- Cooper Flagg: 412 complete factors, 56 first-place votes
- Kon Knueppel: 386 complete factors, 44 first-place votes
- VJ Edgecombe (76ers): 96 complete factors, 1 second-place vote, 93 third-place votes
- Dylan Harper (Spurs): 5 complete factors and third-place votes
- Cedric Coward (Grizzlies): 1 third-place vote
There was a whole lot of debate between Knueppel and Flagg for the award, however the Mavericks star simply beat out Knueppel.
Flagg completed the season averaging 21 factors with 6.7 rebounds and 4.5 assists per recreation, whereas Knueppel had 18.5 factors with 5.3 rebounds and three.4 assists.
Knueppel made NBA historical past by setting a brand new report for threes made in a season by a rookie, and that mark was beforehand made by Sacramento Kings ahead Keegan Murray. Knueppel broke that record at the end of February after hitting his 207th three-pointer.
Nonetheless, it was fairly the season by each rookies, and the longer term seems vivid for the 2 former Duke stars.
