most steals by a rookie past the year 2000

Metta Sandiford-Artest got the most steals by a rookie in 1999-00, with 119 steals.

	NAME	STL	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	119	1999-00	CHI	72	31.1	12.0	4.3	2.8	1.7	0.5	4.3	10.5	40.7	0.8	2.7	31.4	2.6	3.9	67.4	49.1	0.9	3.4	2.3	2,238	866	308	202	39	166	159	-340
2	Steve Francis S. Francis	118	1999-00	HOU	77	36.1	18.0	5.3	6.6	1.5	0.4	6.5	14.5	44.5	1.4	4.0	34.5	3.7	4.7	78.6	54.3	2.0	3.3	4.0	2,776	1,388	409	507	29	306	231	-158
3	Adrian Griffin A. Griffin	116	1999-00	BOS	72	26.8	6.7	5.2	2.5	1.6	0.2	2.4	5.7	42.4	0.2	0.8	28.1	1.7	2.2	75.3	50.3	1.8	3.4	1.3	1,927	485	372	177	15	93	222	-30
4	James Posey J. Posey	98	1999-00	DEN	81	25.3	8.2	3.9	1.8	1.2	0.4	2.8	6.6	42.9	1.0	2.7	37.3	1.5	1.9	80.0	55.0	1.0	2.9	1.2	2,052	662	317	146	33	95	207	-70
5	Baron Davis B. Davis	97	1999-00	CHA	82	18.6	5.9	2.0	3.8	1.2	0.2	2.2	5.3	42.0	0.3	1.4	22.5	1.2	1.9	63.4	48.6	0.6	1.4	1.7	1,523	486	165	309	19	140	201	+54
6	Anthony Carter A. Carter	93	1999-00	MIA	79	23.5	6.3	2.5	4.8	1.2	0.1	2.5	6.4	39.5	0.0	0.3	13.0	1.2	1.6	75.0	44.2	0.6	1.9	2.2	1,859	498	199	378	5	173	167	+22
7	Vonteego Cummings V. Cummings	91	1999-00	GSW	75	23.9	9.4	2.5	3.3	1.2	0.2	3.5	8.7	40.5	0.7	2.0	32.5	1.7	2.3	75.1	48.4	0.8	1.7	1.8	1,793	706	184	247	13	132	174	-272
8	Lamar Odom L. Odom	91	1999-00	LAC	76	36.4	16.6	7.8	4.2	1.2	1.3	5.9	13.5	43.8	0.8	2.2	36.0	4.0	5.5	71.9	52.1	2.1	5.7	3.4	2,767	1,259	595	317	95	258	291	-451
9	Jason Terry J. Terry	90	1999-00	ATL	81	23.3	8.1	2.0	4.3	1.1	0.1	3.1	7.4	41.5	0.6	1.9	29.3	1.4	1.7	80.7	49.7	0.3	1.8	1.9	1,888	657	166	346	10	156	133	-259
10	Andre Miller A. Miller	84	1999-00	CLE	82	25.5	11.1	3.4	5.8	1.0	0.2	4.1	9.2	44.9	0.1	0.6	20.4	2.8	3.6	77.4	51.7	1.0	2.4	2.0	2,093	914	280	476	17	166	194	-107
11	Elton Brand E. Brand	66	1999-00	CHI	81	37.0	20.1	10.0	1.9	0.8	1.6	7.8	16.1	48.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5	6.6	68.5	52.8	4.3	5.7	2.8	2,999	1,627	810	155	132	228	259	-647
12	Wally Szczerbiak W. Szczerbiak	58	1999-00	MIN	73	29.7	11.6	3.7	2.8	0.8	0.3	4.7	9.2	51.1	0.4	1.1	35.9	1.8	2.2	82.6	57.1	1.2	2.5	1.1	2,171	845	272	201	23	83	175	+195
13	Kenny Thomas K. Thomas	54	1999-00	HOU	72	25.0	8.3	6.1	1.6	0.8	0.3	2.9	7.4	39.9	0.4	1.7	26.2	1.9	2.9	66.0	47.7	2.0	4.0	1.6	1,797	594	437	113	22	112	167	+52
14	Chucky Atkins C. Atkins	52	1999-00	ORL	82	19.8	9.5	1.5	3.7	0.6	0.0	3.8	9.0	42.4	0.7	2.0	35.0	1.2	1.6	72.9	48.9	0.2	1.3	1.7	1,626	782	126	306	3	142	137	-6
15	Eddie Robinson E. Robinson	48	1999-00	CHA	67	16.6	7.0	2.7	0.5	0.7	0.4	3.2	5.8	54.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.7	1.0	73.4	56.9	0.8	1.9	0.6	1,112	471	184	32	25	39	67	+125
16	Ryan Bowen R. Bowen	39	1999-00	DEN	52	11.3	2.5	2.2	0.4	0.8	0.3	0.9	2.3	39.3	0.0	0.2	11.1	0.7	1.0	71.7	46.7	1.4	0.8	0.3	589	131	114	20	13	14	95	-27
17	Greg Buckner G. Buckner	38	1999-00	DAL	48	19.2	5.7	3.6	1.1	0.8	0.4	2.3	4.9	47.6	0.2	0.5	38.5	0.9	1.3	68.3	52.7	1.2	2.5	0.8	923	275	174	55	20	36	148	+12
18	Shawn Marion S. Marion	38	1999-00	PHX	51	24.7	10.2	6.5	1.4	0.7	1.0	4.4	9.2	47.1	0.1	0.4	18.2	1.4	1.7	84.7	51.1	2.1	4.5	1.0	1,260	520	332	69	53	51	113	+118
19	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	28	1999-00	WAS	71	19.3	9.0	1.8	1.5	0.4	0.1	3.6	8.5	42.0	0.4	1.1	36.4	1.5	1.9	77.4	48.2	0.5	1.3	1.2	1,373	639	129	108	6	84	142	-100
20	Michael Ruffin M. Ruffin	26	1999-00	CHI	71	13.7	2.2	3.5	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.8	1.9	42.0	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.2	48.9	45.0	1.6	1.9	0.8	975	159	250	44	26	59	170	-159
21	Quincy Lewis Q. Lewis	24	1999-00	UTA	74	12.1	3.8	1.5	0.5	0.3	0.2	1.5	4.0	37.2	0.3	0.9	36.5	0.5	0.7	73.1	44.1	0.6	0.9	0.6	896	283	113	40	15	46	158	-79
22	Corey Maggette C. Maggette	24	1999-00	ORL	77	17.8	8.4	3.9	0.8	0.3	0.3	2.9	6.1	47.8	0.0	0.1	18.2	2.5	3.4	75.1	55.3	1.6	2.3	1.8	1,370	646	303	61	26	138	169	-55
23	Dedric Willoughby D. Willoughby	23	1999-00	CHI	25	20.3	7.6	2.0	2.6	0.9	0.1	2.4	7.2	34.1	1.2	3.9	29.6	1.6	2.0	76.5	47.2	0.4	1.6	1.5	508	190	51	66	2	37	32	-41
24	Milt Palacio M. Palacio	20	1999-00	VAN	53	7.4	2.0	1.0	0.9	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.8	43.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.7	59.5	47.3	0.3	0.6	0.8	394	108	51	48	0	44	32	-44
25	Dion Glover D. Glover	15	1999-00	ATL	30	14.9	6.5	1.3	0.9	0.5	0.1	2.2	5.7	38.6	0.4	1.5	26.7	1.7	2.3	72.9	48.3	0.5	0.8	0.9	446	195	38	27	4	28	28	-120

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers	19	63	.232	41.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	CHI	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Fri 10/23	CHI	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Sat 10/24	WAS	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Mon 10/26	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Wed 10/28	NYK	@	CHI	8:00 PM

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RPG Leaders

12.9

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11.9

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11.6

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APG Leaders

10.7

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9.9

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8.3

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SPG Leaders

2.0

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2.0

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1.9

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BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

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4.0

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120.8

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119.6

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109.7

111.3

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8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

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1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
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4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
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10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
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