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• Rook Check: Eric Gordon is Not Your Average Gordon
• By Nate Jones 1/14/2009 2:50 AM ET
• The Los Angeles Clippers are having another one of their horrendous seasons. The annual ills of injuries and poor roster management have once again caused the Clips to fall to the NBA cellar. ... More »
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• Rook Check: Michael Beasley Adjusts Quickly to Coming Off the Bench
• By Brett Pollakoff 12/01/2008 1:30 PM ET
• Rook Check takes a look at the progress of NBA Rookies throughout the season. Normally we like to wait a little bit between filing Rook Check reports on a single player, but the situation with Michael ...
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• Rook Check: Recognizing O.J. Mayo's Successful First Month in the NBA
• By Nate Jones 11/30/2008 5:00 PM ET
• Rook Check takes a look at the progress of NBA Rookies throughout the season. Most of the talk about this year's rookie class has been reserved for Bulls sensation Derrick Rose. This isn't much of a ... More »
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• Rook Check: Michael Beasley Goes From Starter to Scoreless
• By Brett Pollakoff 11/29/2008 12:28 PM ET
• Rook Check takes a look at the progress of NBA Rookies throughout the season. Heat rookie Michael Beasley was the second overall pick in this year's draft, and with that lofty pick comes some lofty ... More »
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• Rook Check: Anthony Morrow Lights Up the Clippers for 37 and 11
• By Brett Pollakoff 11/16/2008 7:52 PM ET
• Rook Check takes a look at the progress of NBA Rookies throughout the season. The story going into yesterday's game between the Clippers and the Warriors was obviously the fact that it was Baron ...
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• Rook Check: The Night O.J. Mayo Went Nuts for a Half
• By Matt Moore 11/10/2008 10:30 AM ET
• Rook Check takes a look at the progress of NBA Rookies throughout the season. O.J. Mayo is close to walking on the sun at this point. His professional career is seven games old, and he's rapidly ... More »
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• Rook Check: Westbrook Making His Mark
• By Nate Jones 11/03/2008 11:34 PM ET
• Rook Check takes a look at the progress of NBA Rookies throughout the season. Russell Westbrook is quickly becoming one of my favorite NBA Rookies. Sunday night he helped the Oklahoma City Thunder ... More »
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• Rook Check: Love, Thompson Rock Out in Minny
• By Tom Ziller 10/30/2008 3:55 PM ET
• Rook Check takes a look at the progress of NBA Rookies throughout the season. The nation held its breath as two exciting young teams met in Minneapolis last night. ... Wait, what? No one watched the ...
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• Rook Check: Mario Chalmers and Darrell Arthur Impress While Beasley Flames Out in Debut
• By Matt Moore 10/30/2008 10:44 AM ET
• Rook Check takes a look at the progress of NBA Rookies throughout the season. Mario Chalmers, Darrell Arthur, and (later) Michael Beasley attracted a lot of negative attention over the summer over ... More »
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• Rook Check: Derrick Rose Under Control
• By Nate Jones 10/29/2008 6:07 PM ET
• Rook Check takes a look at the progress of NBA Rookies throughout the season. Last night, number one overall pick Derrick Rose made his NBA debut. Rose's numbers -- 11 points, 9 assists, 4 rebounds, ... More »
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