After the All-Star weekend, the regular season games significantly gained attention, partly because the NFL season ended, and also because the NBA entered the stage of sprinting for playoff positions and competing for rankings.
During this time, the attention on young players significantly increased.
How have the rookies adapted by the second half of the regular season? What improvements have second and third-year players shown after a season and a half or two and a half seasons? Can they maintain their performance or play even better during the phase when strong teams start to exert their strength?
Although the NBA rookie contracts have no clear term limits, before the draft class of Big Dog, Kidd, and Grant Hill, the top picks generally signed 4-year rookie contracts. Most of the high picks from the '92 draft class are in their contract year, and how they perform in the last half of their contract year...
