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Bird, rookie
YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
79-80 BOS 82 82 36.0 .474 .406 .836 2.60 7.80 10.40 4.5 1.74 .65 3.21 3.40 21.3

Magic, rookie
Year G Min. FGM FGA Pct. FTM FTA Pct. Off. Def. Tot. Ast. St. Blk. TO Pts. RPG APG PPG
79-80 77 2795 503 949 .530 374 462 .810 166 430 596 563 187 41 305 1387 7.7 7.3 18.0

Jordan, rookie
YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
84-85 CHI 82 82 38.3 .515 .173 .845 2.00 4.50 6.50 5.9 2.39 .84 3.55 3.50 28.2

Those guys started because they were ridiculously good players that were already experienced through college play. Saying 3 of the best players in history started as rookies isn't really relevant to all rookies. Nellie proved he'll play rookies if he thinks they are effective last season, i'm sure he'll do it again with Harris, but i don't expect him to start right away, i wouldn't be surprised if he did later in the season, but i wouldn't be surprised if he didn't either. Chances are, if Harris shoots a low percentage and turns the ball over alot, then he won't start many games, Marquis was different, he shot a high percentage (so rare for a rookie guard) and wasn't especially turnover prone.