td]3FG%[/td] [td]FT%[/td] [td]STL[/td] [td]BLK[/td] [td]AST[/td] [td]REB[/td] [td]PTS[/td] [td]PER[/td] [/tr][tr][td]1[/td] [td][/td] [td]O.J. Mayo[/td] [td]MEM[/td] [td]21[/td] [td]SG[/td] [td]38[/td] [td]37.0[/td] [td].446[/td] [td].384[/td] [td].883[/td] [td]1.0[/td] [td]0.1[/td] [td]2.9[/td] [td]4.1[/td] [td]19.3[/td] [td]15.76[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Analysis: Any discussion of rookies playing D must mention Mayo. He's not ... more[/td] [/tr][tr][td]2[/td] [td][/td] [td]Russell Westbrook[/td] [td]OKC[/td] [td]20[/td] [td]PG[/td] [td]39[/td] [td]30.0[/td] [td].407[/td] [td].304[/td] [td].783[/td] [td]1.5[/td] [td]0.2[/td] [td]4.8[/td] [td]4.3[/td] [td]14.2[/td] [td]15.78[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Analysis: Westbrook is rapidly improving, and we can project him to be ... more[/td] [/tr][tr][td]3[/td] [td][/td] [td]Marc Gasol[/td] [td]MEM[/td] [td]23[/td] [td]C[/td] [td]38[/td] [td]30.0[/td] [td].518[/td] [td].000[/td] [td].695[/td] [td]0.8[/td] [td]1.1[/td] [td]1.5[/td] [td]7.1[/td] [td]11.2[/td] [td]15.67[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Analysis: In his game against "The Big Fundamental," Tim Duncan, Gasol ... more[/td] [/tr][tr][td]4[/td] [td][/td] [td]Derrick Rose[/td] [td]CHI[/td] [td]20[/td] [td]PG[/td] [td]38[/td] [td]37.0[/td] [td].464[/td] [td].298[/td] [td].787[/td] [td]0.9[/td] [td]0.2[/td] [td]6.2[/td] [td]3.6[/td] [td]16.7[/td] [td]15.43[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Analysis: Although it's easy to look at Rose's 6.2 assists per game ... more[/td] [/tr][tr][td]5[/td] [td][/td] [td]Michael Beasley[/td] [td]MIA[/td] [td]20[/td] [td]PF[/td] [td]36[/td] [td]25.0[/td] [td].457[/td] [td].371[/td] [td].738[/td] [td]0.6[/td] [td]0.5[/td] [td]1.0[/td] [td]5.3[/td] [td]13.6[/td] [td]15.17[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Analysis: Guess who's having a terrific January? Yep, Beasley is asserting himself ... more[/td] [/tr][tr][td]6[/td] [td][/td] [td]Rudy Fernandez[/td] [td]POR[/td] [td]23[/td] [td]SG[/td] [td]37[/td] [td]26.0[/td] [td].424[/td] [td].386[/td] [td].897[/td] [td]0.8[/td] [td]0.2[/td] [td]2.1[/td] [td]3.1[/td] [td]10.9[/td] [td]16.36[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Analysis: Here's another idea of how important the 3-point line is to ... more[/td] [/tr][tr][td]7[/td] [td][/td] [td]Kevin Love[/td] [td]MIN[/td] [td]20[/td] [td]PF[/td] [td]37[/td] [td]22.0[/td] [td].421[/td] [td].077[/td] [td].748[/td] [td]0.4[/td] [td]0.7[/td] [td]1.2[/td] [td]8.2[/td] [td]8.3[/td] [td]16.32[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Analysis: The Wolves are getting great play from their bench, a big ... more[/td] [/tr][tr][td]8[/td] [td][/td] [td]Brook Lopez[/td] [td]NJN[/td] [td]20[/td] [td]C[/td] [td]38[/td] [td]29.0[/td] [td].476[/td] [td].000[/td] [td].805[/td] [td]0.6[/td] [td]2.0[/td] [td]0.7[/td] [td]8.2[/td] [td]10.7[/td] [td]15.63[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Analysis: Lopez broke out of a slump with his monster 31-point, 13-rebound ... more[/td] [/tr][tr][td]9[/td] [td][/td] [td]Marreese Speights[/td] [td]PHI[/td] [td]21[/td] [td]PF[/td] [td]34[/td] [td]15.0[/td] [td].518[/td] [td].333[/td] [td].789[/td] [td]0.4[/td] [td]0.8[/td] [td]0.4[/td] [td]3.9[/td] [td]8.0[/td] [td]20.67[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Analysis: Speights continues to lead all rookies by a mile in John ... more[/td] [/tr][tr][td]10[/td] [td][/td] [td]Greg Oden[/td] [td]POR[/td] [td]20[/td] [td]C[/td] [td]31[/td] [td]22.0[/td] [td].535[/td] [td].000[/td] [td].649[/td] [td]0.4[/td] [td]1.1[/td] [td]0.7[/td] [td]7.2[/td] [td]8.3[/td] [td]16.27[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Analysis: Watching Boston lose to Portland late last week, I was taken ... more[/td] [/tr][/table]
Juice
Oden
Westbrook
Gasol at #3, interesting
