NBA / Apr 1, 2010 / 4:30 pm

Sorry Tyreke Evans, But Brandon Jennings Is The NBA Rookie Of The Year

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Brandon Jennings (photo. Nicky Woo)

The NBA regular season is just about over, so expect a slew of articles from every media outlet under the sun about postseason awards. But of all the races, there is one that is an open and shut case: NBA Rookie Of The Year. That’s right folks, it’s time to pre-order your Brandon Jennings ROY t-shirts right now.

Before all the Tyreke Evans supporters rush to the comments section below, hear me out. The Kings (24-52) have six games left in their season, and the next time you’ll see Evans is in a suit sitting at the NBA Draft Lottery. The Bucks (41-33) on the other hand are headed to the playoffs. And they’re not just squeaking in either.

Over the past month, Jennings has been on a tear. Ranked first among Eastern Conference rookies in scoring (14.1 ppg) and second in assists (5.1 apg), he has his squad charging into the postseason. If you’re wondering about head-to-head, on March 19, he had a career-high/team rookie record eight three-pointers against the Kings in a career-high 45 minutes. Jennings finished with 35 points, five rebounds and eight assists in the 114–108 double-overtime win, while Evans finished with 15 points, four rebounds, four assists and eight turnovers.

Check out some other standout games:

March 6 vs. Cleveland: Registered 25 points, two rebounds and six assists in a 92-85 win over the Cavaliers.
March 12 vs. Utah: Scored 23 points, grabbed four rebounds and had six assists in a 95-87 victory over the Jazz.
March 28 vs. Memphis: Posted 29 points, seven rebounds, eight assists and a career-high four steals in a 108-103 overtime victory against the Grizzlies.

By handing Jennings the trophy, this is not meant to diminish Evans’ accomplishments one bit. Averaging 20.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game is impressive, but his team will be watching games on T.V. past April 15th once again.

What do you think? Who should be the Rookie of the Year?

Other Must-Read Articles About Brandon Jennings:
- The 2009 Draft Class Could Go Down As The Best Ever
- The NBA’s Top 10 Fastest Players
- NBA Sophomore Class vs. The Rookies: Who’s Better?
- Brandon Jennings Will Protect This House
- Top 5 Players To Break The NBA Assists Record

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  • jzsmoove

    Tyreke. Period.

    Aron got nothing better to do than stir the shitbowl. shitdisturber.

  • JT

    LOL @ K Dizzle… HAHAHAHA

    You are comparing a guy that shoots below 37% in BJ to Melo? HAHAHAHA

  • JT

    Brandon Jennings has 20 single digit scoring games this season. Thats more than 1/4 of the games thats he played and started in.

    If BJ wins ROY, he’s got to be the player with the most under 10 points game ever to win ROY.

  • http://Dime Dave

    Tyreke Evans is the ROY period. The stats prove it, but more than than he is quiet, humble, a great teammate, and you can see already the talent he has. The future is Tyreke Evans as one of the best in the NBA. You don’t see Curry and Jennings guarding him either–it is Battier, Bryant, Roy, etc. It is more than shooting and Tyreke again makes his case.

  • LMAO

    Rant/Wow…I can’t believe you even brought up Jennings being a key part of leading this surging Bucks team. If your going to give credit give it where it’s due, SMH. Salmons and Bogut have been playing out of their minds, Delfino and Stack have been contributing off the bench. But, now that Bogut is out for the season and playoffs. We will see if Mr.Jennings can step up to plate and keep this team hot without their best big man./Rant

    Put that in your pipe and smoke it. :-P

  • Jared

    What about Stephen Curry? He has fit into the nba seamlessly and has proven to be able to score at will or get anyone at anytime involved in the game. He is the definition of a complete point guard, and hey give the poor kid somethin its bad enough he got to play with Golden State

  • michael

    Wow this is a BIASED article. You mention the Bucks vs Kings game where the bucks won in 2-OT. it sounds good right? 2 rookies square off against each other, fighting till double overtime for the win right? BUT, if you watched the game, the kings were up by like 9 points with 2 minutes left in the 4th quarter. THEN TYREKE GETS ELBOWED IN THE FACE and was forced to leave the game due to lacerations and possible broken jaw (he missed 5 or more games after that). THEN, with tyreke out, the bucks had to FIGHT to win it in 2OT vs the kings. if tyreke was still in it was a done deal. So… i dont know how you left out that IMPORTANT part of the game unless youre being biased against tyreke.

  • DS

    Curry should be ROY. What he has accomplished whith an ever changing roster of D-leaguers is amazing.

    Evans 2nd

    Jennings 3rd.

  • rainball

    You guys are retarded. Jennings is ROY.

  • http://www.facebook.com/psyber.kayos Psyber Kayos

    Shoulda been Jennings.

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