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NBA Awards Watch: Predicting The Rookie Of The Year Award Race

By DJoumbarey A. Moreau

Feb 13, 2015; New York, NY, USA; World Team guard Andrew Wiggins of the Minnesota Timberwolves (22) is interviewed by broadcaster Rachel Nichols (right) after being named the MVP after the game against the U.S. Team at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 13, 2015; New York, NY, USA; World Team guard Andrew Wiggins of the Minnesota Timberwolves (22) is interviewed by broadcaster Rachel Nichols (right) after being named the MVP after the game against the U.S. Team at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports /
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Feb 13, 2015; New York, NY, USA; World Team guard Andrew Wiggins of the Minnesota Timberwolves (22) dunks the basketball against the U.S. Team during the first half at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 13, 2015; New York, NY, USA; World Team guard Andrew Wiggins of the Minnesota Timberwolves (22) dunks the basketball against the U.S. Team during the first half at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports /

See that picture above?

That picture features two of our rookies, Andrew Wiggins, and Elfrid Payton. More importantly, that picture represents the future of the NBA.

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Each of those two are players who potentially could make the All-Star game in the near future, and become polarizing figures for their respective careers. Sure we expect Wiggins to make the All-Star Game soon, but a lot of people are going to be surprised when they see Payton playing on All-Star Sunday with Wiggins.

Payton’s that talented.

This week we’re going to do our ranking a bit different. Because of the All-Star break, we’re going to rank the rookies according to a projection of how we feel they will perform in the last 30 games of the season.

Up to this date we’ve seen a number of performances from each rookie to compose this list.

With that being said, let’s begin our rankings.

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