PIPENS thoughts on Rookie Of The Year

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  1. ChicagoSportsFan

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    The ballots aren't due until the end of the season but I'm casting mine right now .... Ben Gordon for NBA Rookie of the Year. I know, I know ..... a former Bull voting for a fellow Bull, right? Well, the numbers back up my case. We'll get to that in a second, though. I think Ben deserves the honor over Emeka Okafor of the Bobcats because he's been much more productive while playing less minutes. Plus, the Bulls are winning. Gordon's production in a limited amount of time means a lot more than Okafor's, who plays a lot of minutes and speads his numbers over four four quarters for an expansion team. Gordon's proving that he can come in and do it in just in the fourth quarter for a winning team. At last check, Ben has recorded 18 double figure scoring fourth quarters this season. Where does that rank in the NBA? No. 1. Think about that. That's ahead of such great scorers as Iverson, Kobe and T-Mac.

    Now, check out the numbers between Ben and Emeka:

    Ben --- Points-- 14.9; Minutes Per Game: 23.8, FG -- 42.5%; FT -- .847%; Rebounds -- 2.6; Assists -- 1.8; Team Victories = 35

    Emeka ---Points -- 14.8; Minutes Per Game: 35.7; FG -- .44%; FT -- .575%; Rebounds -- 10.7; Assists -- .9; Team Victories = 13



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    ChicagoSportsFan, Mar 24, 2005
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  2. shankyoass

    shankyoass Ceci n'est pas une pipe.

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    not gonna happen. ben is off the bench, i dont think they will let a player off the bench win. plus, emeka IS the team, and dont forget his stretch of consecutive double doubles.
     
    shankyoass, Mar 24, 2005
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  3. I-Miss-MJ

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    why the hell u got Delta Goodrem on your signature?
     
    I-Miss-MJ, Mar 24, 2005
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  4. Ed!

    Ed! JBB JustBBall Member

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    <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">not gonna happen. ben is off the bench, i dont think they will let a player off the bench win. plus, emeka IS the team, and dont forget his stretch of consecutive double doubles.</div>

    I will not dignify the bolded text with a statement, but I will the other. It's not hard to be a team when you've won 15 games in the season as the season winds down. You put any of the top 6 rookies in Emeka's situation, and a few of them will do better, and the others will do close. It is down to Ben and Emeka though. If team success is a big factor in the decision making process, then I think Ben will win, I don't know though.
     
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    One thing is for certain, Ben should be rookie/sixth man of the year. He leads the league in double figure scoring in the fourth.
     
    InNETSweTrust, Mar 28, 2005
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