"It's About That Time.."

Well its almost Post season time in the NBA and that means two things, Playoffs and End of season awards. There are two awards for me that stand out in particular this year for me mainly because of the candidates up for both these awards, let me start with "Rookie Of The Year".

Rookie Of The Year

Tyreke Evans - 

G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
63	37.3	20.3	5.2	5.6	1.4	0.4	.460	.254	.748

 
Evans has a fan in one opponent -- Kobe Bryant. After escaping Sacramento with a 106-99 win Tuesday night, Kobe praised his fellow Philly native, who just missed his second career triple-double but still tallied his fourth straight double-double. "I think Tyreke is a grown man," Bryant said. "I might be a little bit biased because he is from Philadelphia. Philly guys have an all-around game and that's just how it is."

Stephen Curry - 

G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
66	35.9	16.4	4.2	5.5	1.8	0.2	.461	.424	.884

 
There's one aspect to Curry's game he knows he needs to work on -- knocking down the clutch shots. In the Warriors' 124-121 loss to the Lakers on Monday, Curry put up big numbers (29 points and nine assists), but came up short with the game on the line. With Golden State down three with a chance to tie, Curry -- who had hit 5 of 8 3-pointers -- missed an open trey to tie the game. After the game, Curry "It's something Kobe had to work at, and you see where he's at now," Curry said in the San Francisco Chronicle. "I'm not saying he and I are both going to be shooting 90 percent on game-winners, but I'll definitely work on it and get more comfortable with taking big shots."

Darren Collison - 

G	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FG%	3P%	FT%
62	25.9	11.2	2.4	5.4	1.0	0.1	.461	.356	.840

When it comes to this rookie class, there's no shortage of speed. Denver's Ty Lawson, Dallas' Rodrigue Beaubois, Portland's Patty Mills (who hasn't seen much playing time after an early injury) would all have to be in the discussion. But Collison says there's no debate -- he's the fastest among ALL players. Collison had this to say in the most recent issue of HOOP magazine: "I definitely think I'm the fastest player. I got a chance to watch Ty Lawson's game and he is probably up there. I'd definitely say I'm the fastest." For the record, Knicks point guard Toney Douglas was the fastest rookie in pre-Draft workouts -- according to DraftExpress -- while Collison was fourth behind Texas forward Damion James (who backed out of the draft) and Mills.

All via www.Nba.com

Those for me are your top 3 picks, I believe Tyreke Evans will win Rookie of the year with Steph Curry running him close.

Peace

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