Didn't see this posted yet so here it goes. I was browsing through NBA.com and the rookies section of the site when I saw the nightly leaders for 12.10.02. YAO WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND!!! This is the second time I've noticed this. I believe the other time was the game against the spurs. Am I missing something here, because if not.............WTF?!!!!
Did you email nba.com? What was their reasoning? He does show up on the nightly leaderboard on the front page for rebounds.
Seems that their rookie stats is having some lag issue. It says from games in 12/10/2002. But they actually from 12/09/2002. Also the data in the stats leader table also lagging by one day.