Rookie Contract Power Rankings

[NUMBERICA]

IDK, Taylor was kind of Cody last year, just with less opportunity. Also have no idea how that injury is supposed to heal. Hayward was never the same after his leg snapped.

Hayward’s entire lower leg snapped in half, they’re not that close in severity. Hayward snapped his tibia which is the major weight-bearing bone in the lower leg and Hendricks broke his fibula which is basically a stabilizing bone

Taylor had way more and way better flashes than Cody has had. He’s a better shooter and way better defensive prospect with none of the in-between game which is just fine since Cody has no business playing his in-between game.

 

[fishonjazz]

IDK, Taylor was kind of Cody last year, just with less opportunity. Also have no idea how that injury is supposed to heal. Hayward was never the same after his leg snapped.

But Hendricks has an nba body

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

But Hendricks has an nba body

I mean, so does Cody ...

 

[NUMBERICA]

I mean, so does Cody ...

He’s slow but at least he’s a beanpole.

 

[fishonjazz]

I mean, so does Cody ...

I disagree. Cody is the skinniest player in the NBA. He needs more weight to have an NBA body.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I disagree. Cody is the skinniest player in the NBA. He needs more weight to have an NBA body.

Actually that title belongs to Emoni Bates. 6'8 170, 20 lbs lighter than Cody.

LaMelo Ball is also listed at 6'7 180.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

1. Walker
2. Flip
3. Collier
4. Brice
5. Keyonte
6. Williams

 

[KqWIN]

Will have to revisit once the recency bias subsides...but I think #1 is very obvious as is #6. 2-5 is really close and I actually think all of them will have a decent career down the line.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

Walker
Keyonte
Hendricks
Cody
Collier
Flip
Brice

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Flip becomes more interesting if he can add strength and be more physically forceful. He's got a bit of Sabonis to him, but Sabonis is like an unmovable rock.

 

[AlaskanAssassin]

Will have to revisit once the recency bias subsides...but I think #1 is very obvious as is #6. 2-5 is really close and I actually think all of them will have a decent career down the line.

Statistically it's very unlikely that all of these guys have a "decent career". It's more likely that a couple of these guys won't even be in the NBA in a few years.

Also, really hard to evaluate any of these guys when they are playing on a team not trying win games.

 

[KqWIN]

Statistically it's very unlikely that all of these guys have a "decent career". It's more likely that a couple of these guys won't even be in the NBA in a few years.

Also, really hard to evaluate any of these guys when they are playing on a team not trying win games.

Depends on what you mean by a decent NBA career. For me (especially the case given where a lot of them were drafted) this means having a real second contract and rotation role of any kind. I would probably bet on any of the 2-5 guys getting to that level, but maybe it is too optimistic on all 4 getting there. Either way, I'd set my over under at 3.5 (of those 4) being in an NBA rotation 5 years from now. All 4 are playing at least close to replacement level right now or better, so it would only take modest improvements for them to get there. It could be possible that only 1-2 of those are still playing, but I wouldn't say that scenario is the likely scenario.