The NBA releases what they call the Rookie Ladder each week, a ranking of the top five rookies in the NBA at the moment. It won’t surprise you who took the top spot in the first two weeks—a certain French superstar down the road in San Antonio.
But Dallas Mavericks fans will be delighted to see that rookie Dereck Lively II vaulted into the conversation in week two. Lively jumped into the fifth spot on the ladder with his stellar play in the second week of the season.
Lively has developed incredible chemistry with Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic, emerging as a lob threat in the lane and a put-back machine.