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Rookie Watch: How to earn regular rotation minutes

By David Thorpe
ESPN.com

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Editor's note: Each week, David Thorpe will rank the rookies and provide his observations on the celebrated class of 2007-08. • Rookie 50: Ranking the league's newbies It's called "making two plays" and it's a recipe for success for young basketball players -- fight the natural inclination to relax even for a moment following a successful action and, instead, stay focused on making another immediate play. This past week, I saw a few rookies who get regular rotation minutes becaus ...

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