NOW YOU KNOW

During the 1980s, 11 rookies finished the NBA season averaging more than 20 points a game, but it has been four seasons since a rookie has done it (Elton Brand in 1999-2000). This season, Cleveland’s LeBron James (19.9 ppg) and Denver’s Carmelo Anthony (18.1) have a legitimate chance to average 20 points. A look at rookies who have averaged better than 20 per game since 1990:

*--* Year Player Team G Pts 1992-93 Alonzo Mourning Charlotte 78 21.0 1992-93 Shaquille O’Neal Orlando 81 23.4 1994-95 Glenn Robinson Milwaukee 80 21.9 1996-97 Allen Iverson Philadelphia 76 23.5 1997-98 Tim Duncan San Antonio 82 21.1 1999-2000 Elton Brand Chicago 81 20.1

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