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NBA Rookie Report – Top rookie performers through January 1, 2017

By Tamberlyn Richardson

Dec 1, 2016; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Milwaukee Bucks guard Malcolm Brogdon (13) advances the ball during the first quarter against the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Anthony Gruppuso-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 1, 2016; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Milwaukee Bucks guard Malcolm Brogdon (13) advances the ball during the first quarter against the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Anthony Gruppuso-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 30, 2016; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Milwaukee Bucks guard Malcolm Brogdon (13) dribbles in the second quarter against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 30, 2016; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Milwaukee Bucks guard Malcolm Brogdon (13) dribbles in the second quarter against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports /

USA TODAY – Al Neuharth-Keush:

USA TODAY writer Al Neuharth-Keush marks his weeks a week behind where the other scribes place them. Therefore consider his rankings of week 7 to be week 8 and so forth:

In week 7 the Bucks Brogdon makes his entry to the list:

1.  Joel Embiid – Sixers

2. Dario Saric – Sixers,

3. Malcolm Brogdon – Bucks

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week 8, top three Rookie ranking finds 4 members making his list with a tie for second:

1.  Joel Embiid – Sixers

2. Dario Saric – Sixers, Malcolm Brogdon – Bucks

3. Buddy Hield – Pelicans

In week 9, Neuharth-Keush drops Hield from his list, moves Brogdon to second and Saric to third.

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