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NBA Rookie Rankings: Raptors’ Scottie Barnes makes history vs. Nets; Tre Mann has impressive week for Thunder

NBA Rookie Rankings: Raptors' Scottie Barnes makes history vs. Nets; Tre Mann has impressive week for Thunder

With the trade deadline over and All-Star Weekend in the books, we’re finally into the home stretch of the 2021-22 regular season. There’s about six weeks left before the playoffs begin, and we’re going to start to see which rookies still have enough left in the tank to finish the year strong, and which of them may slow down. This is the point in the season where that term “rookie wall” is most often used, as the effects of a long NBA season start to creep up on first-year players. 

We’ll also get to see a lot of in-game development for guys who play for teams headed for the lottery. This is the time when rebuilding teams start to plan for next season as they’ve already waved the white flag for this year, and give the young players a bit more freedom to work with in games. 

Let’s move on to this week’s rankings. Remember these will reflect a rookie’s performance on a week-to-week basis only, and not the…

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