Here are the stats for every rookie that played at least 10 minutes tonight. Performances are sorted by game score. Italicized stats indicate that that player led all rookies in that stat.
👑Pick 18: Jaime Jaquez Jr (MIA): 19/3/4, 2 STL, 1 PF, 8/13 FG, 3/4 3P, 33 minutes
Pick 7: Bilal Coulibaly (WAS): 12/3/1, 2 STL, 1 TOV, 3 PF, 5/7 FG, 2/2 3P, 25 minutes
Pick 2: Brandon Miller (CHO): 9/7/4 (4 OREB), 2 STL, 1 BLK, 2 TOV, 2 PF, 4/12 FG, 1/4 3P, 40 minutes
Pick 5: Ausar Thompson (DET): 8/7/0, 2 BLK, 5 PF, 4/10 FG, 24 minutes
Pick 1: Victor Wembanyama (SAS): 9/3/4, 2 BLK, 2 TOV, 1 PF, 4/12 FG, 0/4 3P, 1/1 FT, 27 minutes
Pick 19: Brandin Podziemski (GSW): 3/5/3, 2 PF, 1/2 FG, 1/2 3P, 18 minutes
Pick 54: Jalen Slawson (SAC): 4/3/2, 1 BLK, 1 TOV, 1 PF, 2/3 FG, 0/1 3P, 12 minutes
Pick 34: Colby Jones (SAC): 8/1/0, 1 STL, 2 PF, 4/8 FG, 0/2 3P, 0/1 FT, 14 minutes
Pick 14: Jordan Hawkins (NOP): 9/5/2, 1 TOV, 2 PF, 3/11 FG, 2/5 3P, 0/1 FT, 29 minutes
❄️Pick 29: Julian Strawther (DEN): 4/2/2, 1 PF, 1/5 FG, 0/3 3P, 2/2 FT, 15 minutes
I can’t stress enough how much I love Jaime Jaquez Jr. Steal of the draft for sure. Efficient scorer, uses his strength to post up and get easy looks. Also a great catch-and-shoot target. Hustles on defense, averages over a steal per game. Put him on a struggling team and I think he’d be a dark horse for ROY.