I'm back and I get into some of the rookie talk

I’m back. I’ve been gone for a while but now I am back and ready to post frequently again.

The NBA season might be shorter this year because of the lockout but the time we have should be enjoyed. So without further ado, let’s get into 2012 talk.

The Rookies

Kyrie Irving and Tristan Thompson teaming up in Cleveland. Jimmer Freddette joining Tyreke Evans. Derrick Williams headed to the “The Land of 10,000 Lakes.” I have so much to talk about.

1.Who Will win Rookie of the Year?

So Many players could be chosen for this, so I’m just going to go through a few of my candidates.

Kyrie Irving, Cleveland Cavaliers:11 games played in college and he managed to go first. How? He looked great and his foot injury looked to be a thing of the past, so Cleveland took the risk of drafting him first.

Why am I talking about that though? Kyrie is not going to be LeBron or Derrick Rose, he’s going to be Kyrie. He can be a leader for the Cavaliers but he is only a rookie so no one should be expecting a playoff appearance by the Cavs next year.

Kyrie can play kind of like John Wall but John Wall didn’t win the rookie of the year, Kyrie might not win it either. But no matter what happens next year, I expect Kyrie to play good basketball.

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Derrick Williams, Minnesota Timberwolves:Derrick Williams may have been the least likely to fail in the NBA out of everybody in this year’s class. He can play power forward and small forward. He can rebound, play defense and shoot threes. But can he win the rookie of the year?

Derrick Williams could become an Antwan Jamison because he can shoot threes and play inside but he is more athletic and aggressive than Jamison. Jeff Green is another player who I might compare him to.

Derrick Williams is defiantly able to win, and with a worse draft class this year and all the questions about the rookies, I think he probably will.

Brandon Knight, Detroit Pistons:I think Knight could become one of the, if not the best player in this draft. Maybe it’s because I was seeing what he was doing in high school, the way he dominated games and was crowned the best high school player as a junior!

Knight could work on his game a little, but looking at a whole career, I think Brandon could be forged into a better player than Kyrie and Derrick, as for Rookie of the Year, that all depends on how he works in Detroit.

Last season Detroit SUCKED. There is no nicer way to put it. The Pistons are in a re-building process and Brandon Knight dropping to eight was a steal. Now they should work him into their system, but with a lockout, I don’t see Brandon turning into a player like John Wall or Tyreke Evans as a rookie. Give him a year or two first.

2.Who Will have the best career?

As I said I think Brandon Knight could become the best player in this draft, keyword, COULD. He was the best high school player, but how will that pan out into the NBA?

Brandon could become the star of Detroit, he could bring the Pistons back and he

Does he look unhappy to you? Does this mean he's going to leave Detroit when he gets the chance?

could make a few all-star appearances. Note, I said could three times in that sentence, because we don’t know what will happen with him.

I think by the end of his career we will look back on his career and think he was a lot like Tyreke Evans, just, not as good (and I think Tyreke will be one of the best players in the league in ten years).

Derrick Williams is my pick here, I expect him to play like Antwan Jamison or maybe Jeff Green as his career goes on. I don’t see him as becoming a Hall of Famer but he could become the star of a franchise like Minnesota, or the two or three in a championship team.

Would trading Pau Gasol or Andrew Bynum be worth the risk of takning Derrick Williams? I guess that depends on who the GM making the trade would be. If I were in Mitch Kupchak’s (general manager of the L.A. Lakers) shoes I would say my farewell to Bynum or Gasol for Williams, but I would see if I could get another piece in that trade.

In ten years I see us looking at all these players and saying “so far, Derrick Williams is the best player from that draft,” but it might not be that easy. With other players such as Kemba Walker, Tristan Thompson and Enes Kanter competing, I think it is next to impossible to guess this stuff.