NBA's Top 10 Rookies

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INTRODUCTION In professional sports leagues such as the National Basketball Association NBA a first-year player is called a rookie Many rookies spend their first seasons trying to get used to playing with the best players in the world Most end up watching from the bench while the older players get most of the playing time But some rookies jump right into the fire and make an instant impact Some use their speed Some take advantage of their size Some rely on their basketball smarts And some succeed thanks to a little bit of everything Though the players featured in this book ended up taking different paths during their careers they all began as rookies They just didn't play like rookies They played like stars who didn't worry about being the new kid on the block Instead they took over the block