Who Won Rookie Of The Year Nba 2020?

The 2020 NBA Rookie of the Year was awarded to Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies! Morant had an impressive debut season, averaging 17.6 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 6.9 assists per game. He is the first rookie since LeBron James to average at least 17 points, six assists, and three rebounds per game.

Zion Williamson

Zion Williamson was the obvious choice for Rookie of the Year. He was the consensus number one pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, and he lived up to the hype. Williamson averaged 22.5 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game while shooting 58.3% from the field and 36.1% from three-point range. He was also extremely efficient, posting a true shooting percentage of 65.6%.

Averaged 22.5 points

He was the most efficient scorer in the league, averaging 22.5 points on 58.9% shooting from the field and 36.1% from three-point range. Williamson also averaged 6.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 29 games for the Pelicans.

Averaged 6.3 rebounds

In his lone season at Duke, Williamson averaged 22.6 points, 8.9 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 2.1 steals and 1.8 blocks per game, leading the Blue Devils to a 29–5 record and the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. He was named a consensus first-team All-American and won many national player of the year awards. He was also awarded the Naismith College Player of the Year, Wooden Award, USBWA Player of the Year, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award.

In February 2020, Williamson was named the NBA Rookie of the Month for games played in January. In March 2020, he was sidelined for the remainder of his rookie season due to a right knee injury suffered during a game against the New York Knicks. Despite playing in only 24 games, Williamson led all rookies in player efficiency rating (PER) and win shares (WS), and was second in scoring average behind Ja Morant. He was unanimously named NBA Rookie of the Year on September 3, 2020.

Averaged 2.2 assists

In his lone college season, Zion Williamson averaged 2.2 assists per game, which was good for sixth on the Duke Blue Devils. He also averaged 0.8 steals and 1.8 blocks per game while playing just 22.6 minutes per contest.

Ja Morant

In his first season with the Memphis Grizzlies, Ja Morant led the team to the playoffs while averaging 17.6 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 6.9 assists per game. He was unanimously voted Rookie of the Year, becoming the first player in NBA history to receive all first-place votes.

Averaged 17.6 points

Ja Morant, who averaged 17.6 points and 7.2 assists in his rookie season for the Memphis Grizzlies, has been unanimously voted NBA Rookie of the Year.

The 20-year-old from Murray State was the runaway winner of the award, receiving all 100 first-place votes from a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.

Morant is the third player in Grizzlies history to win the award, joining Pau Gasol (2002) and Mike Conley (2009).

“It’s a great honor, first off,” Morant said. “I want to thank God for blessing me with this opportunity. I want to thank my family, friends, coaches — everybody that played a role in me being here today.”

Morant was the second overall pick in last year’s draft after leading Murray State to the NCAA Tournament. He averaged 24.5 points and 10 assists in his two seasons with the Racers.

Averaged 3.5 rebounds

Per game
Ja Morant averaged 3.5 rebounds per game during the 2019-20 NBA season. He was named the NBA Rookie of the Year, becoming the first Memphis Grizzlies player to win the award.

Averaged 6.9 assists

As a rookie for the Memphis Grizzlies, Morant averaged 17.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 6.9 assists in 34.6 minutes per game. He shot 36% from three-point range and was second among first-year players in assists and steals (1.8) behind only Kendrick Nunn of the Miami Heat.

Kendrick Nunn

Kendrick Nunn didn’t come into the league with the typical fanfare of a lottery pick or a highly touted college player. He was an undrafted player out of Oakland who spent last season in the G League. But Nunn proved himself to be one of the best players in the league, and he was rewarded with the Rookie of the Year award.

Averaged 15.6 points

Kendrick Nunn (born February 6, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Oakland Golden Grizzlies, and was named Summit League Newcomer of the Year in 2015. He went undrafted in 2018, but was signed by the Golden State Warriors to a two-way contract. After one season with their NBA G League affiliate, the Santa Cruz Warriors, Nunn joined the Miami Heat. In his first year with the team, he averaged 15.6 points per game and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team.

Averaged 3.4 rebounds

Kendrick Nunn, who averaged 3.4 rebounds in his first NBA season, was a strong candidate for the NBA’s Rookie of the Year award. Nunn finished the season averaging 17.8 points per game, which was fourth among rookies. He also shot 37.2 percent from three-point range, which was third among rookies.

Averaged 2.3 assists

Kendrick Nunn was born on August 3, 1996, in Chicago, Illinois. He is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Oakland Golden Grizzlies. He was undrafted in the 2018 NBA draft but subsequently signed with the Miami Heat. He averaged 2.3 assists in 13 minutes per game for them in his rookie season. In July 2019, he was traded to the Golden State Warriors.