Phoenix Suns
Through the first week of NBA pre-season, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better rookie out there than Deandre Ayton, who has absolutely wrecked havoc in the three exhibition games he’s taken part in for the Phoenix Suns.
So far in pre-season, Ayton is averaging 21 points, 13 rebounds and three blocks per game on 60 percent shooting from the field. If Ayton carries this type of production into the regular season, he’s going to run away with the NBA’s Rookie of the Year award.
It should be noted that we should cool on Ayton, considering that he’s doing all this in exhibition games and not real ones…yet. However, it’s pretty clear that he’s the biggest breakout candidate for the Suns this season.