The NBA playoffs are in full swing, and the major awards of the regular season are being announced one after another. Prior to that, 76ers supernova Maxey was named the most improved player, Timberwolves bench Reed was named the best sixth man, Warriors star Curry was named Mr. Key of the Year, Thunder coach Daigneault was named Coach of the Year, Green Army President Stevens was named Executive of the Year, Timberwolves veteran Conley was named Teammate of the Year, and Bulls guard Caruso won the Best Fighting Award. According to the NBA league's convention, the three awards of Best Rookie, DPOY and MVP will be announced one after another, and today the best Rookie of the Year will be announced! The Spurs' Wembanyama, the Thunder's Holmgren and the Hornets' Miller are the three ultimate candidates for the award, who will be the final winner?
According to the NBA's official website, Wembanyama, the top pick of the Spurs, was selected as this season's Rookie of the Year! The specific votes for the three Rookie of the Year candidates are as follows: Wembanyama received 99 first votes and received a perfect score of 495 points, Holmgren received 98 second votes and 1 third vote, with a total score of 295 points, and Miller received 1 second vote and 83 third votes with a total score of 86 points. It is worth mentioning that Harkes of the Heat, Sister Bo of the Warriors and Levery of the Mavericks shared 15 third-place votes, of which Harkes got 10 third-place votes and got 10 points, Sister Bo got 4 third-place votes and scored 4 losses, and Lively got 1 third-place vote and got 1 point. In a sense, Rookie of the Year is the most unsuspenseful award of the regular season this season, not that Holmgren is not good enough, but Wembanyama is too scary!
Holmgren played in 82 regular season games, averaging 29 minutes per game, averaging 16.5 points + 7.9 rebounds + 2.4 assists + 2.3 blocks (5th in the league) + 1.6 three-pointers while shooting 53% from the field, 37% from three-point range, 79.3% from the free throw line, and 63.2% from the field , 40th in the league in offensive efficiency (118.2), 27th in defensive efficiency (109.2) and 17th in the league in net efficiency (9). In the process of the Thunder's best record in the West, Holmgren was the team's indispensable interior leader, working hard and holding up half of the sky on the inside with his thin body! But unfortunately, Holmgren still failed to win the Rookie of the Year without suspense, and if you want to blame him, he met the alien Bun Banyama.
Wembanyama played in 71 games this season, averaging 29 minutes per game, averaging 21.4 points (1st in the rookie) + 10.6 rebounds (2nd in the rookie) + 3.9 assists + 1.2 steals + 3.6 blocks (1st in the league) + 1.8 three-pointers per game, shooting 46.5% from the field, 32.5% from three-point range, 79.6% from the free throw line, and 56.5% from the field. Wembanyama has unearthly talent, with Yao Ming's height, Durant's projection, Gasol's passing skills, O'Neal's blocking ability, and Duncan's maturity. In the words of the fans, the sky is not Wembanyama's limit, because he is an alien! In the words of the fans, Wembanyama and Holmgren are the lifelong enemies of the new era!
Wembanyama was unanimously elected Rookie of the Year, breaking a number of NBA god records!First, Wembanyama is the third player in Spurs history to win this award, the first two being David Robinson and Duncan; second, Wembanyama is the sixth unanimously voted Rookie of the Year in NBA history, the top five are Sampson in 1984, David Robinson in 1990, Griffin in 2011, Lillard in 2013 and Towns in 2016! Wemban made his mark as a rookie and has superstar potential, but he won't rest on his laurels. Wemban's personal social media after winning the award said: I have had an incredible season, thank you for the support of all teams, I promise that I will get better and succeed as soon as possible! Wemban shoulders the heavy responsibility of the Spurs' rise, I hope he will continue to work hard and lead the Spurs to rebuild their glory! Fans and friends, what do you think about this? Leave me a comment to discuss.