Trae Young - The Case for Rookie of the Year

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

[High5]

I thought he'd get a few more 1st place votes, but still not a shutout. Looking forward to an even more motivated Trae.

[bleachkit]

I'm just glad we can stop talking about this.

[NBASupes]

Luka had the media, next year, Trae will have his ass. 

[enrique]

20 minutes ago, High5 said:

Looking forward to an even more motivated Trae.

You know that is the truth!  May he stay hungry and humble!!! 

 

[IheartVolt]

Wow .. that vote total? For real?

[AHawks89]

Dallas fan(s) are having a blast with the results. I honestly think Trae should had won it, but we all knew from the start of the season who they picked to win it. It reminds me of the Blake Griffen dunk contest, they already picked the winner, and although Blake Griffens dunks were not great at all, they overhyped him from the start. 

[Spud2nique]

Derek Nowinski.. wtf

http://bleacherreport.com/post/trending/85d36609-0580-4279-9688-a87d10c0211e

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

[Spud2nique]

19 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

ATL BITCH DON’T  DISRESPECT IT!

[IheartVolt]

29 minutes ago, AHawks89 said:

Dallas fan(s) are having a blast with the results. I honestly think Trae should had won it, but we all knew from the start of the season who they picked to win it. It reminds me of the Blake Griffen dunk contest, they already picked the winner, and although Blake Griffens dunks were not great at all, they overhyped him from the start. 

Let them have their meaningless victory. We will take the future with our exceptional pg

[IheartVolt]

29 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

Derek Nowinski.. wtf

http://bleacherreport.com/post/trending/85d36609-0580-4279-9688-a87d10c0211e

What is that? Nothing there

[Spud2nique]

1 minute ago, IheartVolt said:

What is that? Nothing there

Oh wasn’t that Dirk talking shit? Thought it was my bad if it wasn’t.

[IheartVolt]

Just now, Spud2nique said:

Oh wasn’t that Dirk talking shit? Thought it was my bad if it wasn’t.

I think it was removed

[AHF]

Am I reading that right that one moron left Trae off his ballot completely?  Shameful.

[Sothron]

The vote total is about as lopsided as I expected. The voters already made up their mind by early Dec. so nothing Trae did from mid Dec to the end of the season mattered.

I think they should have been Co ROY.

[AHF]

5 minutes ago, Sothron said:

The vote total is about as lopsided as I expected. The voters already made up their mind by early Dec. so nothing Trae did from mid Dec to the end of the season mattered.

I think they should have been Co ROY.

I’d be all on board with co-ROY but this can’t be a big surprise.  Doncic averaged something like 23, 9 and 7 over Feb - Apr.  He wasn’t struggling badly to put up big numbers at any point.

[Eddielives]

7 hours ago, Sothron said:

The vote total is about as lopsided as I expected. The voters already made up their mind by early Dec. so nothing Trae did from mid Dec to the end of the season mattered.

I think they should have been Co ROY.

I think this comment about the media is unfair.  Let's just look at the situation in December that would lead talking heads to say so adamantly that Luka is going to win.  The situation was that Trae was putting up historically bad efficiency numbers while Luka pretty much came out of the gate in mid-season form.  Having a strong opinion at that time isn't or wasn't controversial.  It was honest and true to what each were doing.  I don't think any of us at that time expected Trae to go on the tear he did the rest of the season.  Yet he did so why didn't that bridge the gap?  Well basically because Luka didn't have any significant falling off from his numbers and looked the part of what the hype around him was.  Remove Luka from this year and Trae wins it unanimously.  Assigning an almost conspiracy level of pre-determination about the reward in December fails to consider just how good he was all year whereas Trae took a minute to get rolling.  That's really what the deciding factor.  It diminishes what Luka did to layer the award with a level of media bias and pre-determinism.  I mean who here, after trying to remove as much Hawk bias as possible, would have truly voted for Trae over Luka?

[NBASupes]

One voter didn't have Trae in his top 3. It was a joke to me but I wasn't expecting him to win. Too many media heads already decided who would win

[enrique]

7 hours ago, AHF said:

I’d be all on board with co-ROY but this can’t be a big surprise.  Doncic averaged something like 23, 9 and 7 over Feb - Apr.  He wasn’t struggling badly to put up big numbers at any point.

Correct. Doncic was a volume player the second half of season. Shooting less than 30 percent from downtown and shooting more than before. Also note that he avoided b2b and 1 day rest games. That's why he sat as often as he did...12% of the time almost. 

I will take Trae (whose stats actually make our other players better) over the rest. Doncic's percentages after AS break were as bad as Trae's in November. 

Trae will be so motivated. Let's hope our young men step up this year!!!