Roy, in his rookie season, averaged 16.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 4 assists a game, securing 99 of the 100 first-place votes and easily winning the Rookie of the Year award.
Among the other rookies, only Rondo received one first-place vote, ranking second with a score percentage of 14.3% in averages of 5+5+6+1, beating out Morrison, Guy, and Bargnani.
When Zhang Yang saw the news of the award announcement, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Best Sixth Man, the Rookie of the Year, and things like that had nothing to do with their team.
Rondo ranking second among the rookies might seem close to the Rookie of the Year, but in reality, he was far from it. In terms of rookie performance, Roy was in a league of his own, everyone else being random.
In the first two months, Adam Morrison could have contested Roy, but after a complete season, his average score had fallen to 11.8 points... still slightly higher than the top pick Bargnani, who averaged 11.6 points.