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2011-12 Rookies: Preseason top 10

After an unusually long preseason layoff, which new rookies will get off to best starts?

Originally Published: December 22, 2011

By David Thorpe | Scouts Inc.

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This is not a strong rookie class.

There, I wrote it. Now let's move on.

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Started coaching career in 1987

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