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The National Basketball Association's Rookie of the Year is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given to the top rookie(s) of the regular season. Initiated following the 1952–53 NBA season, it confers the Eddie Gottlieb Trophy, named after the former Philadelphia Warriors head coach.
O'Neal is the only player to win an IBM Award and an NBA title in the same season; he did this in both the 1999–00 and 2000–01 NBA seasons. [2] Jordan and Robinson are the only players to win the IBM Award during their respective rookie seasons, both also won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in those years. [8]
The 2000–01 NBA season was the 55th season of the National Basketball Association. ... Rookie of the Year: Mike Miller, ... Sportsmanship Award: ...
The NBA's first individual awards were the Rookie of the Year and the All-Star Game Most Valuable Player, both of which were introduced in 1953. [7] [8] Three individual awards are awarded during the postseason: the Larry Bird Eastern Conference Finals MVP, the Magic Johnson Western Conference Finals MVP, and the Bill Russell Finals MVP.
It was the largest trade in NBA history at that time (in terms of the number of players and picks involved). [12] Though Francis shared Rookie of the Year honors with Elton Brand [13] and finished as runner-up to Vince Carter in the 2000 Slam Dunk Contest, [14] the Rockets finished the season with a 34–48 record.
No rookie has emerged as the leader of this year's class. There isn't a single first-year player on pace to average 15 points and appear in enough games to qualify for the league's leaderboard ...
LeBron James was the NBA draft first overall pick in 2003, and he won the Rookie of the Year award for the 2003-2004 season.During his rookie year, James had a 40-point game and twelve 30-point ...
Miller won the 2001 NBA Rookie of the Year Award while being the only first-year player to appear in all 82 regular season games during the 2000–01 season (starting 62), in which he averaged 11.9 points and 4.0 rebounds per game while shooting 40.7% from three-point range.