10 Greatest Rookie Seasons In NBA History 

Cedric Rosario same here

same gave the knicks a championship then went to la 🙏🏽

@Marcos J Narbonne my guy was a mvp roty dvpoy and finals mvp

I avg more points than Wilt in his Rookie Season I averaged 40.9 PPG 10.5 RPG and 23.9 APG 6.7 SPG and 0.9 it helps when your playing with good scorers and the best scorer is injured for 72 of 82 games EDIT: I was MVP ROY DPOY Al Star MVP 3 point contest champ #1 Pick and a scoring high of 68 points and a Finals MVP and Champ on the Knicks who acquired Damian Lillard in a trade before the season started but had a torn ACL in 10 games after the season started so I lead my team to a 64-18 Record and 16-0 Record in the Playoffs with Lillard who recovered in time for the semi finals but averaged only 15.9 PPG I avg 39.7 PPG during the Playoffs as a Shoting Guard/Small Forward

I was an mvp Carried okc to championship with the offseason record of 75/7 finals mvp Lead scorer 2nd defensive team 1st team all star and 1st pick rd 1 i think mah boi got mamba mentality tho 1 season only had less than a hundred assist

Love Wilt but imagine being drafted to the same team as the guy already considered by many as the GOAT in his prime and winning finals MVP as a rookie

Wilt was the 🐐 his 1st year N the league.

@@MackMainSupreme No he was the GOAT after the 72 Chip, before that it was George Mikan with his 5 championships, scoring titles, the OG Skyhook, and 3peat in the 50s

@@exwhyzgaming8996 they said the best rookie season.

only once. he only had played one rookie season , just alike anyone else, unless you can alter time and space

Wes unseld too

@@jamesfranco2321 RIP the legend

@Keenan Powell yessir

@Keenan Powell not da goat hes da goat of records tho

@Keenan Powell oh yeah? well did u keep in mind winning? and wanting? leadership? rcord goat but greatest player of all time is Michael Jordan or lebron magic too are all better

Yes have you seen the clip where he blocks his skyhook twice in a row

@@idkaname5860 The first block was on a jump hook, not the Skyhook - which was impressive for how HIGH Wilt had to go to reach it, but the ball goes right back to Kareem making it a not very effective block. It was also arguably uncalled goaltending, but was right on the borderline of being so making the possibly missed call very understandable.. The second block DID appear to be of a Skyhook - and went 50 feet downcourt and apparently out of bounds, again impressive but NOT all that effective as the Lakers got the ball back AGAIN. Why yes, I have seen - and cited before - that clip. I prefer the various clips where Happy got hammered by Kareem on a block, then Wilt got ticked and WENT FULL ACTIVE WITHOUT HOLDING BACK for one of the very few times in his career - and SCHOOLED Kareem and the rest of the Lakers for the rest of the game.

@@bricefleckenstein9666 What game is that? I much prefer full game footage of Wilt and that sounds like a cool game to watch.

Yeah, I would say so.

I heard he is speed

Dude could have won the piston cup

Dude is easily the G.O.A.T.

We still got a long time before 22nd century tho

@@TheSpyda I was talking about the players in the video

Yeah and espn is literally simping over Zion Williamson, who has yet to prove himself or be on the same tier as the rookies on this list

@@jesmondlagado7475 Zion has the gifts of being a star but like you said he didn't had a great rookie season because of his injuries

Its because the nba is a lot more fast paced nowadays, also more global. Like in wilts era the nba was a local organization, which is why people always downplay his achievements by saying he played against "plumbers" or "truckers" which ain't even true, the average height was 6'5

Arnelis xd 50pt 5 stls 10assists, isn’t that a goat

@@epicexperiment7713 that ain't none my player averaged 64.3 ppg on his rookie season he da real goat😈

xStriker mine averaged 75.9 point 13.7 assists and 3.8 steals

@@OnGfuel-ly5vh damn

87.6 ppg 0.5 apg 21.6 rpg

At the GOAT level, numbers only matter if they make your teammates better. There has never been a player good enough to average 35 on a true chip contender.

@@reuvenroslynesq8954 Jordan's rookie season Bulls were no contenders, if I remember correctly. Rebounds matter, whoever gets them. The more rebounds, the more possessions. I don't really get the point of your reply, anyway. The post said nothing, if I remember correctly, about championship contenders, or making any teammates better. How do you measure making teammates better?

Wilt did it first.

2nd

Preach

He was born in 88 right before the hornet's came

@@caylinjohnson6453 huh?

Lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤣

90s too, i loved when players used to be more loyal to their teams, regardless if they never won a championship. Nowadays players just want to get the most rings on their legacy, they don't give a shit about loyalty

Finals MVP did not exist before 1969 - Wilt would NOT have had a chance at it his rookie year, but BILL probably would have won it. Possibly George.

Playoff P

Actually Paul George would win the lip Least improved player of the year

Zion

@@big9745 If you like Zion you should have a look on my video about him

@@CourtsideTV1 it was a joke but I’ll watch it anyways

@@big9745 yeah i wasn't sure about if you were joking or not haha

@@CourtsideTV1 lol yeah I’m taking herro over Zion any day

And then when David started slowing down a little, here comes Tim Duncan.....

Ikr

Lol 😂😂

Yea and you are to

@Akroma Martell David was more athletic than Hakeem. Hakeem was more skilled.

Magic played as a center...

@@joaohenrique7128 at that point i was dumb. Forget what i say

@@steved.f3228 ok lol

@@steved.f3228 you were correct, KAJ was the best player in the r.s, p.o, & finals.

Not quite, but fairly close.

Wilt and Russell would be really close and stand markedly over the rest, but Wilt would probably be number 1. Kareem would probably be next followed by Hakeem, but Nate Thurmond would be right there with them.

Arguably the second-worst #2 draft pick ever - Len Bias has THAT nailed down, superglued, AND chained to the point nobody will EVER exceed him (and it would be almost impossible to MATCH how bad of a draft pick Len was).

@@bricefleckenstein9666 u went in my boy😂 he was really that bad

@@aimassistisntop6200 Sam wasn't actually all that bad - if he had been a bottom-of-the-first round pick and pretty good for a second round pick. He was NOT nearly good enough to go 2'nd in the draft, in 20-20 hindsight. The REAL debate was between #1 and #3 that year - Hakeem vs MJ ALONE made that one of the most "stacked" drafts of all time, and Houston needed a great center enough that Hakeem was the RIGHT choice for them even in retrospect. Hmm, the "more folks call him the GOAT" vs the only player to take a team to a Championship with NO other future Hall of Fame members? Both generally considered Top 10 all time players? Can't really say Houston dropped the ball there....

What's your highest points scored? My highest is 143 points

He wasn’t that bad it only looks bad because the people picked behind him

@@Devontethecrator Look at Sam's actual record. For a #2 pick he was bad. For a #20 pick he would have been not all that bad to average.

#1 on my list as an individual player, but Basketball is a TEAM sport so he's down my list a ways for "greatest".

I mean brid

No he didn't - as he mentioned, Larry Legend and Magic had careers that were pretty intertwined. Did you even watch the whole video? Larry is THERE.

I'd call it a tough choice overall, but probably would agree - having seen both of them play.

Honorable mention at least.

You are correct, all of the centers back then were 6-5 or less, midgets like Willis Reed, Nate Thurmond, Walt Bellamy, Zelmo Beaty, Felton Russell, and then later Elvin Hayes, Bob Lanier, Lew Alcindor, and the shortest of them all, Wes Unseld was only 6-2.