"Rudy Fernandez will win Rookie of the Year award?

There are still 6 months of regular season (until mid-April or so), but the great performances that had the Mallorcan Rudy Fernandez made more than one dream with another Spanish, after Pau Gasol in 2002, can secure the prize the Rookie of the Year.

Last night had 25 points to become the top scorer and score the basket that would give the advantage on Portland Trail Blazers against the Miami Heat. According to the prestigious ESPN, Rudy Fernandez is the best rookie so far this season (and are already 8-9 Part). Let's look at his numbers, which the Americans that they like.

Rudy Fernandez averaged 15.4 points per game, 2.90 rebounds, 2.00 assists and 1.2 steals. Its best section is the annotation, which contains fourth among all rookies, behind only Derrick Rose, OJ Mayo and Michael Beasley, all headlines their teams (in fact, Derrick Rose is the team leader and OJ Mayo is the leading scorer in Memphis. Michael Beasley is not the main attacker concerning Miami Heat). However, Rudy Fernandez is better than them three percentage point from the field, with a 48.1% and 45.7% from three, the second most triple rookie strip and, therefore, who has scored more. In free throws also leads the standings with 93.3%.

If continues, Rudy Fernandez has serious chance of becoming Rooke of the year, especially if it is still helping the team reach a seat for playoffs, more so given that other favorite rookies playing on weak teams.

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