All-time rookie team

[Marchesk]

This is just based on what they did their rookie seasons.

Starters:
PG Oscar (30/10.1/9.7 on 47.3%)
SG Jordan (28.2/6.5/5.9 on 51.5% with 2.4 steals)
SF Dr J (27.3/15.7/4 on 49.8%. playoffs: 33.3/20.4/6.5)
PF Duncan (21.1/11.9/2.5 blocks, +36 wins)
C Wilt (scoring and rebounding records, MVP)

Bench:
PG Magic (championship)
SG Monroe (24.3/5.7/4.3)
SF Bird (+32 wins)
PF Unseld (+21 wins, MVP)
C Kareem (28.8/14.5/4.1 on 51.8%)

D League:
PG Iverson
SG Richmond
SF Baylor
PF Pettit
CBellamy Shaq

[SugarHill]

You have to have Shaq in there somewhere

[dubeta]

This is just based on what they did their rookie seasons.

Starters:
PG Oscar (30/10.1/9.7 on 47.3%)
SG Jordan (28.2/6.5/5.9 on 51.5% with 2.4 steals)
SF Dr J (27.3/15.7/4 on 49.8%. playoffs: 33.3/20.4/6.5)
PF Duncan (21.1/11.9/2.5 blocks, +36 wins)
C Wilt (scoring and rebounding records, MVP)

Bench:
PG Magic (championship)
SG Monroe (24.3/5.7/4.3)
SF Bird (+32 wins)
PF Unseld (+21 wins, MVP)
C Kareem (28.8/14.5/4.1 on 51.8%)

D League:
PG Iverson
SG Richmond
SF Baylor
PF Pettit
C Bellamy

If you do it by age LeBron at the same age as any of the people above was better than them

[Marchesk]

You have to have Shaq in there somewhere

Maybe. You could replace Bellamy with him, but he wasn't better than Kareem or Wilt his rookie year. Center is very competitive. There have been a lot of strong rookie seasons by bigs.

If you don't go by position, then you could move Shaq to second team. I don't know why Unseld won MVP his rookie season.

[Sportal]

People would freak out if there was a rookie that did that these days.. That would be exciting..

[FKAri]

People would freak out if there was a rookie that did that these days.. That would be exciting..

Guys also enter the league now at a younger age.

[plowking]

Shaq was better than Kareem his rookie season, IMO at least. A lot easier to score back in the day.

[ShawkFactory]

Replace Doc with Bird.

He wasn't true rookie..

[Odinn]

PG- Big O or Magic
SG- Jordan (no contest)
SF- Bird (no contest)
PF- Duncan (no contest)
C- Kareem or Shaq or Wilt