In a recent interview with Rockets player Jaylen Green, he said he was still unhappy that he was only the No. 2 pick, and he wanted to prove that he was the best rookie of 2021, and by implication, Green thought he was the champion. When it comes to this year's rookies, we will think of many familiar names, such as Cunningham, Green, Mobley, Barnes, Kuminga, and Shen Jing, etc., so next, we may wish to take stock of how many points the rookies in 2021 have scored so far in their careers, Note: The data is as of November 9, 22 Beijing time.
Cunningham is the top pick, his performance did not disappoint the Pistons, last season Cunningham was selected to the best rookie team, and into this season, Cunningham's data has improved comprehensively, averaging 21.4 points, 6.5 rebounds and 6.4 assists per game, is already the Pistons' highest average scoring player per game, there are many games Cunningham has played very well, such as the Hawks get 35+9+8, the Bucks get 27+6+7, the Thunder is 21+11+7, as for the total score so far in the career, Cunningham has 1,349 points, the third among players in the same class, but not much behind Green in front of him. In terms of technical style, Cunningham can score, defend, organize, and is a relatively well-rounded player, and his biggest shortcoming is his low three-point shooting percentage.
Next up is Jaylen Green, who is the current leader of the Rockets, and Green gives us the impression of a scorer-biased player with little playmaking ability and a lower level of defense. Since it is a scorer, then stability is crucial, unfortunately what Green lacks the most is stability, last season he cut 30+ in 5 consecutive games, the highest score is 41 points, I have to say that it is too strong, this season there are also times when he cuts 30+, but there are also many games below 20 points, such as the fast ships scored 13 points, the sun is 15 points, Green positioning seems to be a scorer, in fact, the offensive means are still on the side, basically shooting three points and breaking through the layup, lack of shooting ability. So far in his career, Green has a total of 1386 points, second only to Wagner in the same rookie, only a little more than Cunningham, and considering that the latter is more comprehensive, it is clear that Green is indeed inferior to Cunningham.
This time the scouting show is the Cavaliers' Mobley, directly on the data, Mobley's current career total of 1186 points, and Cunningham, Green gap is obvious, this is because Mobley is not the Cavaliers star, his shooting rights are limited, especially this season Mitchell came to the Cavaliers, resulting in Mobley's shots being further deprived. Of course, Mobley's current position is center, he is not good at scoring, he is more on the defensive end to influence the game, but Mobley is still a little thinner, he needs to gain weight. If you have to talk about offense, Mobley uses back-to-back jumpers, secondary offenses and fixed-point shots.
The No. 4 pick is the Raptors' Barnes, who was last season's Rookie of the Year, and Barnes' stats aren't outstanding, but he's on the line offensively and defensively, and the only thing he needs to improve is his shooting ability. Looking at career totals so far, Barnes has 1,277 points, second only to Wagner, Green and Cunningham in the same class.
Further down, the 5th pick is the Magic's Suggs, career so far total of 640 points, the 6th pick is the Thunder's Keady, career so far 764 points, the 7th pick is the Warriors' Kuminga, career so far total of 689 points, here we mainly talk about Kuminga, the Warriors this season is not very good, including Kuminga's bench poor play is the main factor, some time ago, Kuminga was even abandoned by Kerr, so he may have a worrying future.
Earlier we mentioned Wagner, he is the 8th pick, selected by the Magic, Wagner is the 2021 rookie so far scoring champion, a total of 1396 points, actually more than Green, which is undoubtedly very amazing, and Wagner can not only score, but also has good consistency, averaging 48.8% per game this season. After the 8th pick, few rookies in the class of 21 can play again, so let's finally talk about the 16th pick Shin Kyung, who has a career total of 846 points so far and is the future of the Rockets with Green.