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  <title>Which One-and-Done Will Have the Best Rookie Season?</title>
  <published-at type="datetime">2008-06-04T15:09:03-04:00</published-at>
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  <created-at type="datetime">2008-09-10T06:40:35-04:00</created-at>
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        <created-at>2008-07-09T22:54:10-04:00</created-at>
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        <body>westbrook may not have the best rookie season, so i understand and respect keeping him off this list.  Although, i think he will have the most consistent career with his athleticsm and defensive prowess</body>
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        <body>I'm a 'cuse fan and donte green will never start a game in the NBA.  He is soft, immature, and has no position.  People like his height and the fact he can shoot, but he is an overated shooter.  OJ Mayo is the real deal.  He has a great shot and plays great defense and that is enough to be a VERY solid starter in the NBA which is what you are looking for in a 3rd pick.  He also has better than average ball handling skills and from what I've seen, he has plenty of work ethic and desire to become great.  Everyone is knocking him over the agent scandal at USC but he has shown no other character issues....</body>
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        <created-at>2008-06-20T11:58:59-04:00</created-at>
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        <body>Beasley will have a good season.  But I think Bayless and Gordon will be surprising.</body>
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        <created-at>2008-06-10T17:05:40-04:00</created-at>
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        <body>Does everyone forget that wagner had a awesome rookie year and his career went bad bc of surgerys on his stomach, anyone remember the game that he tore apart AI</body>
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        <created-at>2008-06-04T19:27:32-04:00</created-at>
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        <body>I can see Beasley getting rookie of the year easily.  I also agree with you about Mayo, I actually got to see him play and hes not very physical he just has a lights out shot.  Also honestly he just looked like he didn't have any motivation at all to get better.  I think he will end up being a victim of his own hype.</body>
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        <created-at>2008-06-04T16:03:40-04:00</created-at>
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        <body>The biggest bust will be O.J. Mayo..I believe I'm one of the first people to say that....but the guy comes with so much baggage..I just don't think he'll be able to live up to his hype..

And the player with the best rookie season will Rose or Beasley...I think Eric Gordon has a chance.but he disappeared several times during games last year.</body>
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  <body>&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;Eric Gordon&quot; src=&quot;http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/images/06/04/vent_gordon.jpg&quot; height=&quot;284&quot; align=&quot;top&quot; alt=&quot;Eric Gordon&quot; width=&quot;425&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial&quot;&gt;According to NBADraft.net&amp;rsquo;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://nbadraft.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;latest  mock draft,&lt;/a&gt; 11 of the 31 first-round picks will be freshmen, including the first  seven picks overall. In other words, this is the year of the one-and-done. But  which of these players will have the biggest impact in the NBA? At this time  last year, most expected &lt;strong&gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Greg Oden &lt;/strong&gt;to make a major impact. Oden  missed the season and Durant went onto win Rookie of the Year, but the rest of  the freshmen crop had mixed results -- some good (&lt;strong&gt;Thaddeus Young, Brandan  Wright&lt;/strong&gt;) and some bad (&lt;strong&gt;Javaris Crittendon, Spencer Hawes&lt;/strong&gt;). Here is how  NBADraft.net has the freshman coming out (and which NBA team they&amp;rsquo;d be heading  to):&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;               &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. Derrick Rose&lt;/strong&gt;,  Chicago&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. Michael Beasley,&lt;/strong&gt;  Miami&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3. O.J. Mayo,&lt;/strong&gt; Minnesota&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4. Jerryd Bayless,&lt;/strong&gt;  Seattle&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5.&amp;nbsp; Kevin Love,&lt;/strong&gt; Memphis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;6.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anthony Randolph,&lt;/strong&gt; New York&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;7.&amp;nbsp; Eric Gordon,&lt;/strong&gt; L.A.  Clippers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;14. DeAndre Jordan,&lt;/strong&gt; Golden State&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;18. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Donte Green,&lt;/strong&gt; Washington&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;24. Kosta Koufos,&lt;/strong&gt;  Seattle&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;31. J.J. Hickson,&lt;/strong&gt; Boston&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most scouts have Memphis&amp;rsquo; &lt;strong&gt;Derrick Rose &lt;/strong&gt;and Kansas State&amp;rsquo;s &lt;strong&gt;Michael Beasley&lt;/strong&gt; ruling the rookie  roost next season, but after that, it gets a little mirky. We think Eric Gordon  will have a better rookie season than &lt;strong&gt;O.J. Mayo&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Anthony Randolph&lt;/strong&gt; has little  chance to succeed in the bright lights of New York City. Which one-and-done player do you  see having a big rookie season and who do you think will be the next&lt;strong&gt; Dajuan  Wagner?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</body>
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