Amin Elhassan of ESPN.com ranked this year’s rookie class by NBA readiness:
Evaluating rookies is a tough proposition in the dog days of summer. We’ve already watched and rewatched hours of game footage from their collegiate/D-League/international careers, analyzed predraft intel and crossed off names from the draft board.
We then tracked their performances in summer league, where they tried out their skill sets in skeleton systems with quasi-NBA talent as teammates and opponents. But none of this really gives us a good indication of who these players will be when the ball tips in late October
To that end, we developed the Rookie Readiness Scale as a means of measuring and quantifying the preparedness of first-year players when the season starts.