NBA Rookie Report

How did the first-round picks of the 2015 NBA Draft perform in Week 1 of the regular season? Well, Karl Anthony-Towns and Jahlil Okafor made their presence felt while Jerian Grant and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson were two of the top non-lottery performers.

1. Karl Anthony-Towns (TWolves) – You couldn’t ask for a better start for the No. 1 pick. Two double-doubles and two wins to start the year. Towns scored 14 points on 6-10 shooting in a win against the Lakers and then went for 28 and 14 against the Nuggets going 11-19 from the floor. After just two games, it's amazing to think that Towns scored less than 5 points in almost 20% of his games at Kentucky.

2. D’Angelo Russell (Lakers) – It’s been a rough start for the Lakers going 0-3 in the first week of games. Russell has averaged 25.4 minutes per game and 9 ppg, 2.7rpg, and 1.7 apg. He scored 13 points against the Kings, but is shooting just 36.7% from the field although he is a perfect 5-5 in the 15-19 foot range left of the free throw line.

3. Jahlil Okafor (Sixers) – Okafor got off to a scintillating start against Boston and finished with 26 points in his first NBA game. He scored 10 points in his second game and is averaging 18 points and 6.5 rebounds per game on 50% shooting.

4. Kristaps Porzingis (Knicks) – Porzingis has struggled from the field in his first 3 games, but has made it to the free throw line 16 times, including 12 attempts in his opener against Milwaukee. He is just 1-6 from the three point-line and is averaging 11.3 points and 6.3 rebounds per game.

5. Mario Hezonja (Magic) – Super Mario started off with a bang scoring 11 points in a close loss to the Wiz knocking down 3-5 from three, but played just 14 minutes against the Thunder and went 0-3 in 5 minutes against the Bulls.

6. Willie Cauley-Stein (Kings) – Cauley-Stein only played 8 minutes in the Kings opener, but responded with a 17 point, 9 rebound, 3 block performance in 30 minutes against the Lakers. In his third game, WCS registered 8 points and 9 rebounds.

7. Emmanuel Mudiay (Nuggets) – Mudiay started the season off strong in the scoring column with 17 points in a win against the Rockets, but not surprisingly he is struggling from the field shooting just 33.3% and he is also averaging 6.3 turnovers per game (11 against Houston).

8. Stanley Johnson (Pistons) – Johnson has connected on 3 field goals in each of his first three games. He went 3-10 from the field in his first two games and 3-8 in his third. So far he is averaging 8.3 ppg and 4.3 rpg and has scored 6 out of his 9 made baskets around the rim.

9. Frank Kaminsky (Hornets) – Frank the Tank is averaging 2.7 points and 1.3 rebounds per game in 8.5 minutes. He is 2-4 from the three-point line but has only played double digit minutes once.

10. Justise Winslow (Heat) – Winslow got his career going with a resounding one hand dunk against Charlotte and scored 5 points in his first game. Winslow went just 1-4 in his second game, but then played 31 minutes in his third game and went 4-8. So far he’s averaging 5.7 points and 4.7 rebounds and is 3-3 on corner 3’s.

11. Myles Turner (Pacers) – Turner has turned in two solid games, going 4-6 from the floor in his first game and 4-8 in his second game. The Texas big man is averaging 9 points and 4 rebounds per game. All of his baskets have come from the middle or right-side of the floor.

12. Trey Lyles (Jazz) – It hasn’t been the best start for Lyles as he is 0-6 from the floor in 3 games and didn’t score until his third game going 2-4 from the three-point line. He is averaging 2.3 rebounds in 6.8 minutes per game.  

13. Devin Booker (Suns) – Booker started out hot in his first game going 6-7 from the field for 14 points against Dallas. He went 1-2 from the three-point line and added two rebounds. Booker only played 2 minutes the following game.

14. Cameron Payne (Thunder) – The Murray State guard got his first NBA playing time on Sunday against the Nuggets. In four minutes, Payne had 1 assist and 1 steal.

15. Kelly Oubre Jr. (Wizards) – The Wizards are 2-1, but Oubre has registered just 1 minute of action against the Milwaukee Bucks.

16. Terry Rozier (Celtics) – Rozier played 2 minutes in the Celtics home opener and went 0-2, but did not play in either of the Celtics next two games.

17. Rashad Vaughn (Bucks) – After getting significant playing time in the pre-season, Vaughn has played just 17 minutes. In the Bucks season opener Vaughn played 13 minutes and scored 7 points on 3-5 shooting. Vaughn only played four minutes against the Raptors and went 0-2.

18. Sam Dekker (Rockets) – Dekker has only played 6 minutes for the underperforming Rockets. Against the Nuggets Dekker played only one minute and then against Golden State, Dekker played 5 minutes and registered 1 steal and 1 rebound.

19. Jerian Grant (Knicks) – In three games Grant is averaging 7.3 ppg, 3.3 rpg, and 4 apg. The talented guard from Notre Dame has played at least 20 minutes in all three scored 10 points in his first game and recorded 7 rebounds and 7 assists in his second game.

20. Delon Wright (Raptors) – Wright’s only playing time occurred on Sunday where he got in Toronto’s game for two minutes against Milwaukee missing a three from the right corner.

21. Justin Anderson (Mavs) – The former Cavalier only played 3 minutes against the Suns on 10/28, but the athletic wing saw his playing time jump to 18 minutes one day later in a loss to the Clippers. Anderson went 2-8 against the Clippers and 1-5 from three, but he also pulled down 6 rebounds to go with an assist, a steal, and a block.

22. Bobby Portis (Bulls) – Portis has not played for the Bulls through four games.  

23. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (Nets) – Hollis-Jefferson was the recipient of early playing time logging an average of 25 minutes in his first two games. He scored 8 points in his first game, followed by 10 points and 4 rebounds on 5-7 shooting against the Spurs.

24. Tyus Jones (TWolves) – Through 3 games, Jones is still looking for his first playing time in a regular season NBA game.

25. Jarrell Martin (Grizzlies) – Suffered a fractured foot in September.

26. Nikola Multinov (Spurs) – Currently playing in Europe. Draft and stash.

27. Larry Nance (Lakers) – Nance has not played for the Lakers in 3 games.

28. R.J. Hunter (Celtics) – Hunter has not played for the Celtics in 3 games.

29. Chris McCullough (Nets) – McCullough is still recovering from a torn ACL suffered while at Syracuse last January.

30. Kevon Looney (Warriors) – Looney is recovering from hip surgery and will be out 2-4 months.