malcolm brogdon was the nba rookie of the year last year.
malcolm brogdon was the nba rookie of the year last year.
who was the nba rookie of the year last year?
malcolm brogdon
on june 23, 2016, brogdon was selected by the milwaukee bucks with the 36th overall pick in the 2016 nba draft. on july 30, 2016, he signed with the bucks. he made his nba debut in the bucks' season opener on october 26, 2016, recording eight points and five assists in 21 minutes in a 107–96 loss to the charlotte hornets. on november 1, 2016, he recorded 14 points and four steals in a 117–113 win over the new orleans pelicans. on december 23, 2016, he made all seven of his shots for 17 points to go with seven assists in 29 minutes in a 123–96 win over the washington wizards. on december 31, 2016, he recorded his first career triple-double with 15 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds in a 116–96 win over the chicago bulls. on january 8, 2017, he scored a career-high 22 points in a 107–101 loss to the washington wizards. on january 23, 2017, he had his second game of the season with four steals in a 127–114 win over the houston rockets. two days later, he was named in the u.s. team for the 2017 rising stars challenge. on march 29, 2017, he recorded 16 points and nine assists in a 103–100 win over the boston celtics. he had six key points and two assists in the final 2:46 to help milwaukee fend off a late boston rally. to conclude his rookie season, brogdon was named the 2016–17 nba rookie of the year, along with being a unanimous selection to the nba all-rookie first team. brogdon joined kareem abdul-jabbar (1969–70) as the only players in bucks history to win rookie of the year, and became the first player drafted in the second round to win rookie of the year since 1966. brogdon averaged both the fewest points per game and fewest minutes per game of any winner in the award's history.
malcolm brogdon
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.
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