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Here are the stats for every rookie that played at least 10 minutes tonight. Performances are sorted by game score.

👑Pick 16: Keyonte George (UTA): 19/5/3, 2 STL, 2 TOV, 6/14 FG, 3/8 3P, 4/6 FT, 31 minutes

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Pick 5: Ausar Thompson (DET): 16/4/2, 2 STL, 1 BLK, 1 TOV, 4 PF, 8/14 FG, 0/2 3P, 28 minutes

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Pick 14: Jordan Hawkins (NOP): 13/5/0, 1 PF, 5/11 FG, 3/6 3P, 25 minutes

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Pick 29: Julian Strawther (DEN): 9/3/1, 1 BLK, 1 TOV, 1 PF, 3/8 FG, 3/5 3P, 19 minutes

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Pick 52: Toumani Camara (POR): 5/2/0, 2 PF, 1/3 FG, 1/2 3P, 2/2 FT, 17 minutes

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Pick 3: Scoot Henderson (POR): 13/3/1, 1 STL, 4 TOV, 5 PF, 4/10 FG, 2/3 3P, 3/6 FT, 22 minutes

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Pick 25: Marcus Sasser (DET): 7/1/3, 1 BLK, 1 TOV, 1 PF, 3/10 FG, 1/5 3P, 22 minutes

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Undrafted: Duop Reath (POR): 4/2/0, 2 PF, 1/3 FG, 1/2 3P, 2/2 FT, 17 minutes

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Pick 7: Bilal Coulibaly (WAS): 6/4/0, 2 STL, 1 BLK, 1 TOV, 2 PF, 2/6 FG, 0/2 3P, 1/1 FT, 28 minutes

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❄️Pick 17: Jalen Hood-Schifino (LAL): 0/0/2, 1 TOV, 1 PF, 0/3 FG, 0/2 3P, 11 minutes

Here are the stats for every rookie that played at least 10 minutes tonight. Performances are sorted by game score.

👑Pick 1: Victor Wembanyama (SAS): 22/11/2 (4 OREB), 6 STL, 4 BLK, 3 TOV, 4 PF, 7/17 FG, 2/5 3P, 6/7 FT, 25 minutes

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Pick 2: Brandon Miller (CHO): 20/5/1, 1 STL, 2 TOV, 5 PF, 7/11 FG, 2/3 3P, 4/5 FT, 33 minutes

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Pick 29: Julian Strawther (DEN): 10/1/4, 3 STL, 1 TOV, 4 PF, 4/8 FG, 2/4 3P, 19 minutes

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Pick 3: Scoot Henderson (POR): 13/4/1, 1 STL, 2 TOV, 5 PF, 5/10 FG, 3/4 3P, 27 minutes

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Pick 52: Toumani Camara (POR): 6/3/0, 2 TOV, 4 PF, 2/3 FG, 2/2 3P, 17 minutes

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Pick 6: Anthony Black (ORL): 2/0/3, 3 PF, 1/4 FG, 0/1 3P, 15 minutes

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Pick 36: Andre Jackson Jr (MIL): 0/1/0, 12 minutes

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❄️Undrafted: Duop Reath (POR): 3/0/0, 2 STL, 1 TOV, 2 PF, 1/5 FG, 1/4 3P, 12 minutes

Here are the stats for every rookie that played at least 10 minutes tonight. Performances are sorted by game score.

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👑2022 Pick 2: Chet Holmgren (OKC): 33/6/2, 3 BLK, 1 TOV, 3 PF, 13/21 FG, 5/11 3P, 2/2 FT, 32 minutes

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Pick 14: Jordan Hawkins (NOP): 25/6/3, 1 STL, 4 TOV, 1 PF, 8/17 FG, 5/12 3P, 4/5 FT, 40 minutes

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Pick 18: Jaime Jaquez Jr (MIA): 18/5/4, 1 STL, 2 TOV, 1 PF, 8/15 FG, 2/3 3P, 31 minutes

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Undrafted: Craig Porter Jr (CLE): 11/1/1, 1 TOV, 2 PF, 5/7 FG, 1/1 3P, 17 minutes

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Pick 16: Keyonte George (UTA): 15/6/5, 5 TOV, 1 PF, 4/13 FG, 4/9 3P, 3/5 FT, 27 minutes

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Pick 7: Bilal Coulibaly (WAS): 7/3/2, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 3 TOV, 1 PF, 3/5 FG, 1/2 3P, 32 minutes

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❄️Pick 10: Cason Wallace (OKC): 0/1/1, 1 PF, 0/2 FG, 14 minutes

Here are the stats for every rookie that played at least 10 minutes tonight. Performances are sorted by game score. Bolded stats indicate that that player led all rookies in that stat.

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👑Pick 1: Victor Wembanyana (SAS): 22 / 9 / 3, 1 STL, 2 BLK, 6 TOV, 8/18 FG, 1/6 3P, 5/5 FT, 35 minutes

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Pick 6: Jaime Jaquez Jr (MIA): 15/5/4 (3 OREB), 1 STL, 3 PF, 6/17 FG, 1/6 3P, 2/2 FT, 35 minutes

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Pick 5: Ausar Thompson (DET): 8/6/3, 1 BLK, 1 TOV, 2 PF, 4/5 FG, 30 minutes

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Pick 14: Jordan Hawkins (NOP): 8/4/1, 1 PF, 3/5 FG, 2/4 3P, 20 minutes

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❄️Pick 19: Brandin Podziemski (GSW): 0/3/2, 1 TOV, 0/5 FG, 0/2 3P, 12 minutes

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Here are the stats for every rookie that played at least 10 minutes tonight. Performances are sorted by game score. Italicized stats indicate that that player led all rookies in that stat.

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👑Pick 1: Victor Wembanyama (SAS): 22/15/3, 1 STL, 3 BLK, 2 TOV, 2 PF, 7/13 FG, 1/2 3P, 7/7 FT, 33 minutes

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2022 Pick 2: Chet Holmgren (OKC): 18/13/2 (5 OREB), 1 STL, 4 BLK, 2 TOV, 3 PF, 5/11 FG, 0/3 3P, 8/11 FT, 32 minutes

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Pick 16: Keyonte George (UTA): 16/3/7, 1 STL, 2 PF, 3/9 FG, 3/6 3P, 7/7 FT, 34 minutes

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Pick 18: Jaime Jaquez Jr (MIA): 22/8/1, 1 STL, 6 TOV, 1 PF, 7/10 FG, 4/4 3P, 4/5 FT, 28 minutes

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Undrafted: Craig Porter Jr (CLE): 16/2/5, 1 STL, 2 BLK, 4 TOV, 1 PF, 6/12 FG, 2/5 3P, 2/3 FT, 35 minutes

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Pick 52: Toumani Camara (POR): 12/7/3, 1 BLK, 2 TOV, 2 PF, 4/8 FG, 2/4 3P, 2/2 FT, 28 minutes

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Pick 2: Brandon Miller (CHO): 15/0/3, 1 STL, 2 PF, 6/12 FG, 3/6 3P, 31 minutes

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Pick 19: Brandin Podziemski (GSW): 10/4/2, 3 STL, 1 PF, 4/10 FG, 1/4 3P, 1/2 FT, 23 minutes

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Pick 14: Jordan Hawkins (NOP): 13/2/3, 3 PF, 3/9 FG, 2/8 3P, 5/5 FT, 21 minutes

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Undrafted: Duop Reath (POR): 8/4/1, 1 BLK, 1 TOV, 2 PF, 3/5 FG, 2/4 3P, 20 minutes

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Pick 12: Dereck Lively II (DAL): 2/10/3, 1 TOV, 1/3 FG, 19 minutes

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Pick 57: Trayce Jackson-Davis (GSW): 6/4/0, 1 STL, 1 TOV, 3 PF, 2/3 FG, 2/5 FT, 15 minutes

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Pick 10: Cason Wallace (OKC): 5/3/0, 1 BLK, 1 TOV, 1 PF, 2/3 FG, 1/2 3P, 24 minutes

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Pick 29: Julian Strawther (DEN): 7/2/2, 5 PF, 2/6 FG, 1/4 3P, 2/2 FT, 17 minutes

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Pick 7: Bilal Coulibaly (WAS): 7/0/2, 1 BLK, 1 TOV, 4 PF, 2/6 FG, 0/2 3P, 3/3 FT, 19 minutes

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Pick 49: Emoni Bates (CLE): 3/1/1, 1 STL, 1 PF, 1/5 FG, 1/5 3P, 16 minutes

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Pick 23: Kris Murray (POR): 2/2/0, 1 STL, 1/5 FG, 0/3 3P, 0/1 FT, 17 minutes

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Pick 3: Scoot Henderson (POR): 3/3/7, 3 TOV, 4 PF, 1/7 FG, 0/3 3P, 1/2 FT, 17 minutes

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2017 Pick 57: Sasha Vezenkov (SAC): 3/2/0, 2 TOV, 1/5 FG, 1/4 3P, 10 minutes

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❄️Pick 6: Anthony Black (ORL): 0/1/1, 3 TOV, 2 PF, 0/1 FG, 15 minutes

As some of you may know, every night, I've been recapping the performances of rookies with significant playing time every night. In doing so, I have collected a pretty good amount of data in regard to how these rookies have been playing so far this season. Below, I have compiled some of the data that may or may not mean anything to you. Remember that the data doesn't really show how good a rookie has been, unless that data shows that the rookie on your team is good. Then it's perfectly fine.

Naturally, the most apparent metric to show if you've been following the daily posts is the number of crowns and the number of snowflakes each player has been awarded. If you haven't been following, the crown is given to whoever had the best performance that night, and the snowflake is "awarded" to the player who had the worst. These performances are always sorted by Game Score, an advanced stat that puts one number on an entire performance. Here is the definition of game score, ripped straight off of Basketball Reference:

The formula is PTS + 0.4 * FG - 0.7 * FGA - 0.4*(FTA - FT) + 0.7 * ORB + 0.3 * DRB + STL + 0.7 * AST + 0.7 * BLK - 0.4 * PF - TOV. Game Score was created by John Hollinger to give a rough measure of a player's productivity for a single game. The scale is similar to that of points scored, (40 is an outstanding performance, 10 is an average performance, etc.).

With that said, here is a table of rookies sorted by number of crowns:

# 👑	Player (Team)
5	Victor Wembanyama (SAS)
4	Chet Holmgren (OKC)
3	Dereck Lively II (DAL)
2	Bilal Coulibaly (WAS)
2	Craig Porter Jr (CLE)
2	Jaime Jaquez Jr (MIA)
2	Ausar Thompson (DET)
1	Brandin Podziemski (GSW)
1	Marcus Sasser (DET)
1	Jordan Hawkins (NOP)
1	Anthony Black (ORL)
1	Brandon Miller (CHO)

And here is the table for the number of snowflakes:

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# ❄️	Player (Team)
3	Gradey Dick (TOR)
3	Andre Jackson Jr (MIL)
2	Scoot Henderson (POR)
2	Dereck Lively II (DAL)
2	Sasha Vezenkov (SAC)
2	Duop Reath (POR)
1	Cam Whitmore (HOU)
1	Bilal Coulibaly (WAS)
1	Craig Porter Jr (CLE)
1	Toumani Camara (POR)
1	Colby Jones (SAC)
1	Brandon Miller (CHO)
1	D'Moi Hodge (LAL)
1	Colin Gillespie (DEN)
1	Anthony Black (ORL)
1	Cason Wallace (OKC)
1	Vasilije Micic (OKC)
1	Jaime Jaquez Jr (MIA)
1	Julian Strawther (DEN)

While this data is somewhat interesting to look at, it doesn't really mean a whole lot. Generally, the better rookies will have more crowns and the worse ones will have more snowflakes, but if a player has a great performance that gets one-upped by another player the same night, they get no credit for that here.

Another issue with this is that it doesn't take into account the number of rookies who actually played that day. Getting a crown on a full slate where 17 rookies played is a lot more impressive than getting one on a day with four games and four rookies played.

To counteract these issues, I've ranked every rookie in a new stat that I created called Ahead Minus Behind (AMB). This stat takes a rookie's performance and adds 1 for every rookie the first rookie outperformed that night and subtracts 1 for every rookie that outperformed them (all by Game Score).

Here is the table for AMB with the highest at the top:

Rank	Pick: Rookie (Team)	Ahead Minus Behind (AMB)
1	2022 Pick 2: Chet Holmgren (OKC)	120
2	Pick 5: Ausar Thompson (DET)	84
3	Pick 1: Victor Wembanyama (SAS)	73
4	Pick 2: Brandon Miller (CHO)	50
5	Pick 12: Dereck Lively II (DAL)	46
6	Undrafted: Craig Porter Jr (CLE)	23
7	Pick 14: Jordan Hawkins (NOP)	21
8	Pick 18: Jaime Jaquez Jr (MIA)	18
9	Pick 25: Marcus Sasser (DET)	14
10	Pick 10: Cason Wallace (OKC)	9
11	Pick 8: Jarace Walker (IND)	8
12	Pick 23: Kris Murray (POR)	7
T-13	Pick 19: Brandin Podziemski (GSW)	1
T-13	Pick 32: Jalen Pickett (DEN)	1
T-15	Pick 16: Keyonte George (UTA)	-1
T-15	Pick 49: Emoni Bates (CLE)	-1
17	Pick 54: Jalen Slawson (SAC)	-3
T-18	Pick 57: Trayce Jackson-Davis (GSW)	-5
T-18	Pick 34: Colby Jones (SAC)	-5
T-18	Pick 26: Ben Sheppard (IND)	-5
T-18	Pick 30: Kobe Brown (LAC)	-5
T-22	Pick 27: Nick Smith Jr (CHO)	-7
T-22	Undrafted: Jermaine Samuels (HOU)	-7
24	Pick 7: Bilal Coulibaly (WAS)	-9
T-25	Pick 43: Rayan Rupert (POR)	-11
T-25	Undrafted: Colin Castleton (LAL)	-11
27	Pick 29: Julian Strawther (DEN)	-12
28	Undrafted: D'Moi Hodge (LAL)	-13
T-29	2014 Pick 52: Vasilije Micic (OKC)	-16
T-29	Pick 36: Andre Jackson Jr (MIL)	-16
31	Pick 20: Cam Whitmore (HOU)	-19
32	Pick 3: Scoot Henderson (POR)	-21
33	Pick 4: Amen Thompson (HOU)	-29
34	Undrafted: Collin Gillespie (DEN)	-31
35	2017 Pick 57: Sasha Vezenkov (SAC)	-35
36	Pick 6: Anthony Black (ORL)	-42
37	Undrafted: Duop Reath (POR)	-43
38	Pick 13: Gradey Dick (TOR)	-46
39	Pick 52: Toumani Camara (POR)	-49

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Now, one problem with this is that it doesn't take playing time into account. For instance, Jarace Walker is pretty high on this table, but his sample space is only 2 games in where he played 10+ minutes.

Here is a chart with the x-axis showing minutes played and the y-axis showing AMB:

https://imgur.com/a/Vos4NGe

And for fun, here is the same chart but the x-axis is draft pick:

https://imgur.com/RddBsvX

Using this trendline, we can come up with the so called "steals of the draft" based on how far above the line they are.

If we avoid looking at the first 5 draft picks the biggest "steals" are Craig Porter Jr, Dereck Lively II, and Jaime Jaquez Jr in that order.

We can do the same for the "biggest busts" one month into these players' careers.

Avoiding the second round, we can determine that the biggest "busts" so far have been Gradey Dick, Anthony Black, and Bilal Coulibaly in that order. Technically Amen Thompson and Scoot Henderson are farther below the line than Coulibaly, however, early injuries to both have made their rankings impossible to actually use in this way.

I've also been keeping track of the leaders of each stat every day. In the daily posts, I've been italicizing the number of each stat that was the highest.

Here are all of the rookies that led the night in scoring more than once:

Times Led (Points)	Player
5	Chet Holmgren
5	Victor Wembanyama
3	Jordan Hawkins
2	Craig Porter Jr
2	Jaime Jaquez Jr
2	Dereck Lively II
2	Marcus Sasser

Here is the same for rebounds:

Times Led (Rebounds)	Player
8	Ausar Thompson
5	Victor Wembanyama
4	Chet Holmgren
4	Dereck Lively II

Here is the same for assists:

Times Led (Assists)	Player
8	Keyonte George
4	Scoot Henderson
3	Victor Wembanyama
3	Ausar Thompson
2	Craig Porter Jr
2	Jaime Jaquez Jr
2	Chet Holmgren
2	Vasilije Micic
2	Marcus Sasser

For steals and blocks, the numbers start to get ugly because there have been many days when four or five players led with just 1 or 2 steals/blocks. Because of this, I feel like the data isn't very useful and potentially misleading, so I'm deciding against showing that here.

Now for individual performances. Below are a few tables that go over the best performances by a rookie this season so far in each stat.

Top 10 Performances by Game Score

Game Score	Player (Date)	Statline
32.5	Chet Holmgren (11/18)	36/10/5 (4 OREB), 2 STL, 1 BLK, 4 TOV, 2 PF, 14/22 FG, 2/5 3P, 6/7 FT, 37 minutes
29.8	Victor Wembanyama (11/02)	38/10/2, 1 STL, 2 BLK, 2 TOV, 3 PF, 15/26 FG, 3/6 3P, 5/6 FT, 34 minutes
25.7	Chet Holmgren (11/03)	24/8/5 (3 OREB), 1 STL, 1 BLK, 2 TOV, 4 PF, 7/9 FG, 2/2 3P, 8/8 FT, 32 minutes
25.1	Jordan Hawkins (11/06)	31/7/3, 1 STL, 1 TOV, 2 PF, 10/19 FG, 7/14 3P, 4/5 FT, 38 minutes
23.0	Victor Wembanyama (11/10)	29/9/4, 1 STL, 4 BLK, 3 TOV, 5 PF, 12/21 FG, 3/7 3P, 2/4 FT, 35 minutes
22.5	Ausar Thompson (11/14)	21/7/5, 3 STL, 2 BLK, 2 TOV, 3 PF, 9/12 FG, 0/1 3P, 3/6 FT, 35 minutes
22.1	Craig Porter Jr (11/19)	21/4/4, 2 STL, 1 BLK, 1 TOV, 3 PF, 7/10 FG, 7/7 FT, 25 minutes
21.6	Brandon Miller (11/18)	29/3/2, 2 TOV, 3 PF, 10/15 FG, 5/7 3P, 4/4 FT, 34 minutes
21.0	Bilal Coulibaly (11/12)	20/7/3, 4 STL, 2 TOV, 8/12 FG, 4/7 3P, 0/1 FT, 34 minutes
20.7	Chet Holmgren (10/27)	16/13/2, 1 STL, 7 BLK, 1 TOV, 3 PF, 5/9 FG, 3/4 3P, 3/4 FT, 31 minutes

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Here is the top ten for points:

Points	Player	Date
38	Victor Wembanyama	11/02
36	Chet Holmgren	11/18
31	Jordan Hawkins	11/06
29	Brandon Miller	11/18
29	Victor Wembanyama	11/10
27	Victor Wembanyama	11/17
26	Marcus Sasser	11/08
25	Jordan Hawkins	11/14
24	Chet Holmgren	11/3
23	Brandin Podziemski	11/14

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For rebounds (Top 9, 3-way tie for 10th):

Rebounds	Player	Date
16	Ausar Thompson	11/12
15	Ausar Thompson	11/08
14	Dereck Lively II	11/05
14	Victor Wembanyama	11/14
13	Chet Holmgren	10/27
13	Dereck Lively II	11/1
13	Ausar Thompson	10/27
13	Ausar Thompson	11/10
13	Victor Wembanyama	11/18

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For assists (Top 9, 7-way tie for 10th):

Assists	Player	Date
11	Keyonte George	11/10
11	Keyonte George	11/19
9	Keyonte George	11/08
9	Craig Porter Jr	11/21
7	Keyonte George	11/14
7	Scoot Henderson	10/30
7	Scoot Henderson	11/01
7	Vasilije Micic	11/16
7	Victor Wembanyama	11/12

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For steals (Top 11):

Steals	Player	Date
4	Bilal Coulibaly	11/12
4	Marcus Sasser	11/01
4	Ausar Thompson	11/05
4	Ausar Thompson	11/06
4	Cason Wallace	11/06
3	Toumani Camara	11/08
3	Bilal Coulibaly	11/01
3	Bilal Coulibaly	11/13
3	Jaime Jaquez Jr	11/12
3	Ausar Thompson	11/14
3	Victor Wembanyama	10/27

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For blocks (Top 9, 6-way tie for 10th):

Blocks	Player	Date
8	Victor Wembanyama	11/18
7	Chet Holmgren	10/27
5	Ausar Thompson	10/25
5	Victor Wembanyama	11/05
4	Chet Holmgren	10/30
4	Trayce Jackson-Davis	10/30
4	Ausar Thompson	11/05
4	Victor Wembanyama	10/31
4	Victor Wembanyama	11/10

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For turnovers:

Turnovers	Player	Date
7	Victor Wembanyama	11/12
5	Keyonte George	11/19
5	Scoot Henderson	10/27
5	Chet Holmgren	11/01
5	Ausar Thompson	11/17
5	Ausar Thompson	11/19
5	Victor Wembanyama	10/25
5	Victor Wembanyama	10/29
5	Victor Wembanyama	10/31
5	Victor Wembanyama	11/14

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And just for fun, the 5 worst performances by Game Score (at least 10 minutes):

Game Score	Player (Date)	Statline
-4.5	Gradey Dick (11/17)	0/1/1, 2 TOV, 0/5 FG, 0/4 3P, 10 minutes
-4.5	Duop Reath (11/14)	0/1/0, 2 TOV, 1 PF, 0/4 FG, 0/3 3P, 10 minutes
-3.5	Cam Whitmore (10/25)	0/1/0, 1 TOV, 0/4 FG, 0/2 3P, 10 minutes
-3.1	Scoot Henderson (10/27)	7/3/2, 1 STL, 5 TOV, 5 PF, 3/12 FG, 1/5 3P, 25 minutes
-3.0	Scoot Henderson (10/29)	4/1/3, 1 BLK, 4 TOV, 5 PF, 2/7 FG, 0/4 3P, 27 minutes

If you would like to know any more stats about this year's rookie class so far, please let me know. I'm more than happy to add a few more tables here if they are interesting enough.

Here are the stats for every rookie that played at least 10 minutes tonight. Performances are sorted by game score. Italicized stats indicate that that player led all rookies in that stat.

👑Undrafted: Craig Porter Jr (CLE): 12/3/9, 1 BLK, 1 TOV, 5/9 FG, 2/2 FT, 27 minutes

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Undrafted: Duop Reath (POR): 10/1/1, 2 STL, 1 PF, 4/6 FG, 2/3 3P, 13 minutes

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Pick 52: Toumani Camara (POR): 7/4/0, 1 STL, 1 TOV, 4 PF, 2/4 FG, 0/2 3P, 3/4 FT, 39 minutes

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Pick 16: Keyonte George (UTA): 9/3/2, 1 STL, 2 TOV, 2 PF, 3/11 FG, 1/5 3P, 2/2 FT, 21 minutes

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Pick 6: Anthony Black (ORL): 5/5/1, 1 STL, 3 PF, 2/7 FG, 0/3 3P, 1/2 FT, 23 minutes

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❄️Pick 13: Gradey Dick (TOR): 3/2/2, 1/4 FG, 1/3 3P, 12 minutes

Here are the stats for every rookie that played at least 10 minutes tonight. Performances are sorted by game score. Italicized stats indicate that that player led all rookies in that stat.

👑Undrafted: Craig Porter Jr (CLE): 12/3/9, 1 BLK, 1 TOV, 5/9 FG, 2/2 FT, 27 minutes

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Undrafted: Duop Reath (POR): 10/1/1, 2 STL, 1 PF, 4/6 FG, 2/3 3P, 13 minutes

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Pick 52: Toumani Camara (POR): 7/4/0, 1 STL, 1 TOV, 4 PF, 2/4 FG, 0/2 3P, 3/4 FT, 39 minutes

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Pick 16: Keyonte George (UTA): 9/3/2, 1 STL, 2 TOV, 2 PF, 3/11 FG, 1/5 3P, 2/2 FT, 21 minutes

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Pick 6: Anthony Black (ORL): 5/5/1, 1 STL, 3 PF, 2/7 FG, 0/3 3P, 1/2 FT, 23 minutes

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❄️Pick 13: Gradey Dick (TOR): 3/2/2, 1/4 FG, 1/3 3P, 12 minutes

Here are the stats for every rookie that played at least 10 minutes tonight. Performances are sorted by game score. Italicized stats indicate that that player led all rookies in that stat.

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👑Pick 18: Jaime Jaquez Jr (MIA): 19/3/4, 2 STL, 1 PF, 8/13 FG, 3/4 3P, 33 minutes

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Pick 7: Bilal Coulibaly (WAS): 12/3/1, 2 STL, 1 TOV, 3 PF, 5/7 FG, 2/2 3P, 25 minutes

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Pick 2: Brandon Miller (CHO): 9/7/4 (4 OREB), 2 STL, 1 BLK, 2 TOV, 2 PF, 4/12 FG, 1/4 3P, 40 minutes

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Pick 5: Ausar Thompson (DET): 8/7/0, 2 BLK, 5 PF, 4/10 FG, 24 minutes

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Pick 1: Victor Wembanyama (SAS): 9/3/4, 2 BLK, 2 TOV, 1 PF, 4/12 FG, 0/4 3P, 1/1 FT, 27 minutes

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Pick 19: Brandin Podziemski (GSW): 3/5/3, 2 PF, 1/2 FG, 1/2 3P, 18 minutes

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Pick 54: Jalen Slawson (SAC): 4/3/2, 1 BLK, 1 TOV, 1 PF, 2/3 FG, 0/1 3P, 12 minutes

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Pick 34: Colby Jones (SAC): 8/1/0, 1 STL, 2 PF, 4/8 FG, 0/2 3P, 0/1 FT, 14 minutes

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Pick 14: Jordan Hawkins (NOP): 9/5/2, 1 TOV, 2 PF, 3/11 FG, 2/5 3P, 0/1 FT, 29 minutes

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❄️Pick 29: Julian Strawther (DEN): 4/2/2, 1 PF, 1/5 FG, 0/3 3P, 2/2 FT, 15 minutes

OKC is off to a pretty efficient start this season. Only being less efficient than two of the greatest teams in NBA history is certainly something that they will take, even if it's this early in the season. Up there with some pretty good company. Below is a table of every team to shoot above 61% TS through 14 games. 1 champion, 2 conference champions, 2 teams that made the conference finals, and the Sacramento Kings last year.

Team (Year)	TS% (through 14 games)
GSW (2017-18)	.631
GSW (2018-19)	.619
OKC (2023-24)	.618
SAC (2022-23)	.617
MIA (2013-14)	.615
BOS (2022-23)	.614
LAC (2020-21)	.613

It's also worth noting that Milwaukee is on pace to do this this season (.611), but they've only played 13 games. Also worth noting that league average TS% has been trending upwards, so most of the high percentages are from recent years. This year, however, TS% is down slightly so far.

Source: Stathead

Here are the stats for every rookie that played at least 10 minutes tonight. Performances are sorted by game score. Italicized stats indicate that that player led all rookies in that stat.

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👑Undrafted: Craig Porter Jr (CLE): 21/4/4, 2 STL, 1 BLK, 1 TOV, 3 PF, 7/10 FG, 7/7 FT, 25 minutes

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2022 Pick 2: Chet Holmgren (OKC): 16/6/0, 2 BLK, 1 PF, 6/6 FG, 2/2 3P, 2/2 FT, 20 minutes

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Pick 32: Jalen Pickett (DEN): 8/2/3, 1 STL, 1 TOV, 2/4 FG, 2/3 3P, 2/2 FT, 19 minutes

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Pick 25: Marcus Sasser (DET): 9/1/6, 3 TOV, 1 PF, 4/6 FG, 1/2 3P, 21 minutes

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Pick 12: Dereck Lively II (DAL): 6/9/0 (5 OREB), 1 STL, 2 BLK, 1 TOV, 3 PF, 3/6 FG, 29 minutes

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Pick 26: Ben Sheppard (IND): 7/0/2, 1 STL, 1 TOV, 2/5 FG, 1/3 3P, 2/2 FT, 16 minutes

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Pick 23: Kris Murray (POR): 8/2/0, 1 STL, 1 TOV, 3 PF, 2/4 FG, 1/2 3P, 3/4 FT, 21 minutes

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Pick 5: Ausar Thompson (DET): 9/10/2, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 5 TOV, 6 PF, 3/5 FG, 0/1 3P, 3/4 FT, 30 minutes

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2017 Pick 57: Sasha Vezenkov (SAC): 7/1/1, 1 BLK, 1 TOV, 2 PF, 3/5 FG, 1/2 3P, 13 minutes

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Pick 8: Jarace Walker (IND): 7/1/1, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 1 TOV, 2 PF, 3/6 FG, 0/3 3P, 1/1 FT, 14 minutes

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Pick 16: Keyonte George (UTA): 7/5/11, 1 STL, 5 TOV, 2 PF, 2/12 FG, 0/5 3P, 3/4 FT, 34 minutes

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Pick 29: Julian Strawther (DEN): 7/2/1, 1 BLK, 4 PF, 2/6 FG, 1/3 3P, 2/2 FT, 20 minutes

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Pick 13: Gradey Dick (TOR): 5/0/0, 1 STL, 2 PF, 1/3 FG, 1/2 3P, 2/2 FT, 12 minutes

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Pick 6: Anthony Black (ORL): 7/5/1, 2 BLK, 2 TOV, 5 PF, 1/5 FG, 0/2 3P, 5/6 FT, 24 minutes

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Pick 43: Rayan Rupert (POR): 4/1/1, 1 STL, 1 TOV, 1/5 FG, 1/3 3P, 1/2 FT, 12 minutes

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Pick 52: Toumani Camara (POR): 6/2/0, 1 TOV, 4 PF, 3/5 FG, 0/2 3P, 15 minutes

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Pick 10: Cason Wallace (OKC): 2/1/0, 1 STL, 1 TOV, 1 PF, 1/2 FG, 21 minutes

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❄️Undrafted: Duop Reath (POR): 4/2/0, 1 TOV, 2 PF, 1/6 FG, 0/2 3P, 2/2 FT, 12 minutes

Here are the stats for every rookie that played at least 10 minutes tonight. Performances are sorted by game score. Italicized stats indicate that that player led all rookies in that stat.

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👑2022 Pick 2: Chet Holmgren (OKC): 36/10/5 (4 OREB), 2 STL, 1 BLK, 4 TOV, 2 PF, 14/22 FG, 2/5 3P, 6/7 FT, 37 minutes

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Pick 2: Brandon Miller (CHO): 29/3/2, 2 TOV, 3 PF, 10/15 FG, 5/7 3P, 4/4 FT, 34 minutes

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Pick 1: Victor Wembanyama (SAS): 18/13/4 (4 OREB), 1 STL, 8 BLK, 2 TOV, 5 PF, 6/17 FG, 2/6 3P, 5/6 FT, 31 minutes

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Pick 14: Jordan Hawkins (NOP): 15/2/4, 1 STL, 1 TOV, 4 PF, 6/12 FG, 3/8 3P, 37 minutes

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Pick 12: Dereck Lively II (DAL): 6/10/2, 1 BLK, 3 TOV, 5 PF, 3/4 FG, 24 minutes

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Pick 19: Brandin Podziemski (GSW): 8/4/3, 3 TOV, 2/6 FG, 1/4 3P, 3/4 FT, 25 minutes

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Pick 10: Cason Wallace (OKC): 3/1/2, 2 PF, 1/3 FG, 0/2 3P, 1/1 FT, 28 minutes

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❄️Pick 36: Andre Jackson Jr (MIL): 0/0/2, 1 PF, 0/1 FG, 12 minutes

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❄️Pick 18: Jaime Jaquez Jr (MIA): 6/3/0, 3 TOV, 4 PF, 2/4 FG, 1/1 3P, 1/2 FT, 27 minutes