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Young Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant has been named the NBA’s Best Rookie Player (Rocky) this year, the League announced.
Morant finished first 99 times out of 100 and garnered 498 votes, and became the second Memphis Grizzlies player to win this title since he was preceded by Spaniard Pau Gasol in 2002.
New Orleans Pelicans winger Zion Williamson and number one in the 2019 Draft Picks finished first once, but finished third with 140 votes to 204 votes for Miami Heat playmaker Kendrick Nunn.
And he relied on voting in the regular season games that ran through March 11, before they were detained due to the Corona pandemic. During that period, Morant averaged 16.6 points and 6.9 assists per game.
In the resumption of the league in Orlando “bubble”, he did not disappoint, scoring 35 points (a personal record) in the game his team lost to the Portland Trailblazers in the qualifying round of the playoffs.
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