Welcome to the NBA, Rookie

Except for the sensational Blake Griffin and John Wall, there really isn't any other rookie who is truly jumping off the stat pages this season. Granted they are rookies, and usually don't get a lot of playing time. However, this season there are more rookies playing more meaningful minutes than any recent years in my mind. Maybe this is why most of the Association is having a rough time getting the W's.

All that said, here is my 1st and 2nd All Rookie Teams to this point in the season:

Western Conference:

1st Team:
G Eric Bledsoe, LAC (Kentucky)
-----PPG: 7.3/MPG: 26.4/GS: 22/FG%pg: .427/APG: 4.4 /RPG: 3.2/SPG: 1.0
G Wesley Johnson, MIN (Syracuse)
-----PPG: 9.5 /MPG: 28.4/GS: 30/ FG%pg: .453/ APG: 2.1 / RPG: 3.1
F Blake Griffin, LAC (Oklahoma)
-----PPG: 21.5 /MPG:36.9/GS:33/ FG%pg: .524 / APG: 3.2 / RPG: 12.4
F Gary Forbes, DEN (Massachusetts)
-----PPG: 5.8 /MPG: 13.0 /GS: 4/ FG%pg: .478 / APG:4.4/RPG: 3.2/SPG: 1.0
C DeMarcus Cousins, SAC (Kentucky)
-----PPG: 11.6 /MPG: 25.2 /GS: 15/ FG%pg: .416 / APG: 1.5 / RPG: 7.7

2nd Team:
G James Anderson, SAS (Oklahoma State)
-----PPG: 7.0 /MPG: 17.7 /GS: 0/ FG%pg: .418 / APG: 1.5 /3%pg: .500
G Gary Neal, SAS (Towson)
-----PPG: 8.4 /MPG: 18.1 /GS: 0 / FG%pg: .418 / FT%pg: .865 / 3%pg: .400
F Al-Farouq Aminu, LAC (Wake Forest)
-----PPG: 6.9 /MPG: 17.9 /GS: 14/ FG%pg: .440 / 3%pg: .464 / RPG: 3.6
F Gordon Hayward, UTA (Butler)
-----PPG: 3.4 /MPG: 11.8 /GS: 6/ FG%pg: .430 / 3%pg: .370 / RPG: 1.8
C Nikola Pekovic, MIN (Montenegro)
-----PPG: 5.0 /MPG: 13.3 /GS: 0/ FG%pg: .460 / FT%pg: .772 / RPG: 3.2

Eastern Conference:

1st Team:
G John Wall, WAS (Kentucky)
-----PPG: 15.8 /MPG: 36.3/GS: 15/ FG%pg: .408/ APG: 8.5 / SPG: 2.0
G Landry Fields, NYK (Stanford)
-----PPG: 10.0 /MPG: 32.0/GS: 32/ FG%pg: .508/ APG: 1.7 / SPG: 1.0
F Derrick Favors, NJN (Georgia Tech)
-----PPG: 6.4 /MPG:18.7/GS:0/ FG%pg: .564 / BPG: 0.5 / RPG: 5.1
F Ed Davis, TOR (North Carolina)
-----PPG: 5.7 /MPG: 24.0 /GS: 2/ FG%pg: .493 / APG:4.4/RPG: 5.9/BPG: 1.0
C Greg Monore, DET (Georgetown)
-----PPG: 4.9 /MPG: 19.3 /GS: 3/ FG%pg: .440 / APG: 0.8 / RPG: 5.0

2nd Team:
G James Anderson, SAS (Oklahoma State)
-----PPG: 7.0 /MPG: 17.7 /GS: 0/ FG%pg: .418 / APG: 1.5 /3%pg: .500
G Gary Neal, SAS (Towson)
-----PPG: 8.4 /MPG: 18.1 /GS: 0 / FG%pg: .418 / FT%pg: .865 / 3%pg: .400
F Paul George, IND (Fresno State)
-----PPG: 5.2 /MPG: 15.3 /GS: 0/ FG%pg: .388/FTpg: .875 / RPG: 2.7/SPG:1.0
F Trevor Booker, WAS (Clemson)
-----PPG: 3.9 /MPG: 12.7 /GS: 2/ FG%pg: .512 / FTpg: .733 / RPG: 2.4
C Larry Sanders, MIL (VCU)
-----PPG: 3.9 /MPG: 14.3 /GS: 8/ FG%pg: .382 / BPG: 1.3 / RPG: 3.0

That was a LOT of work for something NOT that exciting, but at least now it's all here in one place for future reference. Moral of the story is: Rookies are usually terrible, keep your expectations low.

That's the bottom line.