[外絮] KIA Rookie Ladder

https://www.nba.com/news/kia-rookie-ladder-oct-29-2025

Steve Aschburner

(All stats through Tuesday, Oct. 28)

RANK | PLAYER | TEAM/PICKS | Stats |
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1 | VJ Edgecombe | PHI / 3 | 22.3 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 5.5 apg |
2 | Cedric Coward | MEM / 11 | 16.5 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 2.3 apg |
3 | Dylan Harper | SAS / 2 | 14.8 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 4.8 apg |
4 | Cooper Flagg | DAL / 1 | 13.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 2.5 apg |
5 | Tre Johnson | WAS / 6 | 14.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 2.0 apg |
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6 | Kon Knueppel | CHA / 4 | 16.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 2.0 apg |
7 | Jeremiah Fears | NOP / 7 | 10.7 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 1.7 apg |
8 | Derik Queen | NOP / 13 | 10.0 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 1.0 bpg |
9 | Collin Murray-Boyles | TOR / 9 | 9.5 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 1.5 spg |
10 | Ryan Kalkbrenner | CHA / 34 | 9.5 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 1.0 bpg |

Dallas' Cooper Flagg hasn't done anything to dim his prospects of earning theKia Rookie of the Year award by season's end.

旗子目前在爭奪 ROY 的競爭中表現穩定，沒有讓自己的聲勢下降。

But a handful of his Class of 2025 draft mates have started strongly enough to brighten their own chances of vying for the Wilt Chamberlain Trophy, awardedannually by the NBA to the league's top newcomer.

然而本屆新秀中亦有數位球員在賽季初便展現強勢，讓他們在爭奪 ROY 外增添不少希望。

Flagg is the best known of the rookies, owing to his root from Newport, Maine, and his journey through a season at Duke and arrival as the consensus No. 1
pick. The Dallas Mavericks' drama, sparked by trading franchise face Luka
Doncic, angering fans and presumably putting GM Nico Harrison on the hot seat, only heighten the anticipation and attention heaped on Flagg when the lotteryballs came up in the Mavs' favor.

Flagg 是本屆最著名的球員，來自緬因州紐波特鎮，在杜克大學打了一個賽季後，以狀元的身份加入獨行俠。球隊在交易走招牌球星 Luka Doncic 後引發爭議，令球迷憤怒，總經理 Nico Harrison 也陷入壓力漩渦。當他們抽中狀元籤時，全城對 Flagg 的關注與期待也達到高點。

But lower profiles last season don't necessarily carry over to this one for an intriguing group of fresh talent. And this week's debut Kia Rookie Ladder
verifies that, with Flagg no higher than No. 4 in a nod to the opening weeks
turned in by his rivals.

但上賽季知名度較低的新秀並不代表無法嶄露頭角。本週出爐的 Rookie Ladder，Flagg僅排在第4，反映出其他新秀的驚艷開局。

Compared to the past two rookie crops, the NBA and Ladder watchers might havethe best of both worlds now. Two years ago, Victor Wembanyama arrived as a
generational talent and wound up as the runaway Kia Rookie of the Year winner. Last season, his Spurs teammate, Stephon Castle, emerged late from a Class of 2024 that didn't bring a lot of sizzle with them.

和過去兩屆相比，NBA 及關注 Rookie Ladder 的球迷似乎迎來雙贏的局面。兩年前，
Victor Wembanyama 作為世代的天才橫空出世，最終奪下 ROY。去年，同為馬刺的
Stephon 亦在星光黯淡的 2024 屆脫穎而出。

Now we're seeing a deep crop of viable ROY contenders, who might push and
inspire each other in competition to even greater accomplishments. Flagg still ranks as the likely victor, but a few more weeks of pleasant surprises on the rookie front will be all it takes to have Las Vegas oddsmakers and assorted
pundits updating their picks.

如今的 2025 屆新秀人才濟濟，彼此間的競爭或許將激勵更多突破表現。目前 Flagg 仍是大熱門，但若接下來的幾週有更多新秀持續驚艷，賭城的賠率與專家們的預測也將隨之更新。

Weekly Recap 本週回顧

- Edgecombe's spirited start in Philadelphia owns much to the court time he'sgetting. He's a runaway leader in rookies minutes, averging 40 in the Sixer'sfirst four games. He has outscored his classmates in raw points, too, but notequalized to a more sustainable workload. On a 36-minutes basis, Edgecombe isaverging 19.9, which ranks third among new guys who have played more than 30
total minutes thus far. Memphis' Cedric Coward would be the rookies' scroing
leader at 25.5 points per 36 minutes.

VJ 在七六人的亮眼開局，很大程度來自於大量的上場時間。他目前在新秀中位居榜首，場均打了 40 分鐘，累積得分也領先群雄。不過若以 per 36 分鐘來算的話，他的場均得分為 19.9 分，排在所有上場時間超過 30 分鐘的新秀的第 3。灰熊的 Cedric Coward
以 25.5 分領跑。

- Seven of the Top 10 picks in June hold rungs on this week's Ladder. That's a reversal from last season's debut Ladder, when only three of the Top 10
appeared. Those currently absent: No. 5 Ace Bailey, No. 8 Egor Demin and No.
10 Khaman Maluach. Two more lottery picks - No. 12 Noa Essengue and No. 14
Carter Bryant - still are seeking Ladder love, too.

前 10 順位有 7 人進入本週 Ladder 前十，與去年的 3 位形成強烈對比。未上榜的有第 5 順位的 Ace Bailey、第 8 順位的 Egor Demin 與第 10 順位的 Khaman Maluach。其他樂透順位如第 12 順位的 Noa Essengue 與第 14 順位的 Carter Bryant 亦未上榜。

Storyline to Watch 值得關注

Ace Bailey's ascendance. We assume this will happen for the No. 5 pick out ofRutgers. Bailey is off to a slow start, bothered by tendinitis in his knees
and more recently by sharky shooting (3-of-19 so far, including 1-of-12 inside the arc). Fortunately for him and the Jazz, another Utah rookie, guard Walter Clayton Jr., has played well enough to draw the spotlight off Bailey, much as Isaiah Collier and Kyle Filipowski did last seson for No. 10 pick Cody
Williams.

Ace Bailey 的起飛仍備受期待。這位來自羅格斯大學的第 5 順位開季受膝蓋肌腱炎與手感不佳影響（FG 3/19、禁區內 1/12）。幸運的是，爵士的另一位新秀後衛 Walter
Clayton Jr. 表現出色，暫時吸引了外界的注意，讓 Bailey 得以低調調整自身，就像去年 Cody Williams 初期被 Isaiah Collier 與 Kyle Filipowski 掩蓋光芒一樣。

這屆真扯吶 前8名得分都上雙 大家比較看好誰呢

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