The 2024 NBA Draft class was undersold. The top of the draft didn’t feature as many star-caliber prospects as scouts are used to seeing. Nonetheless, it was a relatively deep talent pool. This is why multiple players selected outside of the lottery, including several second-round picks, have already broken into their team’s rotation. Amazingly, the Utah Jazz and Toronto Raptors have five rookies between them who are considered rotation players.<\/p>\n
For the Jazz, there was former USC point guard Isaiah Collier<\/a> and former Duke center Kyle Filipowski<\/a>. Utah selected them with the 29th and 32nd picks, respectively. For the Raptors, there was former Baylor wing Ja’Kobe Walter<\/a>, former San Francisco forward-center Jonathan Mogbo<\/a>, and former Houston point guard Jamal Shead<\/a>. Toronto drafted their trio with the 19th, 31st, and 45th picks, respectively.<\/p>\n Mogbo and Shead got off to the quickest starts. In fact, they were among the early frontrunners for Rookie of the Year. After that, Walter started to flash his potential.<\/p>\n Since then, Collier and Filipowski have stolen the show though.<\/p>\n Isaiah Collier is now only 69 assists away from breaking John Stockton\u2019s record of most assists in a single season by a rookie for the Utah Jazz.<\/p>\n There are 18 games left. Collier just needs to average 3.9 APG in the remaining games to break it. I think he is going to crush it.<\/p>\n \u2014 Art Cummings (@ArtTakesNote) March 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n