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Saturday, July 9, 2011

The Greatest Of The Current Class Of NBA Rookies

By Aaron Harden


The NBA rookies who began this season have been quite outstanding in their performance. Usually, lots of seasons come and go before a rookie becomes really good and they appear jittery at first as well as need to do a lot of learning with regard to the league.

However, some pretty spectacular rookies are playing this season and they have already proved that they possess the qualities that veteran players have. That will go a long way in guaranteeing that they will have a super long basketball career.

So let's review some of them who are at the top of the list for the NBA rookie of the year right now. Here are the ones who have the best chance.

The most obvious choice thirty or sixty days ago might have been Brandon Jennings. He started the season extraordinarily well and really hit a high by scoring 55 points in a game in November.

It is too bad for him that over the last month he has only been shooting about 30%, which means he is out of the running right now.

At this juncture, Tyreke Evans, the guard on the Sacramento Kings who changed the worst team in the NBA last year into a great team this year, is being called the #1 choice. His astounding averages of more than 20 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds do indeed show that he will be quite a star in the NBA.

Omri Casspi, one of his teammates, who came from Israel, is also in the running with a great chance. He has looked really fabulous with his ability to shoot just about 50% on field shots, and the way he plays defense and makes so many three pointers is quite impressive.

One player who is doing good right now is Golden State's point guard, Stephen Curry, who has been doing consistently well at that position. This is a good thing for this franchise's future, but if he doesn't do better during the second half of the games, then he most likely will not be considered.

Lastly, there's one more point guard in the mix, and this is Johnny Flynn in Minnesota. The point guard from Syracuse looks nothing like a rookie this year, and he looks destined to have a great career.




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