NBA: Kevin Durant barely edges Jamario Moon for rookie of the year

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Early in the season, you could argue that Kevin Durant was not the NBA’s rookie of the year. The kid, assembled from pipe-cleaners, was taking any old shot that came along, and in his first four full months in the NBA shot 41.4%, 40.8%, 40.0%, and 37.6%. He was scoring, but if you take enough shots, you are going to get some points. Then came a lightbulb moment that stretched right to the ... [link]

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Published 5/2/2008 by Scott at The AltRaps Blog
... Toronto’s Jamario Moon, plucked from somewhere beyond obscurity, got seven third-place votes, and finished a very distant fifth in the balloting. Good effort, kid. - National Post VIDEO: Top 10 plays of the Magic/Raptors series ...

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