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May 23, 2011, 6:51 pm
(This post was last modified: May 23, 2011, 8:10 pm by Black Urum.)
Derrick Rose
Here are interesting facts about Rose's MVP season:
* The youngest NBA MVP in history. He was born on October 4, 1988, making him 22 years and 7 months come Wednesday. He supplants 1969 winner and Hall of Famer Wes Unseld by roughly five months. Unseld also won the Rookie of the Year at that time.
* He ranked seventh in scoring and 10th in assists, making him the only player this season in the top 10 in both categories. The only other Bulls player to do that was Michael Jordan in 1988-89, when he led the league in scoring (32.5 points) and finished 10th in assists.
* With averages of 25 points, 7.7 assists and 4.1 rebounds, Rose became the seventh player in NBA history to post averages of at least 25 points, 7.5 assists and four rebounds in a single season. He joined heavyweights Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James.
* The fifth player and first point guard to post 2,000 points, 600 assists and 300 rebounds in the same season joining elite company in Robertson, Jordan, James and John Havlicek.
* The first MVP winner since Dave Cowens in 1973 to win the award without receiving one vote the previous year.
* The first third-year player to win the award since Moses Malone in 1978-79.
* He joins Jordan, who won the award five times, as the only MVPs in franchise history.
* Led the Chicago Bulls to league leading record of 62-20. Their 60+ wins was the Bulls' first since the 1997-98 season and sixth 60+ win in the team's franchise history.
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Here are interesting facts about Rose's MVP season:
* The youngest NBA MVP in history. He was born on October 4, 1988, making him 22 years and 7 months come Wednesday. He supplants 1969 winner and Hall of Famer Wes Unseld by roughly five months. Unseld also won the Rookie of the Year at that time.
* He ranked seventh in scoring and 10th in assists, making him the only player this season in the top 10 in both categories. The only other Bulls player to do that was Michael Jordan in 1988-89, when he led the league in scoring (32.5 points) and finished 10th in assists.
* With averages of 25 points, 7.7 assists and 4.1 rebounds, Rose became the seventh player in NBA history to post averages of at least 25 points, 7.5 assists and four rebounds in a single season. He joined heavyweights Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James.
* The fifth player and first point guard to post 2,000 points, 600 assists and 300 rebounds in the same season joining elite company in Robertson, Jordan, James and John Havlicek.
* The first MVP winner since Dave Cowens in 1973 to win the award without receiving one vote the previous year.
* The first third-year player to win the award since Moses Malone in 1978-79.
* He joins Jordan, who won the award five times, as the only MVPs in franchise history.
* Led the Chicago Bulls to league leading record of 62-20. Their 60+ wins was the Bulls' first since the 1997-98 season and sixth 60+ win in the team's franchise history.
Read more: [url="http://www.arkhilario.com/2011/05/03/derrick-rose-2011-nba-most-valuable-player/#ixzz1NCP8Bmgl"]http://www.arkhilari.../#ixzz1NCP8Bmgl[/url]