If the season is not canceled, the competition will be tougher this year. The likely candidates are:
Irving and Walker will have the ball in their hands often and will have a good shot at posting great statistics during the season. Fredette could explode during the season or be a solid bench player, and could also be a good candidate. Knight and Williams are also strong choices, but they will have other members on their team that can score.
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.
Derrick Rose.
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.
Tyreke Evans
Patrick Ewing
Dominique Wilkins
Blake Griffin
Yes. This (2010-2011) is Blake Griffin's first year in the NBA, he is a rookie.
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