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?It should come as no surprise that Wendell Carter Jr. and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who were among the picks for the best rookie in summer league in our 5-on-5 on Monday, crack the leaderboard. But when it comes to exceeding expectations, they can't quite match New York Knicks second-round pick Mitchell Robinson.
Despite a relatively strong projection based on his effective play in the 2016 Nike EYBL, Robinson still leads all rookies on this list by virtue of the best per-minute win percentage for any player in summer league this year. Robinson made 67 percent of his 2-point attempts, pulled down more than a quarter of all available offensive rebounds and swatted one in every seven opponent 2-point attempts. He's the early favorite for steal of the draft.
Incidentally, if you're wondering about Robinson's teammate Kevin Knox, his advanced statistics didn't quite match up to the hype he generated in Las Vegas. Because he shot just 17-of-49 (35 percent) on 2-point attempts, Knox's improvement over his projection ranked just 54th of the 93 qualifying players.?
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24116543/can-nba-summer-league-predict-surprise-stars
Despite a relatively strong projection based on his effective play in the 2016 Nike EYBL, Robinson still leads all rookies on this list by virtue of the best per-minute win percentage for any player in summer league this year. Robinson made 67 percent of his 2-point attempts, pulled down more than a quarter of all available offensive rebounds and swatted one in every seven opponent 2-point attempts. He's the early favorite for steal of the draft.
Incidentally, if you're wondering about Robinson's teammate Kevin Knox, his advanced statistics didn't quite match up to the hype he generated in Las Vegas. Because he shot just 17-of-49 (35 percent) on 2-point attempts, Knox's improvement over his projection ranked just 54th of the 93 qualifying players.?
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/24116543/can-nba-summer-league-predict-surprise-stars