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1-on-1: The King and KD
12 December 2009
So they were rookies.
LeBron in 2003-04: A precocious 19-year old, already working on his PhD in shock-and-awe.
20.9 points, 5.9 assists, 5.5 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game earned him NBA Rookie of the Year.
In fact, LeBron was named Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month for every single month of the season. First Cleveland player to take home that trophy, too. In like, ever.
And then we start with the "youngest-to-do" lists. Score 1,000 points? Check. Drop 40 in a game? Win R.O.Y.? Uh-huh. Obvious: NBA All-Rookie First Team.
Kevin in 2007-08:
19-year old KD began rewriting the N ...
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Born: June 21, 1988 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Big-bodied. Low post-patrolling. Spaniard.
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1-on-1: Mehmet Okur vs. Rasheed Walla ...
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This one's gotta be as simple as the shooting percentages, right?
In his career, Mehmet Okur has attempted 1289 threes. He's made 486 of them. Do the math: that's 37.7% over seven NBA seasons.
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