So out of like the top 50 all time players, who had a rookie season most comparable to a Peyton Manning or a Troy Aikman, where they really struggled and their future almost looked questionable

  • Aggravating-Pin-4588@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    He was a clear project piece and his potential was very much apparent. Playing for the bucks in 2014 was never gonna result in decent rookie numbers. Didn’t he make the rising stars game in his rookie year?

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      1 year ago

      Yeah if you go back and watch when he was drafted Fran Fraschilla even says “this is not a guy who is going to make an impact year 1, he’s a long-term project.”

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        1 year ago

        Yeah I know he’s definitely not the best answer here but I still think the gap from where he was as a rookie to where he is now is large enough to have him mentioned. There are some people mentioned here who had worse rookie years but then also were never as good as peak Giannis