Rookie Watch 2014-15

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First exhibition game last night with the Pelicans beating the Heat. Russ Smith had 12 points in 13 minutes for NOLA. James Ennis had 17 and 6 rebounds for the Heat. It's curious that first rounder Napier played just 8 minutes for the Heat while second rounder Khem Birch played 17 minutes (4 points and 4 rebounds).

Box score: http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=400583897

Raptors play in Vancouver tonight.

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Stauskas for ROY!

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Stauskas for ROY!

nah

[isaacthompson]

Nik Stauskas on his first preseason game: "I understand that I’m a rookie and I”m white so people are going to attack me at all times."

— Jason Jones (@mr_jasonjones) October 6, 2014

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Nikola Mirotic drops 17 points and 5 boards in 22 minutes in his preseason debut with the Bulls.

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Mirotic highlights from last night. He reminds me of Bargnani somehow:

[NoPropsneeded]

He's sorta like Peja, probably a little better overall tho. He seems like he has a good motor and can play active defense, which is impressive. Dudes gonna be huge for Chicago

[Scraptor]

Wiggins looks sick. Gonna prove a lot of doubters wrong.

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Orlando lottery rookies had some trouble shooting in their preseason debuts. Aaron Gordon went 2 for 6 with 8 rebounds in 29 minutes, Elfrid Payton went 1 for 8 with 7 assists and 5 turnovers in 32 minutes.

Magic's second round pick Devyn Marble (son of Roy Marble, remember him?) had 13 points on 4 of 5 from the floor.

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Orlando lottery rookies had some trouble shooting in their preseason debuts. Aaron Gordon went 2 for 6 with 8 rebounds in 29 minutes, Elfrid Payton went 1 for 8 with 7 assists and 5 turnovers in 32 minutes.

Magic's second round pick Devyn Marble (son of Roy Marble, remember him?) had 13 points on 4 of 5 from the floor.

But we knew that....I don't know anything about Devyn Marble, but for their lottery picks, both those guys had atrocious shots coming out. It's not surprising they haven't really improved over the last 3 months.

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Wiggins looks sick. Gonna prove a lot of doubters wrong.

Hahahaha....poor Solomon Hill, just getting owned by Wiggins' D.

[Mr.Z]

Mirotic highlights from last night. He reminds me of Bargnani somehow:

This guy looks much better off the dribble than Bargnani did, he also plays better defence, and he's a lot quicker than Bargnani

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Jabari Parker, the favorite for ROY, has a great game in Cleveland:

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Jordan Adams runs into a hard screen.

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Overlooked in the recent Lebron vs. the Heat match up in Rio was the game Shabazz Napier had, 16 points, 7 assists.