My vote would go to Blake Griffin. IMO he'll have the best rookie season. On serious note, it's sad that out of all of the players mentioned in this thread, Francis has had the shortest career.
Has to be Blake. He is in a great position to be used as much as He could. Experience would be his guide and the kid would only get better as game after game passes by. Barring injuries, He is a shoo in for ROTY.
Blake will probably have the best career out of the rookies, but James Harden is going to set the pace for this years rookie class.
Harden just reminds me of a Battier like guy. He does the small things for you, and he's a dynamite player, but he will be overlooked because his game lacks that pizzazz. I'm still pickin' my boy Chase to turn some heads. He'll finish #3 in ROY standings. Book it.
Pretty cool to bring back the occasional thread from the early days, though it could get old very quickly.
LOL at these necro-bump threads. we're seeing quite a few of these recently. Guess there's nothing better to do than bumping decade-old threads.