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Around the league: Rookies, rebounds and regrets

Phoenix Suns rookie center Deandre Ayton is performing exactly as expected, and for once it is nice when a player does precisely that! As he showed in Monday's close loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, Ayton is truly a gifted offensive player first, one of many averaging double digits in scoring and rebounding per game, but the only one doing so in his first season in the league. Ayton is also among the leaders in field goal percentage, and he is not a liability in terms of free throw percentage and turnovers.

What Ayton does not do well is