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2011-2012 NBA Rookie Class: Top 50
By David Thorpe, Scouts Inc.

This obviously isn't exact but it is roughly correct:

1. Kyrie Irving
2. Ricky Rubio
3. Kawhi Leonard
4. Kemba Walker
5. Marshon Brooks
6. Chandler Parsons
7. Isaiah Thomas
8. Jon Leuer
9. Nikola Vucevic
10. Ivan Thomas
11. Enes Kanter
12. Markieff Morris
13. Brandon Knight
14. Lavoy Allen
15. Shelvin Mack
16. Andrew Goudelock
17. Gustavo Ayon
18. Derrick Williams
19. Tristan Thompson
20. Iman Shumpert
21. Norris Cole
22. Alec Burks
23. ETwaun Moore
24. Jimmer Fredette
25. Julyan Stone
29. Jan Vesely
36. Bismack Biyombo
38. Chris Singleton
43. Reggie Jackson

Players I was right on (they are very good)
1. Kyrie Irving
3. Kawhi Leonard
4. Kemba Walker
5. Marshon Brooks

Players I was wrong on (I thought they were going to be very good)
24. Jimmer Fredette
38. Chris Singleton

Players I was right on (I though they were all hype)
18. Derrick Williams
19. Tristan Thompson
29. Jan Vesely
36. Bismack Biyombo

Players I was wrong on (I thought they were all hype)
2. Ricky Rubio

Both Right and Wrong
11. Enes Kanter - I thought he would be better
13. Brandon Knight - I thought he would be a little worse
43. Reggie Jackson - I thought he would be in the top 20

Kanter should be at about 6, Burks is where he should be. This is looking like a pretty good rookie class from top to bottom.

Just so everyone knows, Thorpe is a loser and said Biyombo should go #1 a month before the draft and compared him to KG and now he's saying he was right about him being overhyped.

lol Gustavo Ayon isn't much of a rookie anymore. These rankings that Thorpe did are absolute garbage.

David Thorpe, Class A Hack

Lol those rankings bloooooow. Has he even watched any of these guys play? Not even close on most of them.

Of course everyone has an opinion about the order of the rookies, but I don't know of a list that would ever be universally agreed upon.

It is interesting to note how the draft plays out each year, how some good players come from no where, and that the majority of lottery picks never materialize into anything useful. Also some pretty decent players often come out of the second round, or occasionally go un-drafted.