- Cooper Flagg: 412 whole factors, 56 first-place votes
- Kon Knueppel: 386 whole factors, 44 first-place votes
- VJ Edgecombe (76ers): 96 whole factors, 1 second-place vote, 93 third-place votes
- Dylan Harper (Spurs): 5 whole factors and third-place votes
- Cedric Coward (Grizzlies): 1 third-place vote
There was plenty 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 long run appears to be like shiny for the 2 former Duke stars.
