Here are the stats for every rookie who played at least 10 minutes tonight. Performances are sorted by game score. Italicized stats mean that that player led all rookies in that stat.
👑Pick 12: Dereck Lively II: 7/13/6 (7 OREB), 2 STL, 1 BLK, 1 TOV, 3 PF, 3/5 FG, 1/4 FT, 31 minutes
2022 Pick 2: Chet Holmgren: 19/11/3, 1 STL, 2 BLK, 5 TOV, 4 PF, 8/14 FG, 1/5 3P, 2/2 FT, 37 minutes
Pick 25: Marcus Sasser: 8/3/6, 4 STL, 1 BLK, 3 PF, 4/6 FG, 0/1 3P, 23 minutes
Pick 5: Ausar Thompson: 16/7/2, 2 STL, 2 TOV, 4 PF, 8/14 FG, 0/3 3P, 20 minutes
Pick 52: Toumani Camara: 7/7/0, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 1 TOV, 2 PF, 2/3 FG, 3/3 FT, 26 minutes
Pick 8: Jarace Walker: 8/2/3, 1 BLK, 1 PF, 4/6 FG, 0/1 3P, 12 minutes
Pick 3: Scoot Henderson: 11/0/7, 3 TOV, 2 PF, 4/10 FG, 1/3 3P, 2/2 FT, 20 minutes
Pick 15: Keyonte George: 9/1/3, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 3 TOV, 4/8 FG, 1/4 3P, 23 minutes
Pick 14: Jordan Hawkins: 10/6/5, 2 STL, 1 TOV, 2 PF, 4/19 FG, 2/13 3P, 37 minutes
Pick 2: Brandon Miller: 10/5/2, 1 TOV, 5 PF, 4/9 FG, 1/3 3P, 1/2 FT, 24 minutes
Pick 26: Ben Sheppard: 6/2/2, 3 PF, 2/4 FG, 2/4 3P, 15 minutes
Pick 34: Colby Jones: 4/3/1, 1 STL, 1 BLK, 3 PF, 2/4 FG, 17 minutes
Pick 7: Bilal Coulibaly: 5/3/3, 3 STL, 3 TOV, 2 PF, 2/5 FG, 1/4 3P, 0/2 FT, 28 minutes
Undrafted: Craig Porter Jr: 4/1/0, 1 STL, 3 PF, 1/1 FG, 2/2 FT, 11 minutes
Pick 29: Julian Strawther: 5/0/0, 1 STL, 2 BLK, 2/7 FG, 1/6 3P, 0/1 FT, 16 minutes
Pick 10: Cason Wallace: 4/2/1, 4 PF, 1/2 FG, 2/2 FT, 18 minutes
Pick 4: Amen Thompson: 4/1/1, 1 STL, 1 TOV, 3 PF, 1/3 FG, 0/1 3P, 2/2 FT, 13 minutes
Pick 13: Gradey Dick: 5/1/0, 1 PF, 2/10 FG, 1/8 3P, 21 minutes
Pick 18: Jaime Jaquez Jr: 2/4/1, 2 STL, 1 BLK, 2 TOV, 4 PF, 1/9 FG, 0/6 3P, 19 minutes
❄️2017 Pick 57: Sasha Vezenkov: 2/5/0, 1 TOV, 3 PF, 1/6 FG, 0/3 3P, 17 minutes
Long live the king 👑
Chet is another great example of these guys coming out of the gates really good after missing their true rookie year due to injury. Blake Griffin and Ben Simmons did the same thing.