As the NBA season heads into overtime in 2009, there are many young rookies who show that they promising young players. Often rookie seasons can make or break the career of an NBA star: fumble out of the gate and your minutes get cut and you get buried on the bench and cut. It adds up to a lot of pressure just as a rookie is already dealing with the increased speed and size of pro ball. In 2009 promising young players from every position answered the call and should have excellent careers from here on out.

The best young basketball player in the league also just won the Rookie of the Year honors going away. The Chicago Bulls are in the playoffs for one reason: Derrick Rose. Rose, the 20-year-old from Memphis College. During his first regular season, the Chicago native managed 16 points and 6.3 assists per game. The Bulls may finally have someone to help them forget the glory years when Michael Jordan owned the league and guided the Bulls to six championships. He is quick, has a solid jump shot and looks to pass the ball and is the class of all 2009 basketball players.

That does not mean that the other rookies did not have an impact. The best rookie center in the league, Brook Lopez from Stanford, turned in an impressive first year with 13 points and 8 boards per game. That did not bring the lowly Nets into the glory land but it should help them build around their young guards and by the time they are Brooklyn, look out. Lopez’s college opponent, Kevin Love from UCLA, was the top rookie power forward in the game. Relegated to Minnesota’s cold and empty gym not many people witnessed Love’s impressive season as he put up 12 points and 11 boards per game. Both Love and Lopez were born and grew up outside of Los Angeles, CA.

Eric Gordon of the Los Angeles Clippers is easily one of the most promising young player in the NBA. The shooting guard out of Indiana is only 20 years old and already averaged 16 points and 2 assists per game. He’s a little bit small but there’s no doubt that he can ball with the best of them…now about that team he is stuck on. Michael Beasley of the Miami Heat is listed as a power forward but also plays at the small forward position, which is probably more suited to his outside shooting game versus crawling the glass. He’s only 20 years old as well but is one of the 2009 promising youg players to watch next season. He put up nearly 14 points per game but was nearly nonexistent on the boards with two rebounds per game.

The last of the 2009 promising young players to watch in the league is O.J. Mayo. Mayo grew up in LA and missed going straight to the NBA by one year so he played in his native Los Angeles for one year with a good season at USC. He was drafted by Memphis who relied on all he had talent wise to try and compete. He was uneven but he will be a scorer in this league, where he averaged 18 points per game to go with three assists.

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