NBA Rookie Rankings: Anthony Edwards continues impressive scoring, Malachi Flynn proves himself with Raptors

We're reaching the final month of the season and rookies are continuing to develop

We're nearing the final month of the regular season, and rookies we haven't heard much about earlier in the year are still getting some opportunities to shine. Whether that is because teams are dealing with injuries, or squads are waving the white flag and starting to play younger players, it's allowed some end-of-the-bench rookies to capitalize on the moment. As we get closer and closer to the postseason, we'll see first-year guys getting more playing time as teams gear up for the postseason and start to rest players for injury prevention.  Now moving on to this week's rookie rankings. These rankings will reflect a rookie's performance on a week-to-week basis only, not the collective season, so these aren't Rookie of the Year standings. With that straightened out, here is a look at the top rookies this week. Let's just take a moment to all appreciate how great of a response Anthony Edwards gave when asked about his thoughts on the new team owner of the Timberwolves, who just also happens to be very famous former MLB player Alex Rodriguez: