#8: Luka, Jaren and the top rookie seasons ever

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🗓️ 10 December 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Sizing up Luka Doncic and his main ROY competitor Jaren Jackson, where these two exciting rookies rank among the all-time best first-year players in NBA history, and a controversial take on Michael Jordan's rookie year with a surprise pick for best rookie ever. Support at www.patreon.com/thinkingbasketball

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0:00.0	Thinking Basketball, my name is Ben, and today I want to discuss the best rookies in NBA history.
0:16.7	And actually, I want to talk about Luca Donschitch
0:19.8	and where he fits among the best rookies in NBA history.
0:24.3	And if we're going to talk about Luca Donschich
0:26.2	and great rookies, we have to talk about
0:28.5	Jarin Jackson as well, his, at least as of right now main competition for Rookie of the Year.
0:36.5	Both of those guys only 19 years old and having great years but where do they fit among the all-time first-year campaigns?
0:47.6	That's going to be the topic of the pod today and I think I might as well
0:52.2	rattle off my or count down my top 10
0:56.1	rookie seasons in NBA history so we'll do that. First some quick backstory and
1:02.0	credit where credit is due.
1:04.7	Coach Nick over a friend of the show
1:08.3	runs the B-ball breakdown channel,
1:12.2	the immensely popular B Ball Breakdown channel. I think he's
1:15.8	over half a million subscribers on YouTube. Now I think he's been doing that since
1:21.6	before YouTube existed.
1:23.7	It's like 17 years.
1:26.1	At least I remember watching him on YouTube
1:29.9	way back in the day, like Lakers Celtics finals clips so of course he's well known I
1:39.2	think most of you guys probably know him and his video this week was about Luca Donchich possibly
1:46.2	having the best rookie season in NBA history we had a brief exchange about it over Twitter.
1:53.7	I think Luca is having one of the best 19 year old seasons ever.
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