Presenting: The SB Nation Reader's Choice Awards (Rookie of the Year)
At the latest yearly SBNation hoops symposium (in Stockholm), my blogging cohorts and I agreed upon a user-driven end-of-season-awards extravaganza. This means you can choose the recipients, and as a bonus this keeps you from reading our played-out explanations over what makes a player 'valuable'.
Over the next six days, you will have the chance to vote on six key awards (MVP, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, 6th Man of the Year, and Most Improved Player). Each of our twelve sites will be posting open threads where you can cast your vote.
Each of the twelve sites will be posting an open thread for a different award over the next six days. You may vote at any of the 12 sites. (keep it to one vote(one site) for each award, plzzzz) For each category, we ask that you list your top 3 in order. First-place votes are worth 3 points, second-place 2, and third-place one.
The voting will close for each award on midnight Monday night. At that point, each site will tally up the points, and we will then add the totals of all twelve sites to figure out the winners of each category.
This is the thread for Rookie of the Year. Vote away.
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Really
But I'm going to have to go with he who made perhaps the biggest differnece of any rookie ever...
Drumroll please....
Oleksiy Pecherov
Ok really here we go.
1st: Roy...pretty obvious
2nd: Paul Milsap not a sexy pick, but I award success, not stats. He was part of a huge turnaround, and plays alot like the mailman
3rd: Tyrus. Same as above, sans mailman. He was a part of a large increase in wins, and though his stats aren't sexy, he's in the best position of any of the rookies in the race to win a 'chip
the voting doesn't rotate by site
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Apr 17, 2007 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions
i just read bullets forever
furthermore, i found it funny paxjax getting ripped on other sites...again
also, who decided in the ecent of a tie?
not me
(j/k, you just read it wrong, no big deal)
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Apr 17, 2007 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions
This is now the third place
Just felt like pointing that out. I think he's developing a cult following.
My Vote
- Roy
- Bargnani
- Aldridge
by nas on Apr 17, 2007 9:45 PM CDT reply actions
agreed
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Apr 17, 2007 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Rookie of the Year
Stace has impressed many people in his first full season, and Thabo Sefolooo-Sha rolls off his tongue like the gooey juices found only in canned fruit salad.
2. Ben Gordon
This should make up for being snubbed/dubbed 6th man, because Emeka Who? and the expansion Bobcats needed the publicity.
3. Joey Crawford
That was the first NBA game he ever called, right?
by Paxson Jackson @ Blog a Bull on Apr 17, 2007 9:52 PM CDT reply actions
lol
by nas on Apr 17, 2007 9:54 PM CDT up reply actions
ha, agreed on Gordon
by your friendly BullsBlogger on Apr 17, 2007 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Brandon Roy, 'Blazers
I think he's going to have a couple troubles next year, however, because of the early success he had in '06-'07. He had a great first year and, as we all know, if he doesn't improve his second year, he will be blasted upon on all his fans and critics. He's a little injury-prone also, which can't be good for the a player in only his rookie year.
Oh, and I'll tell you who I think's the Least Valuable Player: Adam "Dirty Sanchez" Morrison. I bet Charlotte's really regretting passing Roy up right now.
Hole*
Oh, and 2.) Gay 3.) Aldridge
by NittanyBull on Apr 17, 2007 10:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Dalibor of the Year Award
I'm done zinging.
by Paxson Jackson @ Blog a Bull on Apr 17, 2007 10:10 PM CDT reply actions
I rescind my picks
En route to the first ever ROY(Even though he started in the NBA in'04... he's that good), MVP, 6th man, Most Improved, and Defensive Player awards all simultaneously. The day he receives this, he grows wings that span 8-feet with no signs of irises, flying off, never to be seen again.
by NittanyBull on Apr 17, 2007 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Tyrus Thomas.
Here are my unassailable reasons:
(1) He plays for the Bulls;
(2) His swat and dunk sequence against the Hornets.
Indisputable.
My picks
- milesgmsu--Over 1500 posts since last June. Prolific production.
- Paxson Jackson--Good insight, great desire. Would be the pick to take over should any spots open up.
1. chgobor--Through the ups and the downs, nobody is more positive, or more polite (a remarkable quality in this "Interweb" age). A true inspiration to commenters and posters everywhere.
DAMNIT!
Next season, Miles, PaxJax and Chgobor... it's on!
Thank you for this prestigeous award!
Good rookies on good teams
- Tyrus Thomas
- Thabo Sefolosha
- Andrea Bargnani
No contest...
- Roy - Leading the team already.
- Bargnani - Helping Toronto make the leap.
- Tyrus Thomas - Playing at a high level for one of the best in the East.
by SouthSideIrish @ Blog a Bull on Apr 18, 2007 12:25 AM CDT reply actions
Roy, obviously
Oh, and Sheldon Williams is about 175th. How do the Hawks suck so much? How is it possible?
I didn't watch enough games
- Bargnani...he killed the Bulls earlier this season in a Mehmet Okur kinda way.
- Randy Foye...even without the game winning shot. He was the T-Wolves best player that game.
- Tyrus...yeah, it's the homer pick, but when Noc went down, he stepped it up, for lack of a better description. Can you picture the Bulls without him being the first non-guard off the bench? Hopefully the playoffs don't scare him into Nov-Feb Tyrus.
by james@lifeinthecell on Apr 18, 2007 5:47 AM CDT reply actions
My Picks
- Brandon Roy
- Tyrus Thomas
- LaMarcus Aldridge

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