Best Rookie Season of All Time???

[ATL_Bball_King]

79-80 Magic Stats
Rebs:7.7 Pts: 7.3 Stl: 2.4 Pts: 18.0 FG:53%
Team Record- 60-22- Lakers won championship


84-85 Jordan stats
Reb:6.5 Ast:5.9 Stl: 2.4 Pts: 28.2 FG: 51%
Team Record 38-44--Chicago lost first round 3-1


2003-04 Lebron stats-----team record 35-47 missed playoffs
Reb 5.5 Ast 5.9 Stl 1.6 Pts:20.9 FG: 41%

[inclinerator]

ron artest

[thefatmiral]

the admiral

[ATL_Bball_King]

KAJ- Rookie stats

Pts:28.8 Reb: 14.6 Ast:4.1

Team Record- 56-26

[fragokota]

There's been several players that had better rookie seasons than Magic, including Kareem and Dr J.

Read OP's post again. Imo what Magic achieved in his rookie season (including the championship ofc) comes closer to what op describes.

[Stringer Bell]

Wilt.

Ridiculously dominant, led to rule changes.

Magic had team success, and had one of the greatest single game performances in NBA Finals history, but overall I can't put him THAT high. Wilt won ROTY, MVP, and led the league in both scoring and rebounding by pretty wide margins.

[necya]

Wilt, Bird, DRob, MJ, KAJ

sorry but Magic didn't have the impact of those guys on the league and their team as a rookie, completely overrated by a championship which is a team accomplishment.

[RonSwanson]

Tyreke Evans had a better rookie year than LeBron

[IncarceratedBob]

it's magic johnson easily

[SHAQisGOAT]

Read OP's post again. Imo what Magic achieved in his rookie season (including the championship ofc) comes closer to what op describes.

Magic had a great rookie year but playing with MVP (would've been a great choice for DPOY too), still in his prime, top3 GOAT Kareem Abdul-Jabbar helps... a WHOLE LOT.

Not to mention that they got rid of no-defense played, team "cancer" Adrian Dantley, while acquiring Spencer Haywood and Jim Chones, plus Michael Cooper was back after being injured in his 1st year.
Already having Wilkes and Nixon.

I mean, Magic wasn't a better, more impactful overall player than Larry Bird. And he won a title yea (plus FMVP, that "belongs" to Kareem though) but he didn't do more than Bird, in terms of play and impact towards team-winning/improvement.

And you'd really think that those 1980 Lakers with, let's say, Bird instead of Wilkes while replacing Magic with a player(SG) of the same caliber as Jamaal, wouldn't win the title? Shit, they'd be even better and rape the whole league.

Larry was also ROY (not Magic) while being 1st all-nba and 4th in MVP voting...

[Prime_Shaq]

Shaq. 23 PPG 14 RPG 3.5 BPG on 56 FG%. Help the Magic with a 20 win improvement (From a dismal 21-61 to a respectable 41-41 in a tough Eastern conference)

[Stringer Bell]

it's magic johnson easily

We're talking about the whole season, not one game.

[salwan]

anthony bennett

[24-Inch_Chrome]

Grayson Allen in two years. 35/5/5 on 55/40/95. Book it.

[Joyner82reload]

He did, I'm not sure what you're laughing about. They both averaged 20/5.5/6 while Tyreke turned the ball over less, was far more efficient, and did it in less minutes.