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Stephen Curry is gaining ground in the Rookie of the Year Award

Blogged under General, Bloglockers, Big Warriors News, Rookie Reports, Steppin Up by Andrew on Tuesday 9 March 2010 at 10:35 pm

Stephen Curry has turned into a star this season for the Golden State Warriors and just might surpass Tyreke Evans when it comes to the Rookie of the Year Award.  Evans has definitely had a more consistent season and is still averaging 4.3 more points per game than Curry, but Curry has continued to improve throughout the season and has put up some monster games.  This season Curry is averaging 16.0 points, 5.4 assists, 4.2 rebounds, and 1.8 steals.  Evans’ and Curry’s numbers are pretty close in every category, with Evans averaging 20.3 points, 5.4 assists, 4.8 rebounds, and 1.5 steals.  They have a much different style than each other, with Evans using his strength to get to the hole and Curry using his deceptive moves and silky smooth outside shot.  Curry can take a game over with his shooting ability, and is already one of the best three-point threats in the league while Evans has not yet added that to his game.  Although Evans is still the front-runner for the ROY Award and will likely win, Curry is making things interesting and is definitely the more exciting player to watch.  Unfortunately his great play has not amounted to too many wins for the Warriors, but Evans is also on a pretty bad team himself.

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  1. Comment by EV — March 10, 2010 @ 12:06 pm

    How about field goal percentage in all categories? Free Throws, field goals and threes? That could be a deciding factor.
    E

  2. Comment by alleyoop — March 11, 2010 @ 9:14 am

    I agree with both of you guys about Curry making a run for the Rookie of the Year Award. The Warriors don’t depend on Curry as much as the Kings do Evans and I think that might be the deciding factor.

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