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This list exhibits the National Basketball Association's top rookie single-season scoring averages based on at least 70 games played or 1,400 points scored. Wilt Chamberlain holds the rookie record, averaging 37.6 points per game in 1949–50. [1] The NBA began recording 3-point field goals during the 1979–80 season. [2] *
Kyrie Irving was named to the All-Rookie First Team in the 2011–12 NBA season. Anthony Davis was named to the All-Rookie First Team in the 2012–13 NBA season. Luka Dončić was named to the All-Rookie First Team in the 2018–19 NBA season. Zion Williamson was named to the All-Rookie First Team in the 2019–20 NBA season.
13× All-NBA First Team (2006, 2008–2018, 2020) 3× All-NBA Second Team (2005, 2007, 2021) 4× All-NBA Third Team (2019, 2022–2024) 5× NBA All-Defensive First Team (2009–2013) NBA All-Defensive Second Team ; NBA Rookie of the Year ; NBA All-Rookie First Team ; NBA scoring champion ; NBA assists leader ; NBA 75th Anniversary Team
The 2012 NBA playoffs began on April 28, and concluded on June 21, 2012, when the Miami Heat defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Chicago Bulls were eliminated after losing Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah to injuries, and the New York Knicks lost to the Miami Heat while losing Baron Davis and Iman Shumpert to knee injuries.
Prior to the 1952–53 season, the Rookie of the Year was selected by newspaper writers; [20] however, the NBA does not officially recognize those players as winners. The league published the pre-1953 winners in their 1994–95 edition of the Official NBA Guide and the 1994 Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia , but those winners have not been ...
ESPN ranked the top-25 players under 25 years old and the Detroit Pistons' Cade Cunningham got a lot of love.
Early contenders, such as 76ers guard Jared McCain, Lakers forward Dalton Knecht and Grizzlies forward Jaylen Wells, were not lottery picks.
Derrick Rose, 16-year NBA veteran, 2009 Rookie of the Year and 2011 MVP, announced his retirement from professional basketball on Thursday. And NBA players like Trae Young of the Atlanta Hawks are ...