The 2022-23 season is through the much-anticipated Christmas Day slate of games as the NBA schedule progresses toward the start of a new year.
The rookie class looks to be rounding into form with several first-year players performing at a high level. The latest group of standouts includes several high picks along with others drafted down the board emerging.
To make sense of it all, we looked at the best recent performances of these first-year players and ranked them in the latest edition of the Rookie Wire Power Rankings. The rankings are not for Rookie of the Year purposes but, rather, to illustrate the best players week to week.