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Originally Posted by jthig32
A relatively easy counter point would be that there's a pretty well accepted thought out there that a lot of rookies hit a wall adjusting to such a longer schedule.
I've never seen any data to back it up but it certainly holds water logically.
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I would buy into the "rookie wall" justification for rookies logging heavy minutes. But James was only playing 11 minutes per game and also racking up a lot of DNPs too. I don't think the rookie wall should affect him nearly as much.