Rookie with biggest impact

[Da_Mane_Man]

excluding davis and mkg, which rookie will put up the most stats this year?

Lillard
Waiters
Beal
Barnes

i personally think lillard is in the best situation. he will put up monster stats.

[Fenris-77]

Lillard would be my bet too, he's the most polished prospect on that list and he has no one to challenge his minutes.

[Hypnotoad]

Lillard and Valanciunas are the only other rookies I'd consider drafting unless it's a keeper. I don't see Barnes contributing in enough categories to matter and pretty much everyone else may not get PT.

[Apathy]

Wasn't Lillard hated by Hollinger's draft rating? He's friggin' terrible. And rookie PGs tend to struggle. Blazers don't run either.

[Fenris-77]

Wasn't Lillard hated by Hollinger's draft rating? He's friggin' terrible. And rookie PGs tend to struggle. Blazers don't run either.

That's because Hollinger's metric adjusts heavily for strength of program, which means guys from small schools get the shaft. In the case of Lillard he's obviously wrong. Keep in mind Lillard isn't a one and done player, he's got much stronger fundamentals and feel for the game than rookie guards tend to. Don't draft him if you don't want to though, more for the rest of us.

[SuperRaptorsFan]

this order:

Anthony Davis -> Lillard -> Robinson -> Valanciunas -> Meyers Leonard (they hv no C)

[niQ]

I'd go with Damian Lillard. I mean, he has the keys to the offense.

[witnessraps]

lillard. he will get lots of experience with all the minutes and hell just keep getting better. i think hell be good for 15/7 at a 45% rate. hes impressive, i wonder if he has star potential. considering their only other option is n. smith there will be big responsibility on his shoulders and he has to keep LA happy.

[patentboy23]

Bradley Beal has high potential for solid rebounds (for a guard) and plenty of 3s.