Who Won Rookie of the Year in the NBA 2017 Season?
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The 2017 NBA season was one for the ages, with plenty of young superstars emerging. But who won Rookie of the Year? Read on to find out!
2017 NBA Rookies
The 2017 NBA season was yet another great season. Many new rookies came into the league and made an immediate impact. Some of these rookies included Lonzo Ball, Ben Simmons, Donovan Mitchell, and Jayson Tatum. But, there can only be one Rookie of the Year. Who took home this prestigious honor?
Ben Simmons
In the 2017 NBA season, Ben Simmons of the Philadelphia
76ers was named the Rookie of the Year. He is the first player in 76ers history to win the award unanimously.
Donovan Mitchell
In the 2017 NBA season, the Utah Jazz’s Donovan Mitchell won the Rookie of the Year Award. He is the first rookie in Jazz franchise history to win the award.
Jayson Tatum
Jayson Tatum was born on March 3, 1998, in Saint Louis, Missouri. He played one season of college basketball for Duke University before being drafted by the Boston Celtics with the third overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft. As a rookie, Tatum averaged 13.9 points and 5.0 rebounds per game, and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team.
2017 NBA Rookie of the Year
The 2017 NBA Rookie of the Year was won by Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz. Mitchell was a powerful force for the Jazz all season, and his outstanding play helped the team make the playoffs. Let’s take a look at Mitchell’s stats and see how he compares to other rookies.
Ben Simmons
Celtics forward Jaylen Brown and Lakers forward Brandon Ingram finished as the runners-up for the 2017 NBA Rookie of the Year Award, receiving 29 first-place votes and one second-place vote apiece.
Simmons, 22, becomes the first Sixers player to earn NBA Rookie of the Year honors since Michael Carter-Williams was named the 2013 recipient. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft out of LSU, Simmons averaged 15.8 points, 8.2 assists, 8.1 rebounds and 1.7 steals in 36.9 minutes per game while shooting 54.5 percent from the field and 33.3 percent from three-point range in his first NBA season.
Donovan Mitchell
Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz was named the Kia NBA Rookie of the Year for the 2017-18 season, the NBA announced today. Mitchell received 635 points, including 79 first-place votes, from a panel of 100 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada.
Jayson Tatum
Jayson Tatum (born March 3, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for one season with the Duke Blue Devils before being selected with the third overall pick in the 2017 NBA draft by the Celtics.
In July 2017, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team.
