April 17, 200422 yr Author The coronation is complete. LeBron James will be named rookie of the year by the NBA, Bloomberg News reports. James, taken No. 1 overall in the draft last summer, is the first Cleveland Cavalier to win the award. He beat out Carmelo Anthony, who helped lead the Denver Nuggets to the playoffs in his first season. James averaged 20.9 points, 5.9 assists and 5.5 rebounds per game as Cleveland improved from 17-65 in 2002-03 to 35-47 in 2003-04. "I think overall I had a very successful season, but not because of my statistical categories," James said Wednesday after the Cavaliers beat the New York Knicks in their final game of the season. "I look at the team, and we doubled plus one our wins from last year. And we got better from Day 1 until now." Anthony averaged 21.0 points, 2.8 assists and 6.1 rebounds per game as Denver improved from 17-65 to 43-39. The NBA will announce the award on Tuesday. Last year, the award also was won by a player straight out of high school -- Amare Stoudemire of the Phoenix Suns.
April 17, 200422 yr Author EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Freddy Adu's first professional goal didn't help D.C. United win. The 14-year old, who joined Major League Soccer this season, scored in the 75th minute of Saturday's 3-2 loss to the MetroStars. Adu, the youngest player in a major U.S. pro league in more than a century, did not start but replaced Alecko Eskandarian in the 54th minute. Adu thrilled the crowd of 31,149 when he sneaked behind two defenders to take a crossing pass from Joshua Gros and knocked a sliding, left-footed shot past Jonny Walker. Reserve forward Fabian Taylor scored two goals in a 13-minute span of the second half for the MetroStars. Taylor, who joined the MetroStars last month after playing four years in Jamaica, entered the game after halftime. In the 50th minute, MetroStars midfielder Mark Lisi made a cross from 25 yards out to Taylor, who first attempted a header that was stopped with a diving save by Doug Warren. But Taylor kicked home the rebound for an unassisted goal that tied the game at 1. Seven minutes later, the MetroStars went up 2-1 when John Wolyniec headed home his second goal of the season. In the 63rd minute, 17-year-old Eddie Gaven eluded two defenders to push the ball ahead to Taylor, whose left-footed shot trickled past Warren for a 3-1 advantage.
April 18, 200422 yr Carmelo was robbed of this award. LeBron was as good as advertised, but my vote goes to the guy that led his team to the playoffs in the West, not the guy who's team couldn't make the playoffs in the sorry East.
April 18, 200422 yr Carmelo was robbed of this award. LeBron was as good as advertised, but my vote goes to the guy that lead his team to the playoffs in the West, not the guy who's team couldn't make the playoffs in the sorry East. Agreed. Like I've said in the past, I'd give Carmelo that award, but I'd still rather have LeBron on my team.
April 18, 200422 yr too bad ROY has nothing to do with player's teams just player's stats but i think coROY would have been better
April 18, 200422 yr too bad ROY has nothing to do with player's teams just player's stats but i think coROY would have been better Luke Walton would have won it if he got more minutes.
April 18, 200422 yr they should have just gave it to dwyane and then nobody's feelings woulda gotten hurt :shifty
April 18, 200422 yr Rookies of the Year don't normally find themselves crying, feeling sorry for themselves, sitting on the end of the bench refusing to go back into the game because some teammates told them they were shooting too much. There's no comparison between Lebron and Crymello.
April 18, 200422 yr caron didnt win last year just because his team missed the playoffs, so melo shouldve won
April 18, 200422 yr too bad ROY has nothing to do with player's teams just player's stats but i think coROY would have been better agreed
April 18, 200422 yr too bad ROY has nothing to do with player's teams just player's stats but i think coROY would have been better agreed amare did not just win off stats last year
April 18, 200422 yr too bad ROY has nothing to do with player's teams just player's stats but i think coROY would have been better agreed amare did not just win off stats last year thats exactly what i just said. caron outscored all rookies but finished 3rd in voting cause the heat werent in the playoffs
April 18, 200422 yr CROY is a damn cop-out. the media doesnt have the balls to not vote for Lebron. Melo was just as good AND lead his piss poor team into teh western conference playoffs.....which is REALLY an accomplishment. of course considering stephen a. smith broke this tory....it 'could' be false.
April 18, 200422 yr too bad ROY has nothing to do with player's teams just player's stats but i think coROY would have been better agreed amare did not just win off stats last year thats exactly what i just said. caron outscored all rookies but finished 3rd in voting cause the heat werent in the playoffs i dont think playoffs have anything to do with it and shouldnt
April 18, 200422 yr CROY is a damn cop-out. the media doesnt have the balls to not vote for Lebron. Melo was just as good AND lead his piss poor team into teh western conference playoffs.....which is REALLY an accomplishment. of course considering stephen a. smith broke this tory....it 'could' be false. Agreed.
April 18, 200422 yr too bad ROY has nothing to do with player's teams just player's stats but i think coROY would have been better agreed amare did not just win off stats last year thats exactly what i just said. caron outscored all rookies but finished 3rd in voting cause the heat werent in the playoffs i dont think playoffs have anything to do with it and shouldnt The reason Amare and Yao finished in front of Caron is because the people that vote for ROY (broadcasters, etc.) didn't know who the hell Caron was. The heat didn't have ONE nationally televised game. Phoenix and Rockets had quite a few and Yao was already talked about before the season even started. They should have just went on nba.com and looked at caron's stats and whoop there it is. but whatever i'm over it
April 18, 200422 yr PISS POOR TEAM? You gotta be f***ing kiddin' me. - Andre - Camby - NENE - Lenard - Boykins Incredibly talented players. If any piece of s*** person from the Nugs organization should get a reward, it's gotta be Kiki for best GM.
April 18, 200422 yr I gotta agree with that. Melo had more help than Lebron but Melo was in the west. It goes both ways.
April 18, 200422 yr too bad ROY has nothing to do with player's teams just player's stats but i think coROY would have been better agreed amare did not just win off stats last year thats exactly what i just said. caron outscored all rookies but finished 3rd in voting cause the heat werent in the playoffs i dont think playoffs have anything to do with it and shouldnt The reason Amare and Yao finished in front of Caron is because the people that vote for ROY (broadcasters, etc.) didn't know who the hell Caron was. The heat didn't have ONE nationally televised game. Phoenix and Rockets had quite a few and Yao was already talked about before the season even started. They should have just went on nba.com and looked at caron's stats and whoop there it is. but whatever i'm over it
April 20, 200422 yr It's now offical. LBJ is the ROY. 2003-04 got milk? NBA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD VOTING RESULTS Player, Team 1st 2nd 3rd Pts LeBron James, Cleveland 78 39 1 508 Carmelo Anthony, Denver 40 76 2 430 Dwyane Wade, Miami 0 3 108 117 Kirk Hinrich, Chicago 0 0 4 4 Chris Bosh, Toronto 0 0 2 2 Marquis Daniels, Dallas 0 0 1 1 It was a close race, other than that the other rookies had no chance.
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