NBA AWARDS - DERRICK ROSE NAMED NBA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

James Loving - National Radio Text Service

Rose led first-year players in assists (6.3 apg) and was second among rookies in scoring (16.8 ppg), to go along with 3.9 rebounds in 37.0 minutes. Rose shot .475 from the field and .788 from the free throw line. He started 80 of 81 games

HOT ROOKIE IN THE HOUSE

Tuesday April 28, 2009

Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls is the recipient of the Eddie Gottlieb Trophy as the 2008-09 NBA Rookie of the Year. Rose received 111 first-place votes (574 points) from a panel of 120 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. Memphis’ O.J. Mayo finished second with 246 points and New Jersey’s Brook Lopez finished third with 127 points. Players were awarded five points for each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote and one point for each third-place vote.

Selected with the first overall pick in the NBA Draft 2008, Rose led first-year players in assists (6.3 apg) and was second among rookies in scoring (16.8 ppg), to go along with 3.9 rebounds in 37.0 minutes. Rose shot .475 from the field and .788 from the free throw line. He started 80 of 81 games (missed one game due to injury on March 24), and finished the season in the top three in several categories all-time among Bulls rookies, including total points (3rd, 1,361), scoring (3rd, 16.8 ppg) and assists (3rd, 6.3 apg).

A three-time Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month selection (Nov., Dec., March), Rose scored in double digits 71 times including 32 games of at least 20 points. Rose represented Chicago at All-Star Saturday Night in Phoenix, becoming the first rookie to win the PlayStation® Skills Challenge with a time of 35.3 seconds. A participant in the 2009 Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam, Rose finished with four points and a team-high seven assists. Rose is the third Bulls rookie to win the award and the first since Elton Brand in 1999-00 (co-winner with Houston’s Steve Francis).

Throughout the 2008-09 season, for every point scored by the Rookie of the Month, T-Mobile USA pledged to donate $20 per point scored during the month the player won the award to better the various youth communities in Phoenix, the Host City of NBA All-Star 2009. T-Mobile will donate a total of $60,340, with $16,220 coming from the 811 points scored by Rose alone during the three months he won T-Mobile Rookie of the Month. The donation is part of the overall T-Mobile Rookie Program and builds on T-Mobile’s strong appeal to the nation’s youth as the official wireless partner of the NBA.

NBA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD VOTING RESULTS

Player............................... Team............ 1st........ 2nd....... 3rd........ Pts

Derrick Rose,... ..............Chicago .......111 ............5 ...........4 ........574

O.J. Mayo, .......................Memphis ..........5 ...........64 .........29 .......246

Brook Lopez, ................New Jersey ......2 ...........28 .........33 .......127

Russell Westbrook, ....Oklahoma City.. 2 ...........13 ........24 .........73

FORMER NBA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS

1952-53 - Don Meineke, Fort Wayne

1953-54 - Ray Felix, Baltimore

1954-55 - Bob Pettit, Milwaukee

1955-56 - Maurice Stokes, Rochester

1956-57 - Tom Heinsohn, Boston

1957-58 - Woody Sauldsberry, Philadelphia

1958-59 - Elgin Baylor, Minneapolis

1959-60 - Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia

1960-61 - Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati

1961-62 - Walt Bellamy, Chicago

1962-63 - Terry Dischinger, Chicago

1963-64 - Jerry Lucas, Cincinnati

1964-65 - Willis Reed, New York

1965-66 - Rick Barry, San Francisco

1966-67 - Dave Bing, Detroit

1967-68 - Earl Monroe, Baltimore

1968-69 - Wes Unseld, Baltimore

1969-70 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milwaukee

1970-71 - Dave Cowens, Boston (tie) - Geoff Petrie, Portland (tie)

1971-72 - Sidney Wicks, Portland

1972-73 - Bob McAdoo, Buffalo

1973-74 - Ernie DiGregorio, Buffalo

1974-75 - Keith Wilkes, Golden State

1975-76 - Alvan Adams, Phoenix

1976-77 - Adrian Dantley, Buffalo

1977-78 - Walter Davis, Phoenix

1978-79 - Phil Ford, Kansas City

1979-80 - Larry Bird, Boston

1980-81 - Darrell Griffith, Utah

1981-82 - Buck Williams, New Jersey

1982-83 - Terry Cummings, San Diego

1983-84 - Ralph Sampson, Houston

1984-85 - Michael Jordan, Chicago

1985-86 - Patrick Ewing, New York

1986-87 - Chuck Person, Indiana

1987-88 - Mark Jackson, New York

1988-89 - Mitch Richmond, Golden State

1989-90 - David Robinson, San Antonio

1990-91 - Derrick Coleman, New Jersey

1991-92 - Larry Johnson, Charlotte

1992-93 - Shaquille O'Neal, Orlando

1993-94 - Chris Webber, Golden State

1994-95 - Grant Hill, Detroit (tie) - Jason Kidd, Dallas (tie)

1995-96 - Damon Stoudamire, Toronto

1996-97 - Allen Iverson, Philadelphia

1997-98 - Tim Duncan, San Antonio

1998-99 - Vince Carter, Toronto

1999-00 - Elton Brand, Chicago (tie) - Steve Francis, Houston (tie)

2000-01 - Mike Miller, Orlando 2001-02 - Pau Gasol, Memphis

2002-03 - Amaré Stoudemire, Phoenix

2003-04 - LeBron James, Cleveland

2004-05 - Emeka Okafor, Charlotte

2005-06 - Chris Paul, New Orleans/Okla. City

2006-07 - Brandon Roy, Portland

2007-08 - Kevin Durant, Seattle

2008-09 -Derrick Rose, Chicago

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