ESPN Insider: Ranking the NBA's best rookies

[Hammer]

the hornets coach is terrible he barely plays davis, i see davis gettin like 22-26 min a game

 

[Sly Cookin]

What about jj12?

 

[I'm Chillin]

Some of yall want Davis to play 40 min a game like his body can endure the punishment it'd take. nikka is a toothpick out there

 

[BrothaZay]

Stopped reading when Davis was above Lilliard

 

[Yung Yogurt]

Is Nj hickson a rookies or sophmore

 

[954UAlreadyknow]

Some of yall want Davis to play 40 min a game like his body can endure the punishment it'd take. nikka is a toothpick out there

nikka injured AGAIN too

 

[holidayinn21]

lol @ davis being even top-3.

how about this frail nikka actually get on the court and play.

 

[Bilz]

Is Nj hickson a rookies or sophmore

Uhh a 5th year senior?

 

[Regular_P]

/Biased/

I guarantee Davis still have the best career of them all. Ask yall in five years who yall want more: Davis or Lillard.

Yall gonna be praying Davis signs with yall team and grouping Lillard with all the other swingmen who are good but not great.

Lillard can win the ROY. Davis obviously gonna be the best player out this class. All the players know it too. His numbers aren't amazing and the Hornets are treating him like a glass vase because they wanna tank and not hurt him knowing we aren't doing anything this year but it's still obvious he's gonna be the best. But everyone loves when a rookie comes in and puts up higher numbers. (See: Okafor>Howard, Carmelo>LeBron)

Maybe, maybe not, but his impact this year hasn't been close to what Lillard's has been with Portland. Lillard's been one of the catalysts for a borderline playoff team. Drummond had a bigger effect on his team before he got hurt. Beal and Waiters are doing more now too.

Where Davis' numbers have gone down as the season's worn on, these other guys have seen their production go up.

No one said Okafor was gonna be a better player than Dwight or Carmelo was gonna be better than LeBron after their first seasons.

I still think Davis' ceiling is a more athletic Marcus Camby.

 

[PTBG]

This nikka Davis frail as fukk. nikka fukked up his shoulder by Lopez accidently blocking his arm. Unibrow gotta hit the weights heavy in the off-season, while Lillard is already a top 10 PG in the game imo.

 

[Skooby]

9. Tyler Zeller, Cavaliers

There is no getting around the fact that Zeller has a lot of ugly in his game right now, on each side of the court. But Zeller is doing strong work on the offensive glass, and that works as a great starting point for him going forward.

Yes, he gets some boards because he is tall. Watch him closely, though, and you will also see excellent effort, good technique and a nose for the ball. He'll swim-move past an opponent, or fake one way and go another, or bully a smaller guy to the rim. Other times he'll float to the middle, in hopes of a long rebound bouncing out to him. He is doing as much as he can considering he is still weaker and slower than most of his opponents. As he matures physically, this can be an even bigger part of his game.

Meyers Leonard has been a joke. This guy will be a 10th man at best in this league.

I knew the Blazers should have selected Tyler Zeller instead of Leonard.

 

[NOSaintsFan02]

Maybe, maybe not, but his impact this year hasn't been close to what Lillard's has been with Portland. Lillard's been one of the catalysts for a borderline playoff team. Drummond had a bigger effect on his team before he got hurt. Beal and Waiters are doing more now too.

Where Davis' numbers have gone down as the season's worn on, these other guys have seen their production go up.

No one said Okafor was gonna be a better player than Dwight or Carmelo was gonna be better than LeBron after their first seasons.

I still think Davis' ceiling is a more athletic Marcus Camby.

What I will say is Davis is a bit injury prone and obviously needs to bulk up. But the injury thing is also on the Hornets. When he hurt his ankle last year he could have been back, but again, the Hornets are treating him like a glass vase and are pretty much tanking this season in order to try for a better future.

I'm not anti-Lillard or anything, even I would give him ROY, but KG didn't come out the gates swinging either. And even KG said that once AD gets the game down, he's gonna be scary good.

 

[L&HH]

Its funny how early in the season nikkas used to clown Beal (myself included) but now that we've seen him play over an appropriate stretch of time he he's top 2/3 rookies on nikkas list.

 

[humble Hermit]

I always figure Beal would find his way. Never lost hope. Dude is still 19 playing against the likes of Wade,Kobe, Lebron, Joe Johnson and still holds his own. When ppl was clowning him for the Ray Allen comparison, I kept faith. He now has more bounce in his jumpshot and I'm sometimes amaze when he misses cause it looks good off release. Wish He'd help my dude :wall: learn how to shoot

 

[Regular_P]

What I will say is Davis is a bit injury prone and obviously needs to bulk up. But the injury thing is also on the Hornets. When he hurt his ankle last year he could have been back, but again, the Hornets are treating him like a glass vase and are pretty much tanking this season in order to try for a better future.

I'm not anti-Lillard or anything, even I would give him ROY, but KG didn't come out the gates swinging either. And even KG said that once AD gets the game down, he's gonna be scary good.

I just don't see it. I think he could be a terror defensively, but he's not gonna carry a team. We'll see though.