Monk 'Don' Meineke was the first player ever to win the NBA Rookie of the year award; winning it for the 1952-53 NBA season. During his first season in the league, while playing with the Fort Waine Pistons, Meineke averaged 10.7 PPG, 6.9 RPG and 2.2 APG in 33.1 MPG.
Kevin Durant went second overall in the 2007 NBA Draft, and was named the NBA Rookie of the Year for the 2007 - 2008 season.
A rookie is anyone in their first year of professional sport; in the NBA it would be someone who has never played in it before.
The NBA first presented the Rookie Of The Year award in the 1952-53 season. The winner that year was Monk Meineke of the Fort Wayne Pistons.
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Allen Iverson of the Philadelphia 76ers won Rookie of the year, in 1997.
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Blake Griffin
Yes. This (2010-2011) is Blake Griffin's first year in the NBA, he is a rookie.
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