ben simmons won 2017-18 nba rookie of the year.
ben simmons won 2017-18 nba rookie of the year.
who won 2017-18 nba rookie of the year?
ben simmons
as a rookie in 2017–18, ball played in 52 games, missing 30 games due to shoulder and knee injuries. in the second game of the season on october 20, 2017, he scored a career-high 29 points, to go along with 11 rebounds and 9 assists in a 132–130 win against the phoenix suns, falling one assist shy of becoming the youngest player to notch a triple double in nba history. in the following contest, he had eight points, eight rebounds, and 13 assists in a 119–112 loss to the new orleans pelicans, becoming the youngest player in franchise history to get at least 10 assists in a game. on november 11, he recorded 19 points, 13 assists, and 12 rebounds in a 98–90 loss against the milwaukee bucks, becoming the youngest player at the time to achieve a triple-double at the age of 20 years and 15 days old, breaking james's record by five days. leading up to the game, bucks' coach jason kidd, who ball is often compared to, had called it "a stretch" to compare the two since it was too early in ball's career. ball, who had been struggling with his shooting, made over 50% of his field goals in a game for the first time in his career. on november 19, he recorded his second triple-double with 11 points, 16 rebounds, and 11 assists in a 127–109 win over the denver nuggets. it was the most rebounds by an nba rookie guard since steve francis had 17 in 1999–2000. he also joined fellow nba rookie ben simmons, as well as magic johnson, connie hawkins, art williams, and oscar robertson as the only players to record multiple triple-doubles within the first 20 games of their nba careers.
lonzo ball
boston celtics on december 8, hardaway earned his first nba start. with carmelo anthony and raymond felton sitting out the christmas day game against the oklahoma city thunder, hardaway matched his career high with 21 points. hardaway was one of three nominees for eastern conference nba rookie of the month for december. hardaway received a lot of publicity for a january 9 dunk over ray allen. on january 29, he was named a rising stars challenge participant as part of the 2014 nba all-star game weekend. the following night hardaway set a career high with a game high (tied with carmelo anthony) 29 points against the cleveland cavaliers. hardaway was one of four nominees for eastern conference nba rookie of the month for january. in the february 14 rising stars challenge, hardaway had 36 points, including 7 three-point shots, many coming in a one-on-one battle with dion waiters. hardaway was one of three finalists for february eastern conference rookie of the month, but he lost to victor oladipo. after stringing together three consecutive 20-point games, hardaway was a finalist for nba player of the week on march 17 and for eastern conference rookie of the month in march. he was also a finalist for eastern conference player of the month in april. hardaway finished fifth in the nba rookie of the year award balloting. as a result of his fifth-place finish in the separate nba all-rookie team voting he was a first team nba all-rookie selection.
tim hardaway jr.