Every rookie goes through a slight adjustment period early on, but Deandre Ayton’s was a little more obvious than the usual No. 1 pick. Of course, it wasn’t as bad as Markelle Fultz forgetting how to shoot and Ben Simmons missing his entire rookie campaign to then win Rookie of the Year his sophomore season (all jokes aside, Simmons indeed deserved RoY over Donovan Mitchell), but Ayton did go through some growing pains during the first quarter of the Suns’ season.
Much of Ayton’s struggle came from having an inconsistent motor.