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The 2023 Rookies seem to have struggled heavily to be rotation players immediately (alien.top)
submitted 10 months ago by Ld511@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space
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Just going through box scores and such it seems that they have been playing much less than usual. The magic have 2 top 11 picks who aren't even getting rotation minutes to start the season and across the league there is a lot of similar situations

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[–] swign@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Its been 2 games

[–] MDL6@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

It was a pretty poorly kept secret that if the Magic came into the season healthy, there wouldn’t be any immediate playing time for the rookies.

[–] thelunarunit@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

They drafted players that play the same position as previous seasons lottery picks. Their going to have issues with playing time, it's a given.

[–] thesch@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Mark Williams barely played during the first half of last year and now look at him. Sometimes it takes a little while.

[–] samueladams6@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Rookies struggling? Unheard of!

[–] Original_Trick_8552@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Most rookies do besides it's been 2 games

[–] dantheflyingman@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I think way too many teams are still very much focused on results at this point. With the playins, even getting a top 10 spot is good enough. And, especially in the west, the teams are stacked. There will be a really solid team ending up worse than 10th in the west.

I would imagine by January things might shift.

[–] IsaacDPOYFultzMIP@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Of course our rookies arent getting playing time. Anthony Black is supremely raw talent and Jett Howard will likely be a rotational player next year unless we figure out Jingles just isn’t good anymore.