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          Rookie rankings: Early top 20

          • David Thorpe, ESPN Staff WriterNov 14, 2014, 12:00 AM ET
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            • NBA Analyst for ESPN.com
            • Executive director of Pro Training Center
            • Started coaching career in 1987
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          This class is heralded, and rightfully so, but the NBA is not the best league in the world because of sheer marketing power. Year after year we see guys who dominated college basketball struggle in their first taste of the NBA.