Sacramento Kings’ rookie sensation Tyreke Evans has won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award after having a phenomenal season this year.  Evans was the top rookie in a very talented rookie class, beating out the Golden State Warriors’ talented rookie Stephen Curry and the Milwaukee Bucks’ star rookie Brandon Jennings.  Evans received 67 first-place votes on his way to a total of 491 points, where as Curry finished second with 43 first-place votes for a total of 391 points.  Jennings finished third with 12 first-place votes and a total of 204 points.  Some people jumped on the Stephen Curry bandwagon towards the end of the season, since he played great down the stretch of the season and won the Rookie of the Month award for the Western Conference in three of the final four months of the season.  People can’t forget that Curry only averaged 9.8 points in the first month of the season, where as Evans put together a full season of great play.  Evans never averaged less that 19.4 points in a month, and his final averages were 20.1 points, 5.8 assists, 5.3 rebounds, and 1.5 steals while shooting 46% from the field.  In my opinion Evans was the easy choice for this year’s Rookie of the Year, even though Curry played just as well if not better in the final months.  Evans was the leader of his team all season and he became just the fourth rookie in the history of the NBA to average over 20 points, 5 assists, and 5 rebounds.  He is now a member of a very impressive and exclusive club, with the three other players being Michael Jordan, Oscar Robertson, and LeBron James.  It is safe to say that Evans will be one of the top players in the NBA for years to come and he has brought some much needed excitement to Kings’ fans.

Tyreke Evans, Omri Casspi and Jon Brockman all joined the Kings last June and they are a outstanding group. 20-year old shooting guard Tyreke Evans will likely be the NBA Rookie of the Year. He played in 72 games (all starts) for the Kings this season and he averaged 37.2 minutes, 20.1 points, 5.3 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 1.5 steals per game. Evans becomes only the 4th player in NBA history to average over 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game as a rookie. The other three are Michael Jordan, Oscar Robertson and LeBron James! That is some pretty nice company that Evans is keeping. 21-year old small forward Omri Casspi played in 77 games (31 starts) for the Kings this year and he averaged 25.1 minutes, 10.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. Casspi was a little put off by his cut in playing time saying that he wouldn’t mind playing for another team next year. The Kings would be smart to keep him as he has a really nice upside. 23-year old power forward Jon Brockman played in 52 games (4 starts) for the Kings this year and he averaged 12.6 minutes, 2.8 points, 4.1 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game. He shot 53.4% from the floor but most of his shots were coming from close range.

The Kings played hard last night but it just wasn’t enough to win the game. Beno Udrih did a great job of running the offense as he finished up with 21 points, 2 rebounds, 11 assists and 2 steals. Jason Thompson was also outstanding for the Kings last night with 19 points, 16 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals. Francisco Garcia was solid off the bench with 15 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists in 25 minutes. The Kings finish the season with a 25-57 record.

The Kings didn’t play any D last night as the Rockets shot 51.8% from the floor. It also didn’t help that Kevin Martin wanted to stick it to the Kings as he finished up with 39 points and 2 rebounds against them last night. Tyreke Evans led the way for the Kings last night with 24 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals but he only shot 8 of 23 from the floor. Carl Landry also had a solid game for the Kings last night with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals. Beno Udrih also had a solid game with 16 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals. Donte’ Greene (16 points) and Andres Nocioni (15 points) also pitched in offensively for the Kings last night. The Kings are now 25-56 on the year.

PF/C Sean May didn’t do much to help the Kings this season. He played in 36 games (4 starts) for the Kings this season and he has averaged 9.1 minutes, 3.4 points, 1.9 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game. May took minutes and P.T. away from guys like Spencer Hawes and Donte’ Greene which made little to no sense. I will be shocked if he is with the team in 2010-11.

Power forward Carl Landry has really played well since coming over from the Rockets in the Kevin Martin trade. Landry has played in 23 games (all starts) for the Kings this season and he is averaging 37.5 minutes, 17.9 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.0 assist per game. Landry is also shooting 52.3% from the floor for the Kings as he is looking like a major building block for the future.

The Kings have shut down 21-year old center Spencer Hawes for the rest of the season due to a knee problem. Hawes played in 72 games (59 starts) for the Kings this season and he averaged 26.4 minutes, 10.0 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.2 blocked shots per game. Hawes got into Coach Westphal’s Dog House early in the year and he never truly got out of it.