Congrads to CP3, he deserved it more then anyone else. These were the standings... 2005-06 T-MOBILE NBA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD VOTING RESULTS Rookie, Team 1st 2nd 3rd Total Chris Paul, NOK 124 1 - 623 Charlie Villanueva, Toronto - 73 29 248 Andrew Bogut, Milwaukee - 23 29 98 Raymond Felton, Charlotte - 19 22 79 Channing Frye, New York - 4 29 41 Deron Williams, Utah 1 5 11 31 Luther Head, Houston - - 2 2 Danny Granger, Indiana - - 2 2 Ryan Gomes, Boston - - 1 1 http://www.nba.com/news/awards2006_rookie.html
It should have been unanimous, but 99% isn’t bad. There is always that one guy who will vote for someone else just to be different.
Yeah, this was the easiest award to give out by far. When you are a Rookie and you almost take your team to the playoffs in the Western Conference, that is saying something.
Ron Boone voted for Deron Williams <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">En route to a golf outing, Ron Boone pulled off the road and reached into a briefcase to check his paperwork. With a glance, he confirmed what many around the NBA universe had to be wondering Wednesday: Who in the world was the voter who prevented New Orleans/Oklahoma City point guard Chris Paul from a unanimous victory of the league's 2005-06 Rookie of the Year award? "It was me," said Boone, a retired NBA and ABA star who for the past 15 years has been the Jazz's primary broadcast analyst. Rather than picking Paul, whose win was highly anticipated and previously leaked, Boone's first-place vote went to Jazz point guard Deron Williams. "I voted for (Williams)," Boone said, "and I stand by it." He stands alone. Boone's was the only dissenting voice among an unidentified electorate of 125 sportswriters and broadcasters from throughout North America. Paul's reaction to the snub? "That's even more motivation right there," Paul, who at the time evidently did not know Boone's identity as the holdout, was quoted by the Associated Press as saying. "It's an honor to get 124 out of 125, but that one, that one, that's just motivation for next year."</div> Link
We all knew he was going to win, but I am very glad that Charlie V finished second, he made is critics eat their own words.
Congratz CP3, but me too - very glad that Charlie finished second, he's my favourite rookie and he'll be a good player in the future, if he doesn't get any serious injuries or smth. Congratz Chris and goodluck Charlie !
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> "I thought he (Williams) finished (the season) strong," said Boone, who listed Paul second and Bogut third on his ballot. "Plus," added Boone, who worked solely on television this past season after spending his first 14 on TV/radio simulcasts, "I didn't think Chris Paul finished as strong as Deron." After starting some, playing largely as a backup and even logging minutes at shooting guard, Williams ? selected No. 3 overall by the Jazz out of the University of Illinois, one pick before Paul went to New Orleans/Oklahoma City ? finally was made Utah's full-time starter at the point on Feb. 25. His individual statistics indeed jumped during an impressive finish. But by then ? after the NBA All-Star Game break, and with 28 games remaining in Utah's 82-game schedule ? many voters seemed well on their way toward tapping Paul as Rookie of the Year. Not Boone, though. "Honestly," he said, "I thought he (Williams) had a real strong second half of the season. I thought it was just as good, or better than, Chris Paul." </div> Stats may not say everything, but I wanted to test this by tracking their statistical performance (via Game Score rating per 40 minutes played) throughout the season. I used a 5-game moving average. The game score formula is: <font color=""DarkGreen""><font size=""1"">GS = (Points x 1.0) + (FGM x 0.4) + (FGA x -0.7) + ((FTA-FTM) x -0.4) + (OREB x 0.7) + (DREB x 0.3) + (STL x 1.0) + (AST x 0.7) + (BLK x 0.7) + (PF x -0.4) + (TO x -1.0)</font></font>
If he's voting on strong finishes, Felton finished stronger than both, I'm surprised he wasn't above Bogut.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting virve119:</div><div class="quote_post">If he's voting on strong finishes, Felton finished stronger than both</div> Not really ...
I agree with all of Ron's reasoning but not his vote. I am a big Deron Williams and Jazz and, for that matter, a Ron Boone fan. However, I think that Chris had a far greater impact on his team and its fortunes than did Deron. Without Chris, OK/NO would have won maybe 25-30 games...Without Deron Utah would have won 40 games. Being a rookie for Sloan is no picnic. Being one of the highest Utah draft picks in 19 years with all the expectations that go with it was a big burden that cratered Derons confidence early on. The Utah press really played up the head to head meetings as a matter of Deron needing to justify being drafted one pick ahead of Chris Paul, and Deron kind of bought into that. Having said all that, it is important to note that in head on head contests between the teams, Deron consistently put up better numbers than Chris, I object only to the somewhat prevalent opinion that Deron is destined to be a journeyman and Chris a megastar. It is far to early to make either judgement.
im sorry i disagree wit yall but i liked raymond felton.....but chris paul deserved it so congrats to him....raymond kinda held back and didn't take ova like he did in UNC.. but chris hit tha court runnin
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting R1MRATTLA:</div><div class="quote_post">raymond kinda held back and didn't take ova like he did in UNC.. but chris hit tha court runnin</div> The NBA is different than college in many ways, I don't think that Felton was holding back. Deron Williams getting a vote is a prime example of why they need to incorporate my idea: release the voters' ballots to the public. I would love to hear people explain things like why they voted for PJ Brown to win MVP .
