Then there are the players that just need time, and either during their rookie season or perhaps in the offseason after, the switch flips and they find that they're ready to ball. As you prepare for your fantasy basketball drafts,

Rutgers enters the season without six of last season’s top seven scorers. Among those departures are Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey, freshmen who were taken second and fifth, respectively, in this year’s NBA draft.

Though Harper’s effort against the Nets was the best of his young NBA career, he was good in his first two games as well. He scored 13 points in a victory at the New Orleans Pelicans two nights after outscoring top overall draft pick Cooper Flagg 15 to 10 on opening night.

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The San Antonio Spurs already had the last two NBA Rookie of the Year winners on their roster, and with Dylan Harper, it wouldn't be much of a surprise if they made it three in a row.