I think one thing I had going for me that a lot of rookies didn't is that we played 15, 16 games every year in college.
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My rookie year was huge for me as far as the learning curve, especially those last three games.
I did some good things as a rookie.
Rookies are also coming in from college programs as big stars, whereas when we came in, we were just happy to be there. We were happy to be playing in a big gym, to be on television, to be playing in America.
Sometimes you surf well and still don't win. It happens to everyone. You learn that one big score doesn't mean much if you don't have a backup. I guess every rookie learns that as time goes by. I took some big lessons from my losses.
A lot of rookies hit the wall after 50 or 60 games.
I'm trying to be a sponge. People say, 'Well, that's what your rookie year is.' I still feel that way in my second year.
I think any player at any position their rookie year, they're trying to figure out how to process all the information we give them, how to process what the defense is doing and then actually physically play the game and the position that they're playing.
I think you always have, you know, new players. Every year you see new faces, juniors coming into the seniors. I was one of them at the time long time ago now.
Winning the Rookie of the Year would be nice but making the playoffs would be even nicer for me.
My rookie year, I was very immature.
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