Detroit Pistons rookie Stanley Johnson has had as good of an offseason as Pistons’ fans good hope for.
He’s topped the rookie ladder for way to early rookie of the year predictions for NBA.com’s Scott Howard-Cooper, thanks to his play at the Orlando Summer League, and even received some flatting comments from NBA legend Larry Bird.
The flatting hasn’t ended there for Johnson. NBA.com recently got a group of their analysts together to see who they thought the rookie of the year in 2016 would be.
Most liked either Philadelphia 76ers’ Jahlil Okafor or Denver Nuggets’ Emmanual Mudiay, but Sekou Smith felt Johnson was the player that should be considered the front runner.