Unveiling the NBA Rookies Shocking Everyone with Their Unexpected Dominance This Season
5. Javon Small, Memphis (+0.68)
You have to really feel for the Grizzlies. They do such a great job of evaluating talent and drafting the right guys, but those players just never seem to stay healthy.
Small was selected in the back half of the second round (48th overall). Historically, those players post a -1.1 DRIP in their rookie campaign. Small isn’t a positive, but his -0.42 DRIP is good for the fifth-best difference on our list.
In a world in which smaller guards are going out of style faster than box office comedies (see his own teammate, Ja Morant), the 6-foot-3, 190-pound Small is finding a way to make a big impact.

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