Australia's Josh Giddey has been rewarded for making an fantabulous commencement to his vocation aft helium was named the NBA's Western Conference Rookie of the Month for October and November.
Giddey joined Cleveland Cavaliers large antheral Evan Mobley, who was named the Rookie of the Month for the Eastern Conference, with Mobley presently the favourite to instrumentality retired the Rookie of the Year award.
The 19-year-old has started successful each of his 20 games for OKC truthful acold this play and has averaged 10.4 points to spell with a team-leading 7.2 rebounds and 5.8 assists per crippled successful 29.4 minutes a night.
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Giddey ranks archetypal among each rookies successful assists, 3rd successful rebounds and eighth successful points.
He is the archetypal OKC subordinate to beryllium named a Rookie of the Month since erstwhile MVP Russell Westbrook backmost successful the 2008-09 season, the franchise's archetypal successful Oklahoma City aft moving from Seattle.
Giddey is besides the archetypal Australian to person a Rookie of the Month grant since Ben Simmons backmost successful the 2017-18 season.
Earlier this month, Giddey became the 3rd teen successful NBA past to tally astatine slightest 100 assists and 100 rebounds successful his archetypal 20 games, joining LeBron James and LaMelo Ball.
Giddey notched up 2 games of astatine slightest 9 rebounds and 9 assists successful his archetypal period of play, and became the youngest rookie to bash truthful successful a crippled since James.
Like Giddey, Mobley, the No.3 prime successful this year's draft, has enjoyed a fantastic commencement to his career.
The large antheral has anchored the 12-10 Cavaliers' defence portion averaging 14.5 points, 8.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.9 blocks per game.
Incredibly, Mobley was named the Rookie of the Month successful the East contempt missing 12 days with an elbow injury. The Cavs are 11-6 with him successful the line-up.
Mobley became the Cavs' archetypal Rookie of the Month since Dion Waiters successful February 2013 and the seventh Cavalier since 1981 to person the honour, joining Brad Daugherty, Ron Harper, Carlos Boozer, James, Kyrie Irving and Waiters.
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