Lamelo Ball is your 2021 Rookie of the Year

Post #1 » by **Calinks** » Wed Jun 16, 2021 7:15 pm

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Was going to be a long shot for Edwards. Good on Lamelo and the Hornets, he definitely brought excitement back to Charlotte.

jpatrick · Post #2 » by **jpatrick** » Wed Jun 16, 2021 7:21 pm

Edwards was so bad that first half, impossible for him to comeback and overcome LaMelo, although he tried. Will be fun to see who becomes the best player long term.

Post #3 » by **Klomp** » Wed Jun 16, 2021 8:20 pm

Whatever

winforlose · Post #4 » by **winforlose** » Wed Jun 16, 2021 8:22 pm

The best ability is availability and Ant played all 72. Ant is legit rookie of the year and Ball is the political choice.

_AIJ_ · Post #5 » by **_AIJ_** » Wed Jun 16, 2021 8:32 pm

Ball is a clown

Post #6 » by **Domejandro** » Wed Jun 16, 2021 8:57 pm

Ignoring the delusional post above me, this is pretty well-deserved/expected. Anthony Edwards had a spectacular ending to his season, but LaMelo's play was more consistently positive-impact. Had Edwards come into the League playing even adequately and ramped up from there, he likely wins it, but the rough start definitely dug a hole that was too difficult to dig out of. Despite how unprecedented the midseason improvement was, LaMelo legitimately set a high-bar. Is what it is, next season Anthony Edwards has the capacity of exploding, impact-wise.

Post #7 » by **Calinks** » Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:24 pm

Guys this isn't some huge robbery. There are clear arguments for Lamelo's win. He earned it. Just be happy that Ant turned it on so much that he made people think twice by seasons end. ROY doesn't mean Edwards can't be a great player, he is on an awesome path right now and this just may fuel him more next season.

gorz · Post #8 » by **gorz** » Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:42 pm

Domejandro wrote:Ignoring the delusional post above me, this is pretty well-deserved/expected. Anthony Edwards had a spectacular ending to his season, but LaMelo's play was more consistently positive-impact. Had Edwards come into the League playing even adequately and ramped up from there, he likely wins it, but the rough start definitely dug a hole that was too difficult to dig out of. Despite how unprecedented the midseason improvement was, LaMelo legitimately set a high-bar. Is what it is, next season Anthony Edwards has the capacity of exploding, impact-wise.

I think my only gripe is if they are going to award lamelo for his spectacular play despite playing +20 less games than they should have awarded embiid the mvp as he had the better individual season and better team record. If they weren't going to use that criteria and based it on the amount of games played than edwards should have won the ROY.

jscott · Post #9 » by **jscott** » Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:53 pm

Couldn’t care less about the Rookie of the Year even if Ant had won it.

Thrilled to have him on the squad. Glad we have a guy with legit upside. Both of these teams needed some positivity and found it.

gandlogo · Post #10 » by **gandlogo** » Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:54 pm

Congrats to Ball. He’s a hell of a player. I’m thrilled the Wolves have Edwards and wouldn’t trade him for Ball. The HOF is filled with nonROYs.

Dalvin · Post #11 » by **Dalvin** » Thu Jun 17, 2021 12:58 am

Was hoping for Co-Rookie of the year at least. Since both played well, oh well

Neeva · Post #12 » by **Neeva** » Thu Jun 17, 2021 3:09 am

After all star break we know who the real ROY was.

Dalvin · Post #13 » by **Dalvin** » Thu Jun 17, 2021 3:36 am

Neeva wrote:After all star break we know who the real ROY was.

And who the real Coach of the year was

shangrila · Post #14 » by **shangrila** » Thu Jun 17, 2021 5:04 am

Fair enough.

theGreatRC · Post #15 » by **theGreatRC** » Thu Jun 17, 2021 5:20 am

Congrats to Ball, i'm actually glad Ant didn't win it only for him to come back next year gunning for everyone

Norseman79 · Post #16 » by **Norseman79** » Thu Jun 17, 2021 3:20 pm

Ball had three things going for him

1. Professional experience - he came in more ready as a result of playing over seas.
2. Balanced game - he doesn't do anything amazing, pretty avg all around. He does a little of everything.
3. Michael Jordan...and publicity

Post #17 » by **Calinks** » Thu Jun 17, 2021 3:53 pm

Everythign is going as planned.

Read on Twitter

KGdaBom · Post #18 » by **KGdaBom** » Thu Jun 17, 2021 4:04 pm

Ball may be your 2021 NBA Rookie of the Year. He isn't mine.

LibertyPrime · Post #19 » by **LibertyPrime** » Thu Jun 17, 2021 7:38 pm

Congratulations to your 2004-2005 NBA Rookie of the Year, Emeka Okafor!

Spoiler:

TheAlanParsons · Post #20 » by **TheAlanParsons** » Thu Jun 17, 2021 8:12 pm

jpatrick wrote:Edwards was so bad that first half, impossible for him to comeback and overcome LaMelo, although he tried. Will be fun to see who becomes the best player long term.

There's no doubt in my mind that will be Antman. IMO he's already passed Ball by.