Michael Carter-Williams Becomes Only Third Rookie Besides Magic Johnson & Oscar Robertson To Average 16/6/6
There’s very little doubt left who should be this year’s NBA Rookie of the Year. Numbers-wise Michael Carter-Williams has done things not seen in the NBA in generations, blowing away his rookie competition in almost every statistical category. Is this a product of being one of the few options on a fast-paced / horrifically bad team? Surely that plays its part, but let’s not deny MCW credit for putting up rookie numbers this rare. He’s a point guard who had 11 or more rebounds eight times this season. Eight! Hell five games ago he realized he stinks at shooting threes, stopped shooting threes all together, and has averaged a ridiculous 51.2% field goal percentage. Making more than half his shots. As a point guard.
In regards to this recent history of averaging 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists as a rookie, some guys came close…
…others got closer…
…and of course Michael Jordan was Michael Jordan (28!)…
…but technically none of them hit the 16/6/6 mark like MCW did this year. The work he did in his first NBA season deserves recognition from all sports fans and not just insane homers like me.
Maybe ESPN will do MCW a solid and say something nice as a change of pace from last month’s The Sixers Are Shitty countdown.
You realize he is actually terrible right? And if you think he’s better than even one of those other players you’re actually stupid
MCW is also just a couple of misses from becoming the 7th player EVER to attempt at least 100 3s while shooting worse than 25% from deep and 40% overall. so he’s got that going for him.
You sound like a baseball statistician…He’s also the first player, with a hyphenated name with 6 or more letters in each part of his name, to average more than 15.8 points, 5.7 rebounds, 4.5 assists, and 1.6 steals in a season finishing in an even numbered year
he’s really not good
It’s pretty easy to do that when every team rests their starters after the half when they’re up by 60
The 76ers season is over. I heard the Urban Outfitters in SoHo is having a cardigan sale though.
Players’ stats are always inflated when on terrible teams.. his player efficiency rating of a 15.69 is only slightly above the average NBA player and less than one point better than fellow Rookie Kelly Olynyk’s .. slow it down a bit Mo
Ohhhh look! Tyreke Evans was basically the next Lebron!
Need a Charlotte Bobcats/Hornets blogger. They actually make the playoffs unlike the sorry ass 76ers
@hey you don’t say that: you just read Zach Lowe’s Grantland piece on awards?
The sixers deserve all the shit they are getting for the tank job they did. I hope the get screwed on draft day
76ers…smh
@ryno5: indeed.
Who are the other two rookies with 16/6/6 besides him, Magic and Oscar?
3.5 TOs a game …. Nice
hes definitly ROY Olidipos team is 35 games under 500 and no one gives him shit for it
Who fuckin cares
I’m tired of this Sixers are a disgrace with their tanking shit that seems to be led by jealous ass Bill Simmons, and it has nothing to do with MCW clearly being the ROY. Only three current NBA players are averaging that. Fuck rookies only 12 other players in history have that stat line so it’s not really a contest at this point.
Stop embarrassing real Sixers fans Mo. MCW is a promising player, but stop being such a homer jerkoff and making people who actually live near/in Philly look like morons.
Lets get another hypothetical lineup you hipster fuck
MCW also has a PER worse than Enes Kanter, Jimmer Fredette and Timofey Mozgov. Great player though!
Oladipo is gonna win it