Trey Burke Named NBA’s Western Conference Rookie of the Month for December

Submitted by Cold War on

Per NBA.com

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LSAClassOf2000

January 4th, 2014 at 5:50 PM ^

The full announcement from NBA.com goes into some detail as well (LINK).

In addition to listing some individual game achievements throughout the month, there is also a summary which provides a good statistical rationale:

In 23 games (21 starts) overall on the season, Burke is averaging 13.7 points and 3.3 rebounds, along with a team-leading 5.0 assists in 30.2 minutes per game.

Congratulations to Trey Burke!

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Mr. Yost

January 4th, 2014 at 6:13 PM ^

KCP >>> Trey Burke

Looking at you Joe Dumars.

Or let's not take the reigning college MVP and player that some had #1 overall on their draft board that fell 8 spots into your lap.

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gotohail

January 4th, 2014 at 7:13 PM ^

Good for Trey! I really thought he should have waited another year and I still think he should have but I am very happy things are looking up for him. He really seems to have got up to speed and it's looking like he may have a productive future ahead of him.

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taistreetsmyhero

January 4th, 2014 at 10:55 PM ^

when you're not one of the best athletes in the nba, your success is more reliant on having better basketball skills than those of the better athletes.

trey demonstrated that, without a doubt, his basketball skills were above those of his college peers. but, that doesn't mean they would be better enough when going against better athletes. many people predicted that they wouldn't be.

he's proved them wrong.

it's not complicated.

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