Pau Gasol was the 2001-02 NBA Rookie of the Year. He received 92.9% of the votes for the Rookie of the Year award. In his first season in the league, while playing with the Memphis Grizzlies, Gasol averaged 17.6 PPG, 8.9 RPG, 2.7 APG, 0.5 SPG and 2.1 BPG in 36.7 MPG.
The top vote getters for NBA Rookie of the Year in 2002, were:
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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.
Dominique Wilkins
Blake Griffin
No. Allen Iverson won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award for the 1996-97 season.
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