Are rookies getting better on defense?

Or was the 2024 class just unusually good on that end?

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I’m keeping this post unlocked because it’s going to be pretty short, and because it’s mostly just based on my looking up some numbers after a conversation I had in Slack.

A friend (Action Network’s Matt Moore) posited that it felt like NBA rookies had been able to more easily make the transition from college (or overseas)…