Sacramento Adult Entertainment: Rookie of the Year? So what?
It was close, but I think Evans had a better season than Curry.
But really, neither prevented his team from sucking eggs. The Warriors (26-56) had a ridiculous number of injuries and the Kings had untimely injuries that helped wreak havoc on their respective seasons. There actually have been rookies who have dominated teams and leagues in their first NBA seasons.
Both the Kings and Warriors are desperate franchises that decided to promote their candidates for the award.
There was another option.
That is, allow the performances and production of their talented rookies to serve as their own promotion. That’s what the teams did during the early weeks of the season, until marketing brainiacs decided to pimp their youngsters and see if there was money to be made and tickets to be sold.