rooster, rookie, root

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rooster : 公雞 === cock
cockerel : 未滿一歲的小公雞

//=== rookie :
菜鳥, 初入行者, 剛入伍者?
第一年打NBA/MLB/NFL/... 的球員
This year, NBA rookies are unlucky.
Because of the lockout, they have no game to play
and no salary ?

The first overall pick/ The first pick overall (選秀狀元)


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root : 根

Where there is root, there is leaf.
Root and leaf rely on each other
just like light and dark.
火 影



[ref]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_first_overall_NBA_draft_picks