All-rookie 1st team prediction

[trickybilly]

Simmons, Mitchell are locks

Who else ya got?

I'll take Tater, Kuzma, and Markannen

[Donoghus]

Simmons, Mitchell are locks

Who else ya got?

I'll take Tater, Kuzma, and Markannen

Sounds good to me.

Think you nailed it.

[Moranis]

Probably right, especially if they keep positions, but Lonzo Ball and Dennis Smith are certainly deserving of consideration.

[smokeablount]

Probably right, especially if they keep positions, but Lonzo Ball and Dennis Smith are certainly deserving of consideration.

I’d have to think Kuzma is the guy that drops if Ball or Smith make 1st team. Tatum is doing too much on a top 5-6 team, and LM is beasting and is the fastest player in NBA history to 100 threes.

Kuzma has been playing great, but the only X factor he has to match up to the other 4 guys is playing for the Lakers. That doesn’t have the luster of what Tatum or LM are doing/have done.

[gift]

Simmons, Mitchell are locks

Who else ya got?

I'll take Tater, Kuzma, and Markannen

I think those are the five.

[hpantazo]

Who do you guys think takes rookie of the year?

It looks like it’s down to Simmons and Mitchell. It’s got to be quite rare that we have 3 rookie of the year candidates who are on playoff teams , Celtics , Sixers, and the Jazz look like they will make it too.

[green_bballers13]

Who do you guys think takes rookie of the year?

It looks like it’s down to Simmons and Mitchell. It’s got to be quite rare that we have 3 rookie of the year candidates who are on playoff teams , Celtics , Sixers, and the Jazz look like they will make it too.

Ben Simmons. He is already one of the more interesting players in the league, and his team will make the playoffs. Embiid and Simmons have brought the 76ers back from the dead.

Mitchell is a promising player. I don't think he's as valuable as Simmons.

[footey]

If Ball finishes strong I think the LA bias will put him on 1st team ahead of Markennen.

[KGs Knee]

Probably right, especially if they keep positions, but Lonzo Ball and Dennis Smith are certainly deserving of consideration.

Lonzo would have to have a ridiculous finish to the season to garner any merit. But being the media darling he seems to be, he probably will get unjustified consideration none the less.

DSJ does deserve some consideration, as I think he is neck and neck with Kuzma for the last spot. Kuzma seems to have really faded over the second half of the season.

I think at this point I'd go with: Smith Jr, Mitchell, Simmons, Tatum, Markkanen

[Moranis]

Probably right, especially if they keep positions, but Lonzo Ball and Dennis Smith are certainly deserving of consideration.

Lonzo would have to have a ridiculous finish to the season to garner any merit. But being the media darling he seems to be, he probably will get unjustified consideration none the less.

DSJ does deserve some consideration, as I think he is neck and neck with Kuzma for the last spot. Kuzma seems to have really faded over the second half of the season.

I think at this point I'd go with: Smith Jr, Mitchell, Simmons, Tatum, Markkanen

Among rookies, Lonzo is 9th in ppg, 3rd in rpg, 2nd in apg (to Simmons), 2nd in mpg (to Simmons), is 4th in both VORP and BPM, and has gotten his 3PT shooting up to 33.8% after being quite hot the last few months.  The Lakers are 9-2 in Lonzo's last 11 games.  He has put together a pretty good rookie season overall. 

[Sophomore]

Just taking another moment to be amazed by what happened to Fultz. If we were projecting this list six months ago, can’t imagine he wouldn’t be in the conversation. He basically hasn’t played at all. Feel bad for the kid.

[KGs Knee]

Probably right, especially if they keep positions, but Lonzo Ball and Dennis Smith are certainly deserving of consideration.

Lonzo would have to have a ridiculous finish to the season to garner any merit. But being the media darling he seems to be, he probably will get unjustified consideration none the less.

DSJ does deserve some consideration, as I think he is neck and neck with Kuzma for the last spot. Kuzma seems to have really faded over the second half of the season.

I think at this point I'd go with: Smith Jr, Mitchell, Simmons, Tatum, Markkanen

Among rookies, Lonzo is 9th in ppg, 3rd in rpg, 2nd in apg (to Simmons), 2nd in mpg (to Simmons), is 4th in both VORP and BPM, and has gotten his 3PT shooting up to 33.8% after being quite hot the last few months.  The Lakers are 9-2 in Lonzo's last 11 games.  He has put together a pretty good rookie season overall. 

Lonzo is currently 10th in PPG, not 9th. He is also shooting a woeful 37% overall, on the season.

But I'm glad you brought this up, because I had not realized DSJ was also shooting sub 40% overall. I think that probably excludes him too, and leaves Kuzma as the last selection.

[Moranis]

Probably right, especially if they keep positions, but Lonzo Ball and Dennis Smith are certainly deserving of consideration.

Lonzo would have to have a ridiculous finish to the season to garner any merit. But being the media darling he seems to be, he probably will get unjustified consideration none the less.

DSJ does deserve some consideration, as I think he is neck and neck with Kuzma for the last spot. Kuzma seems to have really faded over the second half of the season.

I think at this point I'd go with: Smith Jr, Mitchell, Simmons, Tatum, Markkanen

Among rookies, Lonzo is 9th in ppg, 3rd in rpg, 2nd in apg (to Simmons), 2nd in mpg (to Simmons), is 4th in both VORP and BPM, and has gotten his 3PT shooting up to 33.8% after being quite hot the last few months.  The Lakers are 9-2 in Lonzo's last 11 games.  He has put together a pretty good rookie season overall. 

Lonzo is currently 10th in PPG, not 9th. He is also shooting a woeful 37% overall, on the season.

But I'm glad you brought this up, because I had not realized DSJ was also shooting sub 40% overall. I think that probably excludes him too, and leaves Kuzma as the last selection.

Ah, I forgot about Bogdanovic (since he wasn't drafted and wasn't high profile like Simmons). 

Either way, any player that is top 10 in ppg and bpg and top 3 in rpg, apg, spg shouldn't just be disregarded.  Especially since Simmons is the only other player even in the top 10 in all 5 of those categories (Simmons is ahead of Lonzo in them all).

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

IMO this has been a very good year for rookies so far. Only one extremely worrisome player and that is Fultz. A lot of these kids are playing solid and some really well.

[Surferdad]

Who do you guys think takes rookie of the year?

It looks like it’s down to Simmons and Mitchell. It’s got to be quite rare that we have 3 rookie of the year candidates who are on playoff teams , Celtics , Sixers, and the Jazz look like they will make it too.

Ben Simmons. He is already one of the more interesting players in the league, and his team will make the playoffs. Embiid and Simmons have brought the 76ers back from the dead.

Mitchell is a promising player. I don't think he's as valuable as Simmons.

When Jaylen Brown was asked about Mitchell:

Other than JT (Jayson Tatum), he is one of the strongest rookie of the Year candidates.

  Biases acknowledged, but still, I like that Simmons gets snubbed.   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO9r3XzxdvU

Bottom line, IMO:  This is one of the strongest rookie crops in a long time.