The NBA officially announced that Raptors forward Scotty Barnes was named Rookie of the Year. At the G4 scene of the Raptors and Philadelphia, Raptors president Ugery presented Barnes with an award.
Barnes is the third player in Raptors history to win the Rookie of the Year award. The other two are Damon Stoudemire and Vince Carter.
It is worth mentioning that the Raptors trained earlier, and Carter video informed Barnes of the information of the award. Carter sits like a sermon, and Barnes sits like a schoolboy with his hands on his back.
As soon as Carter's voice dropped, the rest of the Raptors immediately began Barnes pulling and messing up their hairstyles.
The competition for the best rookie is the fiercest competition in the 20 years since the implementation of the existing voting rules.
The Raptors' No. 4 pick Barnes received 48 first-place votes, 43 second-place votes, and nine third-place votes, for a total of 378 points. Cavaliers Tanhua Mobley received 43 first votes, 46 second votes and 10 third votes, for a total of 363 points, ranking second. Pistons champion Cunningham (153 points) came in third. Others who received votes were Rockets leader Jaylen Green (3 points), Magic's Wagner (2 points) and Pelicans' Herbert Jones (1 point).
Mobley was very loud at first, but since Allen's injury, the Cavaliers' rankings have been declining, and they eventually missed the playoffs, which has a big impact on his competition for the best rookie.
Of course, Barnes can win the award, he is very competitive, compared with Mobly, no one is behind.
This season, Barnes played in 74 games for the Raptors, averaging 35.4 minutes per game, 15.3 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.7 blocks, shooting 49.2%. Averaging points per game, rebounds, assists, steals and shooting percentage per game, Barnes has entered the top three of this rookie season, ranking fourth in blocks per game, and a number of high-level statistics rank first among rookies.
According to the laws of history, since 2000, only 4 players have averaged at least 15+7+3 per game in their rookie seasons, and they all won the best rookie award, the other 3 being Griffin, Simmons and Doncic.
Congratulations Barnes, your road is just getting started, and I wish you a bright star.