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Milwaukee Bucks' Malcolm Brogdon wins NBA's Rookie of the Year award

Team's first RoY since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1970
Milwaukee Bucks' Malcolm Brogdon wins NBA's Rookie of the Year award
Posted at 8:15 PM, Jun 26, 2017
and last updated 2017-06-26 22:43:16-04

Milwaukee Bucks guard Malcolm Brogdon has gone from second round afterthought to NBA Rookie of the Year. Brogdon beat out two Philadelphia 76ers big men Joel Embiid and Dario Saric for the award on Thursday night.

The four-year star out of the University of Virginia averaged 10.2 points and 4.2 assists per game for the Bucks this season, and shot 40.4 percent from beyond the arc.

Brogdon was a do-it-all asset for Milwaukee; he finished in the top five among all rookies in minutes, points, assists, steals, three-point percentage, and free throw percentage.

Brogdon is the first Bucks player to win the award since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (then Lew Alcindor) in 1970.