11.   The entire season has been a classroom for the talented rookie.

12.   The Nets are impatiently waiting for their turn to win, waiting with a talented rookie of their own.

13.   The wait is not easy for these two flailing franchises, which are ready to hook onto talented rookies to pull them from despair.

14.   They are teeming with talented rookies after their smartest draft in years, and the innocents are pledging to stay together and build a contender.

15.   Martinek, a talented rookie, will have his torn anterior cruciate ligament repaired and is out the remainder of the season.