Sopan Deb’s profile of the Nets four rookies in Saturday’s New York Times goes over a lot of ground that’s become familiar to Brooklyn fans. How each of the rookies wound up being underrated on Draft Night, that they were pressed into service because of various issues, and they’re very different personalities, etc. Then he drops in, a simple stat that explains just how Cam Thomas, Day’Ron Sharpe, Kessler Edwards and David Duke Jr. are faring.
The Nets are one of two teams to have four rookies who average at least 10 minutes per game and have appeared in more than 10 games.