Tremont Waters is Your 2020 G-League Rookie of the Year

https://www.basketball-reference.com/gleague/awards/roy.html

Red Claws players have won 3 of the last 6 ROYs. Ainge has drafted 2 of the last 4 ROYs. Abdel Nader was the last one.

Fencer reregistered · Post #6 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 3:39 pm

ConstableGeneva wrote:
Fencer reregistered wrote:Congrats to him!

Is there a list of previous winners?

https://www.basketball-reference.com/gleague/awards/roy.html

Red Claws players have won 3 of the last 6 ROYs. Ainge has drafted 2 of the last 4 ROYs. Abdel Nader was the last one.

So of the 18 winners of this award, 1 has so far had a significant NBA career? (Robert Covington)

Post #7 » by **Parliament10** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 3:43 pm

ConstableGeneva wrote:
Fencer reregistered wrote:Congrats to him!

Is there a list of previous winners?

https://www.basketball-reference.com/gleague/awards/roy.html

Red Claws players have won 3 of the last 6 ROYs. Ainge has drafted 2 of the last 4 ROYs. Abdel Nader was the last one.

He's in some good company. Most are still playing in the NBA.

2019-20 Tremont Waters
2018-19 Angel Delgado
2017-18 Antonio Blakeney
2016-17 Abdel Nader
2015-16 Quinn Cook
2014-15 Tim Frazier
2013-14 Robert Covington

Fencer reregistered · Post #8 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 3:45 pm

There's some Isiah Thomas in his game (I think of Thomas as the original drive-and-dish guy, and as a maker of gritty layups more than of outside shots).

Post #9 » by **Parliament10** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 3:46 pm

Fencer reregistered wrote:
ConstableGeneva wrote:
Fencer reregistered wrote:Congrats to him!

Is there a list of previous winners?

https://www.basketball-reference.com/gleague/awards/roy.html

Red Claws players have won 3 of the last 6 ROYs. Ainge has drafted 2 of the last 4 ROYs. Abdel Nader was the last one.

So of the 18 winners of this award, 1 has so far had a significant NBA career? (Robert Covington)

Quinn Cook has done pretty well.
Tim Frazier is doing OK, too.

ConstableGeneva · Post #10 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 3:52 pm

Fencer reregistered wrote:
ConstableGeneva wrote:
Fencer reregistered wrote:Congrats to him!

Is there a list of previous winners?

https://www.basketball-reference.com/gleague/awards/roy.html

Red Claws players have won 3 of the last 6 ROYs. Ainge has drafted 2 of the last 4 ROYs. Abdel Nader was the last one.

So of the 18 winners of this award, 1 has so far had a significant NBA career? (Robert Covington)

Define significant. Will Bynum, Lou Amundson, Devin Brown, Alonzo Gee, and Tim Frazier have had several seasons as 9th to 12th man on NBA teams. Each has logged at least 4,800 NBA minutes. Quinn Cook played two seasons as the backup PG of the Warriors, even playing in each of the last two NBA Finals. Nader's minutes have gone up since he was traded to OKC.

Post #11 » by **SuperDeluxe** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 4:20 pm

He's just six inches away from being indispensable.

That being said, this is great

ConstableGeneva · Post #12 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 4:26 pm

Read on Twitter

Disinformation · Post #13 » by **Disinformation** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 6:50 pm

I mean, it's "just the G League" but if you're going to send a guy to the G League you at least want him to tear things up.

Nice job and congratulations, Mr. Waters!

captain green · Post #14 » by **captain green** » Thu Jun 18, 2020 10:42 pm

The best thing from any of our rookies has been him. Congrats

Curmudgeon · Post #15 » by **Curmudgeon** » Fri Jun 19, 2020 3:39 am

He is incredibly entertaining.

31to6 · Post #16 » by **31to6** » Fri Jun 19, 2020 4:34 am

He’s been Trementuous

ConstableGeneva · Post #17 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Fri Jun 19, 2020 3:12 pm

Read on Twitter

Homerclease · Post #18 » by **Homerclease** » Fri Jun 19, 2020 3:47 pm

Give Curm the credit for seeing it in this kid first. He was all over it from day one. That being said, Waters is a baller with an NBA future without question IMO. Better than Wanamaker right now and absolutely deserving of a roster spot on the main club next year

Curmudgeon · Post #19 » by **Curmudgeon** » Fri Jun 19, 2020 4:41 pm

Homerclease wrote:Give Curm the credit for seeing it in this kid first. He was all over it from day one. That being said, Waters is a baller with an NBA future without question IMO. Better than Wanamaker right now and absolutely deserving of a roster spot on the main club next year

Thanks for the credit. I'll take credit for Tatum, too. I said from day one that he was the best player in that draft.

Post #20 » by **Parliament10** » Fri Jun 19, 2020 4:56 pm

Curmudgeon wrote:
Homerclease wrote:Give Curm the credit for seeing it in this kid first. He was all over it from day one. That being said, Waters is a baller with an NBA future without question IMO. Better than Wanamaker right now and absolutely deserving of a roster spot on the main club next year

Thanks for the credit. I'll take credit for Tatum, too. I said from day one that he was the best player in that draft.

Yep. 2-for-2. Tatum struggled for a bit when Toxic-Man was here. But he was always, at least, a Starter.
Waters has shown very early on, that he was better than Wanamaker. Now with a G-League season under his belt, he's ready to come up to the Big Club.