Sonics’ Durant honored as NBA Rookie of the Year
Published 12:15 pm Thursday, May 1, 2008
BELLEVUE — Kevin Durant of the Seattle SuperSonics has been named the NBA Rookie of the Year, becoming the first Seattle player to win the award — and perhaps the last.
Durant, the 2007 national college player of the year at Texas and the No. 2 pick in last year’s draft, averaged 20.3 points per game.
Durant has been a bright spot during a dismal basketball season in Seattle. The Sonics won just 20 games, and the owner is trying to move the team to Oklahoma City.
NBA Rookie of the Year voting
Selected by a national panel of 125 sportswriters and broadcasters, players were awarded five points for each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote and one point for each third-place vote received. Here are the votes, with first-, second-, and third-place votes, and the point total:
Kevin Durant, Seattle 90-30-5—545
Al Horford, Atlanta 30-74-18—390
Luis Scola, Houston 5-20-61—146
Al Thornton, L.A. Clippers 0-1-27—30
Jamario Moon, Toronto 0-0-7—7
Juan Carlos Navarro, Memphis 0-0-3—3
Thaddeus Young, Philadelphia 0-0-2—2
Carl Landry, Houston 0-0-1—1
Mike Conley, Memphis 0-0-1—1
