Wednesday, November 1, 2017

2017-18 NBA Awards Watch (Week 2)

ROY
7 NBA debuts this week: Jacob Wiley (Nets), Charles Cooke (Pelicans), Jalen Jones (Pelicans), Mangok Mathiang (Hornets), Marcus Paige (Hornets), Antonio Blakeney (Bulls), Ivan Rabb (Grizzlies)

After 2 weeks there are 16 rooks averaging at least 20MPG: Simmons, Ball, Tatum, Markkanen, Smith, Brooks, Kuzma, Fox, Josh Jackson, Bogdanovic, Bacon, Mitchell, James, Monk, Adebayo, Collins

11 averaging at least 10PPG: Simmons, Markkanen, Tatum, Kuzma, Fox, Bogdanovic, Collins, Smith, James, Jackson, Ball

7 averaging at least 5RPG: Markkanen, Simmons, Ball, Collins, Tatum, Adebayo, Bacon

5 averaging at least 4APG: Simmons, Ball, Smith, Tatum, Fox, Teodosic

5 have at least 20 FTA: Simmons, Tatum, Collins, Jackson, Smith

3 have at least 10 total Steals: Jackson, Simmons, Brooks

Ben Simmons (Sixers), Jaysun Tatum (Celtics), Lonzo Ball (Lakers), Lauri Markkanen (Bulls), Dennis Smith (Mavs), John Collins (Hawks) are pretty much the only players in the ROY conversation for now.


Other Awards
Uhhhh....I've watched zero basketball this week because of that killer Astros-Dodgers World Series. Game Seven tonight! Oh well, I'll be back at it tomorrow.

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