As we near the 50-game mark in the NBA season, and with the All-Star break just around the corner, it’s time for another check-in on the league’s crop of first-year players. While Paolo Banchero, Bennedict Mathurin, Keegan Murray and Jabari Smith — among others — continue to show encouraging flashes, the reality is that the 2022 draft class hasn’t exactly been a fantasy basketball goldmine.
As of Wednesday, Murray is the only rookie who ranks inside the top 120 in nine-cat, per-game value.