Report Card: A Look At The NBA’s Rookie Class From UCLA
ED O’BANNON
New Jersey Nets
Games: 45
Field goals: 101-280 (36.1%)
Free throws: 46-58 (79.3%)
3-point field goals: 5-43 (11.6%)
Points per game: 6.0 (High game: 19)
Rebounds: 2.8
Assists: 1.0
Ninth pick in the draft has been a disappointment (take a look at that three-point shooting). His season can be summed up this way: His biggest ovation came when he returned to Los Angeles for a game against the Lakers. But he wasn’t in the lineup, he was in street clothes on the bench because of an injury.
TYUS EDNEY
Sacramento Kings
Games: 52
Field goals: 205-491 (41.8%)
Free throws: 119-155 (76.8%)
3-point field goals: 32-83 (38.6%)
Points per game: 10.8 (High game: 20)
Rebounds: 2.6
Assists: 6.4
Edney is 16th in the league in assists and has gone from point guard of one of the most surprising teams in the league to point guard for one of the coldest. Unfortunately, it’s the same team.
GEORGE ZIDEK
Charlotte Hornets
Games: 50
Field goals: 80-195 (41.0%)
Free throws: 56-73 (76.7%)
3-point field goals: 0-0
Points per game: 4.3 (High game: 21)
Rebounds: 2.9
Assists: 0.2
Started big--his 21-point performance was in the second game of the season--and has seen his points and minutes slowly decrease.
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