Malcolm Brogdon having good NBA rookie season

Here’s the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporting on a promising young member of the Bucks:

He does not fit the profile of an NBA rookie of the year candidate.

He was a second-round pick, a five-year player at the University of Virginia. He’s 24 years old, considered ancient for a rookie in this one-and-done era.

But the numbers tell a different story.

Milwaukee Bucks point guard Malcolm Brogdon indeed is a very serious candidate for the league’s rookie of the year honor.

He leads all rookies in win shares (2.9), a statistic that calculates the number of wins a player produces for his team. He is shooting 42.8% from three-point range, leading all rookies and ranking seventh in the league. And he averages 10.0 points and 4.1 assists, modest numbers but good enough to rank third in scoring and first in assists among rookies.

Author: Inside Hoops

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