Sacramento Kings G Tyreke Evans has won the NBA Rookie of the Year award, beating out G Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors and G Brandon Jennings of the Milwaukee Bucks. Evans had a spectacular rookie year, in which he averaged 20 points a game, to go along with 5.8 assists and 5.3 rebounds a game. Evans is only the fourth rookie to average at least 20 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds a game in his rookie season. Oscar Robertson, Michael Jordan, and Lebron James are the other three to do so.
While Evans put up the numbers to win the award, I don't believe he should have won it. I think the award should've gone to the rookie who has had personal success, in addition to team success. Evans and Curry didn't do anything to better their teams, and that was the ultimate goal. The Kings were contending for a while, but fell out of contention around January and February. The Warriors didn't contend at any point this season.
The award should've gone to Jennings. His Bucks are currently in position to advance to the Eastern Conference Semifinals with a home win against the Atlanta Hawks tomorrow. They are doing this without the services of G Michael Redd and C Andrew Bogut, their two best players. Jennings started off very hot, even scoring 55 points in a game against the Warriors back in November. However, his numbers dipped, and the Bucks dipped a little as well. However, they were able to get back on their feet and made it to the playoffs. Jennings was more deserving.
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