Should the Thunder star big man have won Rookie of the Year?
The Rookie of the Year award was essentially Victor Wembanyama's during the 2023-24 NBA campaign, as it was written for him as a generational talent on the San Antonio Spurs as the No. 1 overall pick.
Fast forward to last season, Holmgren's first season playing, and he was playing third-fiddle to those two essentially. His statistics were lower because of that, and his redshirt season made his rookie season be compared to Wembanyama -- another 7-foot-plus unicorn. “I know the pressure that it comes with when you’re on a team that is battling and competing for something every single night. To do that as a rookie in 82. My beliefs were if you would have been on the San Antonio Spurs, the numbers that you would have put up would have been equally as ridiculous," Jefferson claimed.Holmgren averaged 16.5 points, 7.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.3 blocks per game while playing 82 games during his rookie season.
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