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Rookie Watch: Best of 22

Updated: March 14, 2013, 12:23 PM ET
By David Thorpe | Scouts Inc.

We've ranked the teen rooks, the 20-year-old rooks and the 21-year-old rooks. Now it's time for the 22-year-olds.

This is the first age where we see some guys who played four years of college. In many cases, that is not a great sign for long-term potential. Not because they are too old to get better, as is often cited, but because most players with strong NBA potential enter the draft before they turn 22.

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