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Lin and Asik are the two new faces in Houston to get excited about. They also look kinda funny next to each other.

Depth chart:

Relevant fantasy players and their projected draft round (PDR) and per-game stats:

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Delfino's been drilling a lot of threes lately. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Game watch:
4 games: BOS, CHA, CHI, CLE, DAL, HOU, IND, MIA, MIL, NJ, OKC, PHI, PHO, POR, SAC, SA, WAS
3 games: ATL, DEN, DET, GS, LAC, LAL, MEM, MIN, NO, ORL, TOR, UTA
2 games: NY

Waiver-wire watch:

• Jodie Meeks: he should be owned in your league; averaging 14.5 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.3 steals, three three-pointers made, 50 percent from the field and 93 percent from the charity stripe in March
• Jarrett Jack: his past two games have been solid, though he’s tough to rely on
• Chris Andersen: he’ll always chip in some blocks when he’s playing, but his 17/11/1/2/5 line on Friday was a doozy (continue reading…)

The ghost of Rip Hamilton is haunting the NBA again. (Flickr/Keith Allison)

Game watch:
4 games: ATL, BOS, CHI, CLE, GS, IND, MEM, NJ, NY, PHO, SAC, SA, TOR, UTA, WAS
3 games: CHA, DAL, DEN, DET, LAC, LAL, MIA, MIL, MIN, NO, OKC, ORL, PHI, POR
2 games: HOU

Waiver-wire watch:

• Richard Hamilton: averaging 15.7 points, 1.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.1 threes so far this month
• Tony Allen: thieving machine is putting up good all-around numbers too
• Jodie Meeks: averaging 14.5 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.3 steals and 2.8 threes in March (continue reading…)

John Wall went No. 1 in this year's draft, but does that mean he'll be the best rookie in fantasy leagues in 2010-11? (NBAE/Getty Images, Ned Dishman)

While projecting the fantasy values of rookies is always more of a crapshoot than a science, it doesn’t hurt to at least begin assessing their circumstances and potential to be valuable pieces that can bolster your fantasy squad.

With about 10 days’ worth of NBA Summer League games in the books, along with other offseason tidbits,  it’s time to update our rookie rankings. Also, let us know which of these young players will be the top fantasy rookie by voting in the poll below.

Here is a list of the top 10 fantasy rookies this season (yeah, that means Blake Griffin is included), ranked by their projected draft positions (PDP). (continue reading…)