NBA Rookie Rankings: Celtics' Payton Pritchard heats up; Chuma Okeke dunks on Lakers' Andre Drummond

Traditionally, this would be the point in the season where teams would be unleashing a slew of their rookies and younger players as they've given up hope of securing a playoff spot. However, with the new play-in tournament introduced, only two teams have been mathematically eliminated from the postseason with just a couple weeks left of the regular season. While we haven't seen as many under-the-radar first-year players getting more looks down the stretch, we're still seeing solid performances from rookies who are playing in some surprisingly meaningful games at this point in the schedule.