Justin Verrier

And like, that's good on most years to win you rookie of the year.

I would say outside of Wemby, like this reminds me of Brandon Miller and Wemby, where it's like Brandon Miller had a very good rookie season, but Wemby was on a different level.

Obviously, Khan isn't Wemby, but he's just doing something differently in a way that rookies typically don't.

It's been a while, but I think Chet maybe was injured for a lot of the year, too.

I just remember it coming down to him and Miller.

But I don't know.

I just think there's a difference there in terms of this thing doesn't happen all that often.

With Cooper, it's like, yeah, great rookie season, great player.

It's a little bit more typical to what we're used to.

He's going to be the better player, certainly.

I didn't either.

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I would love to.

I think it's the most interesting one left here, even though it is a pretty difficult one to unpack.

I found myself in a really weird place where I've always been against awarding

lottery picks or just highly drafted players who ultimately just reach their trajectory and for that reason i don't have jalen duran on my my list i think he's been better than what we expected but he's still in his third year he was the 13th overall pick like this is this is kind of typical i i think what we should be rewarding with this award is guys who fundamentally change who they are um even if they were highly drafted in the past which is a little bit of a nod there um

But then I got into this weird zone where, like, I think it's either Denny Obdia or Nikhil Alexander-Walker.

How much do I ding Denny because he hasn't been good down the stretch, whereas Nikhil has been fairly steady overall.

The jump from nine points per game to, like, in the 20s is just as significant as Denny's basically completely...

changing the face of his game, becoming one of the better creators and foul drawers in the league.