Rookie of the Year

It took the Suns 50 years to find a great center (sorry Shaq you were past your prime in Phoenix). 50 years after losing out on the No. 1 pick and drafting Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (he was Lew Alcindor at that time), the Suns have found their guy with their first ever No.1 pick in 2018: [...]

As you probably know or may have guessed by now, the NBA waits to reveal their regular season award winners after the NBA Playoffs and NBA Draft with an award show after the season. While in theory this is a good idea and provides some fun drama around the awards, waiting around for over two [...]

Boston sports fans are known as some of the most passionate and aggressive sports fans in the country (and they love to tell you about it). They were out in full force on Monday night to support the Celtics in Game 1 of their 2nd round series with the 76ers and may have contributed just [...]

Ben Simmons remains the NBA’s odds-on favorite to win Rookie of the Year, and he would love to make good on that distinction. But not for reasons you would assume. Sure, he would no doubt enjoy the recognition and cachet that comes with earning the honor. Many Rookie of the Year winners go on to [...]

Donovan Mitchell hears the Rookie of the Year buzz. He knows that he has become a legitimate challenger to unseat Ben Simmons’ once-irreversible claim to the award. He thinks it cool. He’s honored. He also doesn’t really care. As the Utah Jazz’s newbie told SLAM‘s Max Resetar, while he appreciates the Rookie of the Year love, [...]

Now that the 2017 NBA Draft is a thing of the past, unless you delight in reading draft grade pieces from all over the internet like me, the sports books have already gotten a jump on which of these rookies they see having the most success on the hardwood in 2017-18. While it is a [...]

If Joel Embiid isn’t going to win Rookie of the Year, he prefers it go to Philadelphia 76ers teammate Dario Saric. Actually, strike that. He believes the hardware should go to Saric no matter what, per Tim Reynolds of the Associated Press (via NBA.com): “He’s the rookie of the year,” Embiid emphatically said on CSN [...]

Karl-Anthony Towns just followed in Stephen Curry’s footsteps. Sort of. Just like the Golden State Warriors point guard unanimously won the NBA’s 2016 MVP award, the Minnesota Timberwolves neophyte wrapped up 2016 NBA Rookie of the Year honors without facing any real challenger: [tweet https://twitter.com/NBA/status/732210966893629445] Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated provided a snapshot of [...]

John Wall is a smart dude. And probably a bit of a Kentucky homer. Ahead of the Washington Wizards’ 104-98 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night, Wall was asked who deserved to be named the NBA’s Rookie of the Year. He, of course, chose fellow Kentucky alum Karl-Anthony Towns, per Kyle Ratke of [...]

We already saw every pair of adidas that Damian Lillard wore during his Rookie Of The Year season with the Portland Trailblazers, but the Stripes brand has drawn up something special celebrating Lillard’s achievement with a limited colorway of the adidas Real Deal. It is said that there are only 510 pairs available, but a [...]