John Wall is a point guard who is 1.91 meters tall, weighs 95 kilograms, has an arm span of 2.06 meters, and is 2.58 meters tall in standing, with a combination of height, arm span, speed and bounce, and has great potential at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. In 2010, Wall announced his draft, and the Wizards did not hesitate to select him with the first pick in the first round.
In the 2010-2011 season, Wall played a great style - played in 69 games, made 64 starts, averaged 37.8 minutes per game, averaged 16.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, 8.3 assists, 1.8 steals and 0.5 blocks per game, and shot 40.9% from the field, although his shooting percentage is not high, but for a rookie, this shooting rate is acceptable.
Among the players in the same class as Wall, Wall averaged the highest points per game and assists per game in the rookie season, he also averaged 4.6 rebounds per game, contributed 1.8 steals per game, and averaged 0.5 blocks per game, he had excellent performances at both ends of the attack and defense, so he was selected for the best rookie team, but unfortunately he did not win the best rookie, so who was the player who forced him to win the best rookie that year, how did he perform?
The player who won the 2010-2011 Rookie of the Season was Blake Griffin, who was originally a member of the Class of 2009, when he was drafted by the Clippers to represent the Clippers in the NBA Summer League and won the Summer League MVP for outstanding performances, but the day before the start of the 2009-2010 season, Griffin postponed the NBA premiere due to a stress fracture of his left kneecap.
A few months into that season, injury checks showed that Griffin's injured left kneecap hadn't improved, and Griffin decided to undergo restorative surgery on his left knee, which left Griffin missing all of the 2009-10 season, and he only made his NBA debut in 2010-2011 as a special rookie player.
Griffin is also a rookie and peak player, playing in 82 games in his rookie season, averaging 38 minutes per game, averaging 22.5 points, 12.1 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.5 blocks, shooting 50.6% from the field.
At that time, the NBA had not yet entered the era of small ball, the offensive round was not as much as it is now, the player's data was not as explosive as it is now, and the average of 22+12 per game was already the data of the league's very good interior players, and Griffin played such a performance as a rookie, and did not give other rookies the opportunity to compete for the best rookie award.
He was named Rookie of the Month six times that season, and after the season, even though the NBA hadn't announced the winner yet, everyone knew that the winner would definitely be Griffin, and Wall, who performed very well, was eclipsed in front of Griffin, not to mention other rookies who didn't perform as well as Wall.
Griffin scored a double-double of 20 points and 14 rebounds in his first game, and in less than a month, he slashed a large double-double of 44 points and 15 rebounds against the Knicks, scoring and rebounding to a new career high, and then he cut 47 points, setting a new single-game scoring high again, while grabbing 14 rebounds, becoming the third player after Rick Barry and Michael Jordan to cut a "47+14" before the age of 21.
With his outstanding performances, he was named to the All-Star bench. After the full star weekend, Griffin did not hit the rookie wall, but played better and better, and once cut a triple-double of 33 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists, 31 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.
At the time of the best rookie vote, the 118 media reporters who participated in the selection voted for Griffin, and he finally won the best rookie award without suspense. In the voting session of the best rookie team, Griffin was selected to the all-rookie first team with a full score, and he was selected with Wall, Cousins, Landry Fields, and Gary Neal.
Wall averaged 16+4+8 per game, Cousins averaged 14+6+2, Fields averaged 9+6+1.Neil averaged 9+2+1 per game, and Griffin averaged 22+12+3 per game.