Ah yes, the promise of youth. The NBA is nothing if not an endless bounty of optimism. It’s true. Every year young men enter the league, fresh-faced and eager to prove their value to the teams that have selected them. Most are ultimately crushed — by time, by injury, by circumstance, by a myriad of depressing things. Such is life (for them, and for us).
But let’s set that all aside. Over at NBA.com, Dr. John Schuhmann undertook a survey of 38 members of the 2016-17 NBA rookie class. He asked some obvious questions (who will win Rookie of the Year?