According to votes gathered from 36 players who will be first-year players in the upcoming 2018-2019 season, Gary Trent Jr. and Jusuf Nurkic are two Portland Trail Blazers to keep an eye on.
Trent performed especially well in the survey, receiving votes for biggest steal of the draft, best rookie shooter and best rookie defender. Nurkic received votes for favorite player.
Here’s how the Rookie Survey voting process was described by John Schuhmann, writing for NBA.com.
For the 10th time in the last 12 years, NBA.com sat down with the rookie class at the annual Rookie Photo Shoot at the New York Knicks’ practice facility.