Gasol received 117 of a possible 126 votes from a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada to earn the Eddie Gottleib Trophy as the league’s top rookie. New Jersey’s Richard Jefferson finished second with three votes and Golden State’s Jason Richardson, Indiana’s Jamaal Tinsley and Utah’s Andrei Kirilenko each finished with two votes.
He finished the season ranked fourth in the NBA in field goal percentage (.518), sixth in total blocks (169), ninth in blocks per game and 10th in double-doubles (35).
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Among rookies, Gasol ranked first in points per game, total points, field goal percentage, rebounds and blocks. He was ranked second in minutes behind teammate Shane Battier, eighth in assists and 15th in steals. Gasol was one of only three rookies in the league to appear in all 82 games.
Gasol, who scored 20 or more points 30 times, was named the Western Conference got milk? Rookie of the Month for November, January and March. He was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks with the third overall pick and was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies with Lorenzen Wright and Brevin Knight for Shareef Abdur-Rahim on July 19, 2001.
The 126-member voting panel consisted of 39 national media members and three media members who cover the NBA regularly from each of the league’s 29 teams.
The Eddie Gottlieb Trophy is named in honor of Eddie Gottlieb, one of the NBA’s founders who coached the Philadelphia Warriors to the NBA championship in 1946-47.
The got milk? Milk Mustache campaign is sponsoring the NBA Rookie platform to highlight the importance of milk’s bone-building calcium and eight other essential nutrients for active people, teen boys especially, who add about 15 percent of their height during these years. The platform includes the ‘got milk?’ Rookie Challenge, the ‘got milk?’ Rookie of the Month awards, the ‘got milk?’ Rookie of the Year award and the ‘got milk?’ All-Rookie Team.
Following are the voting results for this year’s got milk? NBA Rookie of the Year Award and the all-time list of winners:
2001-02 ‘got milk?’ NBA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD VOTING RESULTS
Player, Team, Votes
Pau Gasol, Memphis, 117
Richard Jefferson, New Jersey, 3
Jason Richardson, Golden State, 2
Jamaal Tinsley, Indiana, 2
Andrei Kirilenko, Utah, 2
ALL-TIME ‘got milk?’ NBA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS
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1952-53 Don Meineke, Fort Wayne 1953-54 Ray Felix, Baltimore 1954-55 Bob Pettit, Milwaukee 1955-56 Maurice Stokes, Rochester 1957-58 Woody Sauldsberry, Phila. 1958-59 Elgin Baylor, Minneapolis 1959-60 Wilt Chamberlain, Phila. 1960-61 Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati 1961-62 Walt Bellamy, Chicago 1962-63 Terry Dischinger, Chicago 1963-64 Jerry Lucas, Cincinnati 1964-65 Willis Reed, New York 1965-66 Rick Barry, San Francisco 1966-67 Dave Bing, Detroit 1967-68 Earl Monroe, Baltimore 1968-69 Wes Unseld, Baltimore 1969-70 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Milw. 1970-71 (tie) Dave Cowens, Boston Geoff Petrie, Portland 1971-72 Sidney Wicks, Portland 1972-73 Bob McAdoo, Buffalo 1973-74 Ernie DiGregorio, Buffalo 1974-75 Jamaal Wilkes, Golden St. 1975-76 Alvan Adams, Phoenix 1976-77 Adrian Dantley, Buffalo 1977-78 Walter Davis, Phoenix |
1978-79 Phil Ford, Kansas City 1979-80 Larry Bird, Boston 1980-81 Darrell Griffith, Utah 1981-82 Buck Williams, New Jersey 1982-83 Terry Cummings, San Diego 1983-84 Ralph Sampson, Houston 1984-85 Michael Jordan, Chicago 1985-86 Patrick Ewing, New York 1986-87 Chuck Person, Indiana 1987-88 Mark Jackson, New York 1988-89 Mitch Richmond, Golden St. 1989-90 David Robinson, San Antonio 1990-91 Derrick Coleman, New Jersey 1991-92 Larry Johnson, Charlotte 1992-93 Shaquille O’Neal, Orlando 1993-94 Chris Webber, Golden State 1994-95 (tie) Grant Hill, Detroit Jason Kidd, Dallas 1995-96 Damon Stoudamire, Toronto 1996-97 Allen Iverson, Philadelphia 1997-98 Tim Duncan, San Antonio 1998-99 Vince Carter, Toronto 1999-2000 (tie) Elton Brand, Chicago Steve Francis, Houston 2000-01 Mike Miller, Orlando 2001-02 Pau Gasol, Memphis |