Post by Ian Noble on Jul 5, 2013 19:06:53 GMT
Dynasty Five's
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
DAMIAN LILLARD
Sacramento Kings
The 2013 Rookie of the Year is awarded to Damian Lillard of the Sacramento Kings (GM: Vlade Divac)!
Lillard led all rookies in scoring and assists for the Kings and led them to a 30W - 52L record in an extremely tough Western Conference that would've seen them battling for the Playoffs in the East, just behind Milwaukee who have three runners-up in the ROTY race!
Lillard's performance was so dominant that his team-mate rookies, who played alongside him for 4/5ths of the season, are not even listed as contenders in the race. Harrison Barnes and Dion Waiters were traded late into the last month of the season and, despite promising futures, were clearly out-shined by Lillard.
Nowhere was Lillard's ability better showcased than his 51 point, 8 assist, 5 steal performance against the Phoenix Suns, which sets a record for all Dynasty Five rookies.
Lillard eclipsed last season's ROTY, Kyrie Irving, in all Point Guard stats: points (22.1 - 20.2ppg) as well as assists (7.0 - 6.9apg) and steals (1.4 - 1.37spg)
Congratulations to Vlade Divac, Damian Lillard and the Sacramento Kings!
20012/13 Stats - 22.1ppg | 3.0rpg | 7.0apg | 1.4spg | 0.28bpg
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Also in contention:
Anthony Davis - 15.9ppg | 9.7rpg | 1.9apg | 1.01spg | 1.63bpg[/b][/size]
Andre Drummond - 11.9ppg | 10.0rpg | 1.4apg | 0.67spg | 1.67bpg[/b][/size]
Bradley Beal - 15.5ppg | 3.1rpg | 5.1apg | 1.48spg | 0.29bpg[/b][/size]
Thomas Robinson - 16.0ppg | 9.2rpg | 0.6apg | 0.42spg | 1.31bpg[/b][/size]
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist - 12.4ppg | 7.4rpg | 3.0apg | 0.99spg | 1.40bpg[/b][/size]
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