Checking in on the NBA Rookies

Who has been the best rookie to date? If you haven't been paying attention it might surprise you to find out it's a European. No, the best Euro PG has not been Ricky Rubio. It's the guy who decided to pass up on his American college career to make some extra dough in Europe - Brandon Jennings. He opened his career with a 17 point, 9 rebound, 9 assist game that was swept completely under the rug. But he has followed up that effort with 24 and 25 point performances and at just 20 years old, it looks like the Bucks have their PG of the future. Obviously, the fact that Milwaukee has no surrounding talent helps his stats a bit and he must cut down on the turnovers but the kid looks explosive out there.



Other rookies off to hot starts include Pewch Revolution favorite Johnny Flynn: 15 ppg in just over 20 minutes per game...he is really having trouble taking care of the ball however and must get that figured out if he wants additional PT.

Dejuan Blair is still a beast on the boards and an efficient low volume scorer.

Basically, all of the point guards have at least flashed a bit. Ty Lawson and Steph Curry are doing their thing. Tyreke Evans is getting a lot of burn for that pathetic Kings team and flashed with a 22 point game against New Orleans. He also seems to be taking the best care of the basketball of any of the rookies, though I can't claim to have seen the Kings or know what type of role they are using him in.

James Harden has predictably struggled to adjust to a scoring role in the NBA but did have a game he offset a 1-6 shooting game with 8 assists and no turnovers in a winning effort at Detroit. The Thunder quietly already have two wins and just took the Lake Show to OT, is this coming together sooner than thought? (probably not)

Not playing well: Jordan Hill.