Beijing time on April 24, the NBA officially announced that Raptors rookie Scotty Barnes was elected the best rookie in the NBA in the 2021-2022 season.
Subsequently, the NBA officially announced the specific votes:
Scotty Barnes received 48 first-place votes, 43 second-place votes and nine third-place votes, with a total score of 378 points, ranking first;
Evan Mobley received 43 first votes, 46 second votes and 10 third votes, with a total score of 363 points, ranking second;
Cade Cunningham received nine first-place votes, 10 second-place votes and 78 third-place votes, for a total of 153 points, ranking third;
The other 4-6 are Jaylen Green, Franz Wagner and Herbert Jones.
It has to be said that the competition for the best rookie this year is really too fierce, and Barnes and Mobley have such strength.
Barnes: Averaging 15.3 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.7 blocks per game, 49.2 percent from the field, 30.1 percent from three-point range, 73.5 percent from the free throw line, the fourth rookie to average at least 15+7+3 per game since 2000, it's worth mentioning that the previous 3 were all the best rookies, namely Blake Griffin, Ben Simmons, and Luka Doncic.
In terms of team, Barnes's role is also very obvious, at the beginning of the season, he sat firmly on the team's starting line- and provided the team with a very important firepower support, as well as defensive hardness.
Mobley: Averaging 15 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 0.7 steals and 1.6 blocks per game, shooting 51 percent from the field, shooting 25 percent from three-point range and 65.9 percent from the free throws, it's the second rookie to get at least 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 150 assists, 50 steals and 100 blocks in a single season since 2000, and it should be noted that the previous 2, who also all won the best rookies, are Elton Brand. Carl Anthony Downs.
On the team side, Mobley is not only the Cavaliers' starting No. 4 position, but also the core of the defensive end, and with his help, the Cavaliers once broke into the top five in the East.
The gap between the millimeters, no matter who wins, is the best rookie, and in the end, congratulations to Scotty Barnes.