Not every rookie is Donovan Mitchell or Jayson Tatum. It sounds obvious, but it’s worth remembering that the majority of rookies this year won’t finish with particularly fantastic numbers. Some will be valuable role players in their first year, while some will merely skate by as they adjust to NBA life and even more will barely leave the bench. The latter will likely be the case for the three rookies the OKC Thunder acquired this offseason.
For a variety of reasons, it doesn’t seem very likely that Devon Hall, Hamidou Diallo, and Kevin Hervey will be big-time contributors in year one.