A short history of rookie of the year winners

Team with most Rookie of the Year winners...Oklahoma City
Season 12...Diamond Dallas Paige, center
Season 13...Briscoe Darling, forward
Season 15...Mamadou Zongo, guard
Season 24...Titfur Tatt, center
Season 37...Naf Naf, guard

Teams with 5 winners...Milwaukee, Philadelphia and Charleston
Team with least Rookie of Year winners, Dallas, with one, but a great one in the most honored player ever, forward Curly Hogbotton in Season 16.

14 guards have won the award
19 forwards have been Rookie of the Year
6 centers have been the league's top rookie

14 of the 39 Rookie of the Year winners have made the Hall of Fame...that's roughly 36 percent of those who won the award.

7 of the 39 went on to win MVP of the regular season the same year they won Rookie of the Year. The seven are:
Uncle Bob Masterson, guard, of Philadelphia in Season 4
Link Lennex, forward, of Houston in Season 7
Curly Hogbottom, forward, of Dallas in Season 16
Saggital Occlusal, forward, of San Jose in Season 25
Hrundi V. Bakshi, guard, of Milwaukee in Season 29
Vic Hitler, forward, of Houston in Season 36
Naf Naf, guard, of Oklahoma City in Season 37


3 of the 39 went on to win Playoff MVP in the same year they won Rookie of the year. They are:
Diamond Dallas Paige, center, of Oklahoma City in Season 12
Jonny Cockaroo, center, of Philadelphia in Season 18
Saggital Occlusal, forward of San Jose in Season 25

And, as you can plainly see by the compilation, only Occlusal, in Season 25, grabbed Rookie of the Year, Season MVP and Playoff MVP all in the same year.

Too early to say who will win this season, but early candidates are"
Center Carga Larga of Seattle
Guard Norman Conquest of Chicago
Forward Santo Thomas of Chicago
Guard Brownie McShytles of Philadelphia
Forward Poodle "Stix" Jackson of Philadelphia

Honoring Hall of Famer Bart Pitbull

The tallest player, at 7-2, to make the Hall of Fame, big Bart Pitbull was a force to be reckoned with in his short seven-season career, which included a brilliant rookie stint with the Philadelphia Phobia, then six very productive seasons with the Houston Iguanas.

Both he and fellow rookie, guard Shucks Oyster, were drafted in Season 17 by the Phobia, which at the time had a knack for selecting the best players and gathering titles by the bunches. With those two in the fold, Philadelphia's success continued as Oyster and Pitbull finished 1-2 in Rookie of the Year voting, with Oyster edging his mate out by one-tenth of a point, 22.8 to 22.7, and the two future Hall of Famers combining with veterans Stu Nod and Cam Bodia to bring another championship to the City of Brotherly Love.

Pitbull then shocked the MBA world by switching teams, joining Houston for the next six seasons, but although the Iguanas would win a division and get the the finals in Season 21 and make the playoffs three straight campaigns, Pitbull would never again be a member of a championship team.

The 5-time all star led his team in scoring three times, including his glorious Season 20, the apex of his career, in which he established the single-season scoring mark for centers with 20.2 per game, captured his second of four rebounding crowns and was named the MBA's regular season MVP for the second place, 7-3 Iguanas.

A beast on the boards, Pitbull led his team in rebounding every single season he was in the league. Generally speaking, if you get five boards per game, you are a monster rebounder. Pitbull's worst season saw him get 5.6, and even in that year he led the league. Twice he led the league with over 7 boards per contest.

An underrated, but wicked defender, Pitbull won three All-MBA foil stars and bowed out with another rebounding title while scoring a team-high 18.6 per contest for Houston.

Although a standard 3 by 5, Bart Pitbull was a giant among index cards.