Monday October 21, 2024 5:06 p.m.
NBA preseason play can set a optimistic course for your entire season, particularly if you happen to’re a rookie. THE Los Angeles Lakers‘seventeenth total decide within the 2024 draft, Dalton Knechthad an unforgettable night on October 17 towards the Phoenix Suns. He scored 20 consecutive factors to complete with 35 factors an extra time victory. Regardless that it is preseason, Knecht appears to be like promising for a franchise that has produced historic rookie seasons with Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, Magic Johnson and extra.
However the Lakers aren’t the one staff with notable rookies. Uncover the gamers who scored probably the most factors throughout their first seasons within the NBA:
- Wilt Chamberlain, 2,707, Philadelphia Warriors, 1959-1960
- Walt Bellamy, 2,495, Chicago Packers, 1961-1962
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 2,361, Milwaukee Bucks, 1969-1970
- Elvin Hayes, 2,327, San Diego Rockets, 1968-1969
- Michael Jordan, 2,313, Chicago Bulls, 1984-1985
- Oscar Robertson, 2,165, Cincinnati Royals, 1960-1961
- Rick Barry, 2059, San Francisco Warriors, 1965-1966
- Geoff Petrie, 2031, Portland Path Blazers, 1970-1971
- Sidney Wicks, 2009, Portland Path Blazers, 1971-1972
- David Robinson, 1,993 years previous, San Antonio Spurs, 1989-1990
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