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1. Rajon Rondo - Was off to another stellar season, led the league in assists AGAIN with 11.1. None of them other clowns were in double digits. 2. John Wall - Came back like Steve James saving Michael Dudikoff, and kicked doubters right in their faces. The jumper is looking better, he's calm, selectively attacking, and the passing was always there. Next up is becoming a dominant defender. 3. Demarcus Cousins - Got some techs, got a lot of double doubles, dudes stay flopping against him. Still no worst than the 3rd best Center in the League probably 2nd since Bynum didn't play. 4. Anthony Davis - "These niggaz can't hold me back" (c) Rick Ross. And yes Monty, you can't hold him back either. Played great all year. Battled a few injuries, but when playing on a team with a star who plays twice a week, a chucker for a pg, and a coach who wants to focus the offense around a backup pf who chucks 3's, he faired well. Probably won't get ROY, but he's the best rookie in the class and he's setting himself up to be the best pf in the league. 5. Eric Bledsoe - started off the year like a gang buster. Then some bothersome injuries came. He should have a solid playoffs. He'll be better off when he gets his own squad. 6. Enes Kanter - continued to work hard. Board and score. His conditioning is up to par. I expect big things from Enes especially as they continue to move out Al Jeff, Paul Milsap, and Derrick Favors from in front of him. Maybe he can play along 7. Nazr Mohammed - Nasty Nazr. The vet. Stayed in great shape and delivered when called upon. Still a great worker. 8. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist - Nice rookie year for the kid. Still needs to work on his outside shot. Already a solid defender. And boards like a demon. Had some stat-sheet stuff Clark Kellogg type games. Plays with some of the worst guards I've ever seen in basketball in Kemba, Ramon, and Ben. I hope he's not tainted and continues to play the right way. 9. Patrick Patterson - started off nice. He was a part of something. Then got traded. And the Kings suck from top to bottom. Played well for them though. Even rebounded. He should beat out Jason Thompson next year. 10. Terrence Jones - The Rockets finally listened after letting inferior pfs eat and trading for inferior pfs when T-Jones was doing work in the D-League. He's just better. Miss me with all that. He's better than any power forward they had all year. 11. Brandon Knight - He's still my dude, but pretty much didn't improve. Streaky shooter. Still has trouble running the team. Might be destined as a 3rd guard a la Jason Terry. His work ethic has me holding off going that route. Probably needs a solid 2 to play with. 12. Tayshaun Prince - After 5 years, the "Free Tayshaun" campaign worked. He's in the playoffs, I'm not sure how much Tay Prizzle still has in the tank though especially offensively. 13. Jodie Meeks - Hit some threes. Doesn't do much else. Hey, it is what it is. Kobe knows his name though even called him Jodie "Buckets" or something rather. That nickname itself got him up a few spots. 14. Chuck Hayes - A hardworker on a team of misfits. Stay strong Chuck. 15. Keith Bogans - I've seen him hit a couple of corner threes. He's still in the rotations and they're in the playoffs. 16. Darius Miller - Had a stint in the D-League, kept working though. Has all of the talent to be a great pro, but just needs to believe in himself and stop being passive. Played strong at the end of the year. 17. Marquis Teague - played sparingly. But when he played I liked what I saw. Maybe he gets some tick in the playoffs. 18. DeAndre Liggins - had a couple of really nice games when Thabo was out, then never really played again. KD seems to like him too. Plays hard. Makes me proud everytime I watch him. 19. Doron Lamb - Rough rookie year. Played well early on, then was stuck on Skiles's bench. He got more run on the Magic and had a nice game against the Bucks. He needs to put on more weight and a strong showing at Summer League, but can certainly get into the rotation in Orlando. 20. Daniel Orton - Should've stayed bro. Keep trucking though. <---https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DL9AVTQ
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