Being a rookie in the NBA is a process, and everybody’s is different. Andrew Wiggins will have some great games and a few bad ones along the way as he stars for the Timberwolves.
Others are different. The Miami Heat selected former UConn All American Shabazz Napier in the first round of last summers NBA draft.
Napier has to learn how to play point guard in the NBA, and he’s going to do it in the NBA Development League.
The Heat have assigned Hassan Whiteside & Shabazz Napier to the D-League team in Sioux Falls
— Ethan J. Skolnick (@EthanJSkolnick) December 13, 2014
Napier has appeared in 23 games with the Heat this season averaging 5.7 points, 2.2 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 21.4 minutes while shooting 42.9 percent from the field.