NBA Regular season is over. Let's evaluate the rookie class.

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I been sleeping on D Mitchell that's a superstar in the making:whew:



Ben Simmons may become to Lebron what Kobe is to Jordan if he can get a jump shot

Lonzo is a bust

Tatum is gonna be at least an all star in this league
 
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-Mitchell was clearly the best prospect of the bunch.

-I still believe Lonzo will be a star, he showed enough.

-Lauri is the most interesting prospect. He’s either a future top 10 Big or a glorified role player.

-I agree with @Darealtwo1 about Issac. He’s going to find the church before he finds his jump shot.

- I have zero confidence in Josh Jackson long term.

-Don’t know much about Malik Monk. Maybe he pans out, maybe he doesn’t.

-Tatum will be a very good player, not a franchise player though.

-It doesn’t look good with Frank Nitlikina. Just hope for a Kris Dunn style emergence.
 

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Issaac and Frank are busts


nikkas callin Lonzo a bust after averaging 10-7-7- as a rookie? wtf. :hhh:
 

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This is going to be one of the best rookie classes. :wow:

Simmons | the new age Magic

Fultz | he had injuries and the whole jumpshot ordeal, but he just became the youngest player ever to a triple double, showed the ability to penetrate and orchestrate the P&R, will further evaluate next year

Ball | the new age Jason Kidd, struggled with injuries and shooting, was pretty much a good defender and triple double threat out the gate

Tatum | looks like a future All-Star wing

Josh Jackson | looks like a future All-Star wing

De'Aaron Fox | put together a solid little year, showed ability as a clutch player, arguably the fastest guard end to end

Jonathan Isaac | injuries held him back, still raw offensively but an elite defender out the gate because of his length, will shine next year

Lauri Markannen | a young Dirk, about as good as rookie Porzingis offensively

Frank Ntlikina | still raw offensively, already an elite defender, Hornacek fukked him over with playing time

DSJ | a young Steve Francis

Zach Collins | thought he would bust but he can shoot and is mobile, looks like he could be good in the future

Malik Monk | Clifford fukked him over with playing time, playing bum ass MCW over him, had arguably the dunk of the year and some explosive scoring games will shine
next season

Luke Kennard | white boy can shoot, over 40% as a rookie from 3

Donovan Mitchell | a young D-Wade

Bam Adebayo | explosive dunks out the P&R all year, showed good ball skills he didn't display at Kentucky, reminds me of Tristan Thompson and Dwight Howard

John Collins | athletic rim runner, looks like he'll be a perennial efficient double double guy, can low key pass

Terrace Ferguson | only 19, looks like a future athletic 3&D guy, put on a show that one game against the Lakers

Jarrett Allen | dude impressed me as a shot blocker with good touch around rim

OG Anunoby | 3&D guy, a lot of impact defensively as a rookie

Kyle Kuzma | the steal of the draft, a combo forward that can score from all three zones

Josh Hart | another steal from the Lakers, had a very strong end to the season
 
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Glad to see so many people sleeping on Josh Jackson.

Been a top 2 or 3 player from this draft class since New Years

I still thin either him or Fultz will be the best player from this

Draft 2-3 years from now.Laugh at me, but Josh is wired

A lot like Michael Jordan.Most confident/mentally tough

rookie I've seen in a while.He has "it"....Gonna be a straight

Killer/monster
 

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Jonathan Isaac and Josh Jackson were disappointing, although Josh started to turn it up towards the end of the season. That nikka clearly don’t want to be in no Phoenix.

Overall the 17 class has been excellent thus far, definitely one of my favorites in recent memory.
Jackson been balling since January 1st, I wasn't a big fan of him but dude has All-Star potential.

Isaac was injured only played 27 games, but on defense he was excellent. 2.2 steals, 2.0 blocks per 36 minutes, 3.1 defensive box plus minus. There's also reports that he may still be growing. He could be a 6'11, 7'0 SF/PF.
 

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I think DSJ might have the biggest breakout next season. One full season with Carlisle in the books and he'll go into training camp next year knowing he's probably getting the keys to the offense.
 
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