Udrih rookie of the month

**Streakyshooter08** · 01-03-2005

Hi,

I didn't see a thread about this. I think it's pretty cool that Beno is doing that fine. Enjoy!

Streaky

Okafor, Udrih named "got milk?" December
Rookies of the Month

NEW YORK, Jan. 3 –Emeka Okafor of the Charlotte Bobcats and Beno Udrih of the San Antonio Spurs today were named the Eastern and Western Conference got milk? Rookies of the Month, respectively, for games played in December.

Okafor currently has a double-double streak of 19 games that dates back to November 21 and finished the month as the only NBA player to have a double-double in every game played in December. He ranks first among rookies in scoring (18.1 ppg), rebounding (13.3 rpg) and minutes played (38.9 mpg). The second overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft by the expansion Charlotte Bobcats, Okafor recorded a career-high 18 rebounds against New York on December 4 and a career-high 27 points against Seattle on December 31.

Udrih, the 28th overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft by the Spurs, ranks second among rookies in field goal percentage (.534) and three-point field goal percentage (.500). He leads the Western Conference rookies in scoring (6.6 ppg), free throw percentage (.800) and ranks second in assists (3.0 apg). He handed out a career, team and game-high 10 assists at Portland on December 30.

Here is a recap of the month for both Okafor and Harris:

Emeka Okafor, Charlotte Bobcats
Dec. 4 vs. New York: Had 20 points, a career-high 18 rebounds, one block and one steal in a 107-101 win over the Knicks.
Dec. 18 vs. Houston: Recorded 23 points, 17 rebounds, two assists, two blocks and two steals in an 101-100 overtime win over the Rockets.
Dec. 31 vs. Seattle: Tallied a career-high 27 points, 10 rebounds, one assist and one steal in a 103-97 loss to the SuperSonics.

Beno Udrih, San Antonio Spurs
Dec. 15 vs. Orlando: Scored eight points and seven assists is a 94-91 win over the Magic.
Dec. 30 at Portland: Had 12 points and handed out a career, team and game-high 10 assists in a 114-80 win over the Trail Blazers.
Dec. 31 at LA Clippers: Recorded seven points and two assists in 13 minutes in a 98-79 win over the Clippers.

Other nominees for the Eastern and Western Conference got milk? Rookies of the Month were Dallas’ Devin Harris, New Jersey’s Nenad Krstic, Orlando’s Dwight Howard and Philadelphia’s Andre Iguodala.

The got milk? Milk Mustache campaign is sponsoring the NBA Rookie platform to highlight the importance of milk's bone-building calcium and eight other essential nutrients for active people, teens especially, who add about 15 percent of their height during these years. The platform includes the ‘got milk?’ Rookie Challenge, the ‘got milk?’ Rookie of the Month awards, the ‘got milk?’ Rookie of the Year award and the ‘got milk?’ All-Rookie Team.

**Spurminator** · 01-03-2005

Here is a recap of the month for both Okafor and Harris:

Typo? Working off a template? Somebody assumed something...

**Solid D** · 01-03-2005

Good news for Beno. Quite clearly, the NBA is looking at contributions beyond just scoring.

**Manu20** · 01-03-2005

Congratulations to Beno. Hopefully what he did in the month of december is a sign of thing to come.

**tekdragon** · 01-03-2005

Zero successful foreign-born point guards in the history of the league, and Pop manages to pull two of them out of the bottom of the first round within a couple of years of each other.

The man is

BRILLIANT!

**MannyIsGod** · 01-03-2005

No offense to Beno, but this is only because the West is pretty ty when it comes to rookies.

**SLOVENIAN 8** · 01-03-2005

More:
http://www.nba.com/milk_rookie/rom_december_050103.html

http://www.nba.com/milk_rookie/rankings_050103.html

**SLOVENIAN 8** · 01-03-2005

And if you compare Beno and Emeka Okafor:

Emeka play: 36.7 MPG!!!!!!!!
Beno play: 14.0 MPG

EMEKA:

Code:

PPG  15.8 
RPG  11.6 
APG  1.1 
SPG   .85 
BPG  1.33 
FG%  .466 
FT%  .622 
3P%  .000 
MPG  36.7

BENO:

Code:

PPG 5.9 
RPG 1.0 
APG 2.1 
SPG .63 
BPG .06 
FG% .469 
FT% .789 
3P% .478 
MPG 14.0

**T Park** · 01-03-2005

congrats to Beno.

Keep it up, and you might have a shot at Western Conference Rookie of the Year.

**tekdragon** · 01-03-2005

Come on, Manny.

Teams in the West finish with better records, ergo:

Teams in the East pick first in the draft, ergo:

Rookies in the East are stronger than rookies in the West.

Don't make it sound like this somehow tarnishes his accomplishment. Of course the West is ty when it comes to rookies, that's a natural by-product of the fact that the East sucks. It's a testament to Beno's play that he is successful in the clearly stronger and more compe ive conference.

**polandprzem** · 01-03-2005

Wow - Okafor's double-doubles. Tim use to be good at it back in times

**HIP HOOPERS** · 01-03-2005

I couldn't be more happy for Beno! This is for everybody who were last year at this time talking about how he can never make an impact in the NBA or even make it there!!! Give him 20,25 minutes per game and and you will se a lot of double-doubles!!!

**cmurek** · 01-03-2005

Beno did a quite well his job on the court and he deserves this le!

**Rick Von Braun** · 01-03-2005

Originally Posted by tekdragon

Zero successful foreign-born point guards in the history of the league, and Pop manages to pull two of them out of the bottom of the first round within a couple of years of each other.

The man is

BRILLIANT!

Two words:

Steve Nash.

**whottt** · 01-03-2005

Two other words...

Bob Cousy.

Technically he's not foreign born...

But he's more French than Tony Parker is.

His parents were French immigrants and didn't even speak English, and neither did Cousy until he was in grade school.

So actually you could say the first great point guard was from a foreign country.

I wonder how many of the French fans on the board are aware of that.

**ShoogarBear** · 01-03-2005

C'mon, seriously now, nice a job as Beno's done, if he was ROY you would say it's a weak year for rookies.

Same holds true of him being ROM for the West.

That in no way takes away from how good a player he may be in 3-4 years.

**ShoogarBear** · 01-03-2005

Originally Posted by whottt

Two other words...
His parents were French immigrants and didn't even speak English, and neither did Cousy until he was in grade school.

And if you've heard him do Celtics games, you'd know that he still doesn't.

**tekdragon** · 01-03-2005

Toche, RVB.

Guess I keep forgetting Canada's a country...

**Spurminator** · 01-03-2005

It is interesting in light of how many PGs were selected ahead of him in the West...

**airjer15** · 01-03-2005

I saw Beno play at the Rocky Mountain review over the summer, my buddies and I were all impressed, Beno should be an awesome player for a lot of years

**MannyIsGod** · 01-03-2005

Originally Posted by tekdragon

Come on, Manny.

Teams in the West finish with better records, ergo:

Teams in the East pick first in the draft, ergo:

Rookies in the East are stronger than rookies in the West.

Don't make it sound like this somehow tarnishes his accomplishment. Of course the West is ty when it comes to rookies, that's a natural by-product of the fact that the East sucks. It's a testament to Beno's play that he is successful in the clearly stronger and more compe ive conference.

And the point still remains, that the west isn't exactly overflowing with excellent rookies. That is the only reason a backup rookie won rookie of the month.

**Mr. Body** · 01-03-2005

It hasn't been fully expressed: Ben Udrih won the award over a heavily touted, early round drafted point guard from one of our prominent rivals: Devin Harris of the Dallas Mavericks.

**wildbill2u** · 01-03-2005

what kind of fans waste their energy on finding ways to knock our players achievements? Is this supposed to be the sign of superior basketball knowlege?

Do you do this with your children?

**Solid D** · 01-03-2005

Personal note from Mike D'Antoni:
Way to go "Fatty"!

**SPARKY** · 01-03-2005

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Morrissey

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You're the one I really, really love
And I will stay
Promise you'll say
If I'm in your way
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And I will stay
Promise you'll say
If I'm ever in your way
A-hey

All over Battersea
Some hope; and some despair
All over Battersea
Some hope; and some despair
Oh ...

You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one I really, really love
And I will stay
Promise you'll say
If I'm in your way
You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one I really, really love
And I will stay
Promise you'll say
If I'm ever in your way
A-hey

All over Battersea
Some hope; and some despair
All over Battersea
Some hope; and some despair
Oh, oh ...

You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one I really, really love
And I will stay
Promise you'll say
If I'm ever in your way
A-hey

You're the one for me, fatty
You're the one for me, a-hey-hey
A-hey
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