duncan228
04-27-2010, 01:33 PM
Tyreke Evans to Win Rookie of the Year (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=tsn-tyrekeevanstowinrook)
SportingNews
If you like NBA awards, then today is your Christmas. We have another big bit of hardware-themed news.
Sactown Royalty’s Tom Ziller has learned that Tyreke Evans will receive the Rookie of the Year (http://www.sactownroyalty.com/2010/4/27/1446682/breaking-tyreke-evans-to-be-named) later this week, likely on either Thursday or Friday.
This was one of the few awards this season to boast a legitimate race, but Evans deserves the trophy. He became only the fourth rookie in history to average 20 ppg, 5 apg, and 5 rpg for an entire season, joining the select group of Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan, and LeBron James. He stood out in this class—and among rookies in general—for his impressive strength, standing as perhaps the strongest first-year guard to enter the league in the last decade.
Stephen Curry and Brandon Jennings were also popular choices for the award, but they couldn’t best Evans. Curry put up some extremely impressive stats for the Warriors, especially late in the season, but Golden State’s strong PR push (including personally calling voters to make the case) didn’t succeed. And while Jennings had his 55-point game in November and was the only one of the trio to make the playoffs, his poor shooting doomed his campaign.
It’s also worth noting that neither player has the presence of Evans, who firmly established himself as a star this season. The Kings now have someone who they can clearly get behind as a franchise player, the type of guy they’ve missed since Chris Webber (no offense to Kevin Martin).
This turned out to be a solid rookie class, but one player stood above the rest throughout the entire season. No one could match Evans’ production, and this award is richly deserved.
SportingNews
If you like NBA awards, then today is your Christmas. We have another big bit of hardware-themed news.
Sactown Royalty’s Tom Ziller has learned that Tyreke Evans will receive the Rookie of the Year (http://www.sactownroyalty.com/2010/4/27/1446682/breaking-tyreke-evans-to-be-named) later this week, likely on either Thursday or Friday.
This was one of the few awards this season to boast a legitimate race, but Evans deserves the trophy. He became only the fourth rookie in history to average 20 ppg, 5 apg, and 5 rpg for an entire season, joining the select group of Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan, and LeBron James. He stood out in this class—and among rookies in general—for his impressive strength, standing as perhaps the strongest first-year guard to enter the league in the last decade.
Stephen Curry and Brandon Jennings were also popular choices for the award, but they couldn’t best Evans. Curry put up some extremely impressive stats for the Warriors, especially late in the season, but Golden State’s strong PR push (including personally calling voters to make the case) didn’t succeed. And while Jennings had his 55-point game in November and was the only one of the trio to make the playoffs, his poor shooting doomed his campaign.
It’s also worth noting that neither player has the presence of Evans, who firmly established himself as a star this season. The Kings now have someone who they can clearly get behind as a franchise player, the type of guy they’ve missed since Chris Webber (no offense to Kevin Martin).
This turned out to be a solid rookie class, but one player stood above the rest throughout the entire season. No one could match Evans’ production, and this award is richly deserved.