On January 5, 2022, Beijing time, the NBA official website announced the best rookie candidate for the month in December 2021, elected by the Orlando Magic team Franz Wagner and the Oklahoma Thunder Josh Gidy, of which it is worth mentioning that Gidy was elected the best rookie in the West for two consecutive months.
Through our observation, Wagner as a rookie, the performance is not very good, let's first look at Wagner's december statistics: in the 14 games played in December, he averaged 19.5 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game, including 20+ in 7 games, which fans can't believe is the data of a rookie player. Against the Bucks on December 29 last year, Wagner recorded a career-high 38 points and 7 rebounds, and with 10-of-10 free throws, we can see that Wagner is a very promising player and we expect him to perform this month. And we also observed that Wagner is the player who has gained the most fans of all the rookies, the support voice is very high, the potential is very large.
Gidy averaged 11.8 points, 7.1 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game in 10 games in December, as a rookie, he leaked out the ability to organize defenders very early, we can not only observe from Gidy's scoring data, but should be evaluated from the overall role. In November 2021, Gidy averaged 10.2 points, 7.7 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game. In January's game against the Lone Rangers, Gidy became the youngest triple-double winner in NBA history. Through his excellent performances, he was once again pushed to the best rookie position, and as a rookie player, Gidy's potential is very, very big, and we are looking forward to his performance in January.
Wagner, a German-born player in 2001 who wears the number 22 shirt as a striker, was selected by the Magic with the eighth overall pick in the first round of the 2021 Rookie Tournament and a sophomore at university. Wagner has a very high talent advantage, 2.06 meters tall, 100 kilograms, arm span 2 meters 11, through the data we can see that his talent advantage is very obvious.
Gidey, an Australian-born player in 2002, was also selected by the Thunder with the sixth pick in the first round of the 2021 Rookie Tournament, becoming a minor guard in the Thunder. Through this season's performance, Gidy did not disappoint the Thunder, won the recognition of the team, Gidy's talent advantage is also very obvious, Gidy has a height of 2.03 meters and a weight of 93 kg, the arm span is also in line with his height standards, compared with other defenders, his height advantage is very obvious. Gidey's future growth space is very large, he has become the best rookie for two consecutive months, I believe that the future will better bring us more surprises.