NEW ORLEANS -- The postgame jersey exchange seemed inevitable after a showcase of rookies unfolded at Smoothie King Center with Dylan Harper helping San Antonio best New Orleans 135-132 on Monday night to spoil a historic night from Pelicans rookie Derik Queen .

"I'm happy for him," Queen said of Harper. "[I] played against him in college, knew him growing up, played against him in middle school. I'm just looking forward to more battles against him. I think I was on Twitter or something. Somebody said the next [draft] class is going to be better than us or something like that."

Harper and Queen made strong cases for the Class of 2025.

The 13th pick in this year's NBA draft, Queen scored a game-high 33 points with 10 rebounds, 10 assists and four blocks to become the first rook

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