Wine & Gold's Downtown Bubble Tips Off with Youngsters Taking Center Stage
Maybe it’s because I’m an NBA nerd or maybe because I’ve been on the job too long, but it’s guaranteed entertainment when you look up the photo of an NBA veteran as a rookie.
Works for anybody – just google ‘name + rookie.’ LeBron. Shawn Kemp. Bobby Sura. Andre Drummond looked like a two-guard. Kevin Love looked like an altogether different human.
When we last left our three first rounders from a season ago, their journeys were still at different stages.
Darius Garland was beginning to figure it out – failing to notch double-figures in just two of his final 28 appearances.