When Alex Sarr became the No. 1 rookie in the latest edition, I had a whole new appreciation for how outrageous this rookie was.

The latest rookie list: Sarr is first, the previous No. 1, the Pelicans' rookie center Missey dropped to second, the Grizzlies' two rookies, Wells and Zach Edie, are third and fourth, and the Spurs rookie Castle, who was once No. 1, is now fifth.

Some of the players who followed, the champion Risachet was sixth; Magic's Da Silva was seventh; Carrington, the Wizards' No. 14 pick, is eighth; The Suns' No. 28 pick, Dunn, was ninth; The Lakers' Kneckert has picked up a little during this period and is in tenth place.

Sal is the eye of the list, and probably hasn't been favored much since he was selected. He became the No. 1 rookie after half a season, and he was really a general among the shorties. So far this season, Sarr has averaged 11.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.56 blocks per game, and the basic data is reasonable.

But in terms of efficiency, it's just too bad. As a center, he shot 40.3 percent from the field and 31 percent from three-point range. The three-point shooting percentage is still on the premise of shooting well during this time, and his three-point shooting percentage has been below 25% before.

It's worth mentioning that just the day before the rookie list came out, Sarr had just made 1-of-12 from the field and 0-of-5 from three-point range in a game. So I can't believe that Sal is number one. Just today, Sarr was 4-of-14 from the field and 1-of-4 from three-point range. After making a 3-of-6 three-point shot the other day, he went 1-of-9 from three-point range in the next two games.

Sarr's selling point has always been defence, but at the moment it seems that he is okay with the rim. His confrontation was too poor, and his lateral speed was not as good as expected, so the offense was not mentioned. But that's the top of this rookie.

Missy, who is ranked second, is actually a blue-collar center. In today's win against the 76ers, Missey scored 9 points, 7 rebounds and 4 blocks on 4-of-7 shooting, but also had 4 turnovers. In the two games before today, Missy only scored 2 points, and the drop in the ranking is understandable.

Wells and Zach Edie have undoubtedly been the Grizzlies' takeaways this season, with both rookies being the team's immediate strengths. In particular, the second-round pick Wells became the biggest leak of this rookie.

He hit a season-high 30 points on 11-of-16 shooting from the field against the Kings and 17 points and 11 rebounds against the Mavericks. But overall, Wells' performance has fluctuated too much, and the overall efficiency is still not good.

Zach Edie, as a template for Yao Ming's player, has struggled to shake off his label as a bulky center, but his size and athleticism are here, and he is vulnerable to being targeted defensively, so his playing time is compressed as he enters 2025. In yesterday's loss to the Rockets, he only took one shot in 18 minutes, still from beyond the three-point line.

Spurs' Castle was once the best prospect of this rookie class, and he was the first rookie at one point this season. But after that, I don't know if Castle's mentality has changed and he has started to become frizzy.

Engagement on the defensive end has been declining, and swinging shots on the offensive end have started to increase. So the playing time has also dropped significantly, and the previous stable starting position is gone. Young people still have to calm down and start with defense.

I didn't expect that so far in the season, the top star Risachet's three-point shooting rate of 28.5% is even lower than Sarr. As a forward who eats off shooting, his three-point shooting percentage has never been improved, and he has very few outbursts in one or two games, and his average points per game are around 10 points.

It's fair to say that I've never been optimistic about Risachet becoming the core of the team, but I didn't expect Risachet to shoot even 30% from three-point range now. This rookie wall is too thick for him.

After talking about the champions, I naturally have to talk about Shepard. I've always felt that it was wrong for the Rockets to drag Shepard and not let him go to the development league. He is obviously not at the level of playing in the NBA, and the Rockets have been giving him about 10 minutes of playing time before, which is not exactly DNP.

But Shepard was beaten when he went up, his confidence on the offensive end was completely gone, and the defensive end was a natural colander. His 27.9% three-point shooting rate is even lower than that of Lisachet, who would have thought that this guy would have played so far, and the highest three-point shooting percentage would be Sarr.

But in the first game of the Development League, Shepard went crazy. He was 17-of-33 from the field and 8-of-19 from three-point range, scoring 49 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 4 turnovers, including Shepard scoring 27 points in the final quarter. In this game, his self-confidence was completely back, and having unlimited firing rights is different.

In the second game, Shepard returned to normal, scoring 19 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, and 4 of 11 three-pointers. Shepard is actually in a dangerous situation right now, and the Rockets don't have the soil for him to grow up to the fullest, and if he is not careful, he will become the next rookie like Wiseman.

The Lakers' Knecht has certainly been a surprise this season, having had one of the craziest single-game performances of the rookie (37 points on 9-of-12 three-point shooting). But since December, his rookie wall has also been erected, and he shot 17.5 percent from three-point range throughout December. So far in January, he's shooting just 26.3 percent from three-point range.

The Suns' Dunn must have been a surprise, and now they're all in the starting lineup. But his three-point shooting has been similarly dismal since December, and his three-point shooting percentage has dropped to 30 percent so far this season. Among the 3D attributes, D is qualified, but the 3 attribute is getting weaker and weaker.

Other rookies, even more so have nothing to say, either they don't have much playing time, or they have plenty of playing time but are too inefficient, such as Carrington and George of the Wizards. One thing I found this class of rookies to have in common was that they all had poor baskets, and even rookies who ate on shooting were very inconsistent.

Of course, if it weren't for the season reimbursement of McCain, the best rookie should have been in no suspense. McCain seized the opportunity to soar, and after becoming famous, he played a good performance, and he had already secured the position of the rookie boss.

It's a pity that the rookies of the 76ers seem to have to be reimbursed for the season to fit the corporate culture of this team.