Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (known at the time as Lew Alcindor) was the NBA Rookie of the Year in 1969-70. He won the award after scoring 28.8 PPG, grabbing 14.5 RPG and passing 4.1 APG for his Milwaukee Bucks in his first season. That same season he also won All-Rookie 1st team, All-Defensive 2nd team and All-NBA 2nd team.
Larry Bird was the 1979-80 NBA Rookie of the year. During his first season in the league, while playing with the Boston Celtics, Bird averaged 21.3 PPG, 10.4 RPG, 4.5 APG, 1.7 SPG and 0.6 BPG in 36.0 MPG.
Wes Unseld was the 1968-69 NBA Rookie of the year. During his first season in the league, while playing with the Baltimore Bullets, Unseld averaged 13.8 PPG, 18.2 RPG and 2.6 APG in 36.2 MPG. Unseld also won the MVP award that season, becoming only the second NBA player to ever win both Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same season (the previous was Wilt Chamberlain, in 1959-60).
Wilt Chamberlain was the 1959-60 NBA Rookie of the year. During his first season in the league, while playing with the Philadelphia Warriors, Chamberlain averaged 37.6 PPG, 27.0 RPG and 2.3 APG in 46.4 MPG. Chamberlain also won the MVP award that season, becoming the first NBA player to ever win both the Rookie of the Year and the MVP awards in the same season.
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.
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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.
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Allen Iverson of the Philadelphia 76ers won Rookie of the year, in 1997.
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Yes. This (2010-2011) is Blake Griffin's first year in the NBA, he is a rookie.
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