Rook Roll'd: 10/26/10 - 11/7/10

Rook Roll'd is the Pick and Scroll's bi-weekly ranking of the current crop of rookies in the league, as well as a look at some of the best individual games and moments from rookies during that span.

Best Single Game Performance:

John Wall, PG, Washington Wizards v. Philadelphia 76ers
29 Pts, 9-16 FG, 11-14 FT, 13 Ast, 9 Stl 

In Wall's home debut, he was impressive, nearly putting up a triple-double (with steals!) and willing his team to victory in overtime.  One of the more impressive things about this game to me was that after, Wall couldn't help but mention that he really needed to work on his turnovers (he had 8 during the game).  That's the kind of thing that makes a fanbase fall in love with you (as long as you put up those other statistics to go with the 8 turnovers of course).

Breakout Rookie Performance:

Eric Bledsoe, PG, Los Angeles Clippers v. Oklahoma City Thunder
17 Pts, 7-10 FG, 2-3 3P, 4 Rbd, 8 Ast, 2 Blk

With Baron Davis relegated to the bench with a sore left knee, Eric Bledsoe was given the starting nod, and his breakout game was a big part in getting the Clippers their first (and to date, only) victory of the season.  He more than held his own against Russell Westbrook, helping to contain him to 16 points on 16 shots.  Bledsoe further cemented his position in the rotation with a 12 point, 13 assist outing the next game, and it looks like Baron Davis might have to fight for minutes when he gets back.

Best Rookie Moment:

Blake Griffin flies the friendly skies in his debut.  I have a feeling we'll be seeing a lot more of these highlights before the season is done.

After the Jump, our Power Rankings

Rook-Roll'd: Vegas Summer League Part 2

The time has come for us to wrap up our Rookie coverage (at least until Pre-season begins in October), and we're going to end by talking about how DeMarcus Cousins, Ed Davis, Larry Sanders, Quincy Pondexter, Trevor Booker, Dominique Jones, Jordan Crawford, Andy Rautins, Devin Ebanks, and Willie Warren did during the Vegas Summer League, and also debut our first Rookie Power Rankings. 


After the jump, our impressions, and the 1st edition of the 2010-11 Rookie Power Rankings.

Rook-Roll'd: Vegas Summer League Part 1

After covering the main rookies that played in the Orlando Summer League, its now time to cover the more expansive Vegas Summer League.  Today we will look at the performances of John Wall, Derrick Caracter, Patrick Patterson, Al-Farouq Aminu, Eric Bledsoe, Hassan Whiteside, Greg Monroe, Gani Lawal, Luke Babbitt, and Landry Fields.  Friday we will conclude with DeMarcus Cousins, Ed Davis, Larry Sanders, Quincy Pondexter, Trevor Booker, Dominique Jones, Jordan Crawford, Andy Rautins, Devin Ebanks, and Willie Warren and introduce our very first Rookie Power Rankings, our top 10 list of  the best Rookies in the league.

After the jump, our impressions.

Rook-Roll'd: Orlando Summer League Edition

I hope I didn't just lose all my readers.

Rook-Roll'd is going to be a recurring segment I do looking at how the current crop of rookies is doing.  Currently we've only seen them in Summer League, which is definitely not enough to tell us how they will be through their career or even the season (Stephen Curry for example, had a pretty terrible Summer League last year, but managed to be one of the best actual rookies throughout the season).  But its still a glimpse of these players playing for the first time with NBA rules and other NBA caliber players.  This first segment of Rook-Roll'd is going to take a look at the players who played in the Orlando Summer League last week from July 5-9. On Wednesday and Friday, we'll be taking a look at the rookies that played in Vegas.  After the Regular Season starts, Rook-Roll'd will occur weekly (time permitting)

Since this is the first Rook-Roll'd Post, let me explain the categories a bit.  "Never Gonna Give You Up" is reserved for the Top Performers, "We Know the Game and We're Gonna Play It" is for the players that played about as well as was expected, and "Don't Tell Me You're Too Blind to See" is for the disappointments.  After the jump, our impressions.