He won the Rookie of the Year award that season by unanimous vote and finished 10th in the MVP race. The players to do it before him were none other than LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony in 2003-04.

The only other rookie to have won the NBA MVP Award is Wes Unseld, who achieved this in the 1968/69 season. That was his only time being named NBA MVP. Who is the youngest ever NBA MVP winner?

Over the past 15 seasons, four players have won a majority of the MVP awards: LeBron James ... He led the NBA in scoring as a rookie (28.4) and was a two-time rebounding champ.

Malone won the NBA MVP in the 1981-82 season, his second, with the Houston Rockets, a team that he had carried to the 1981 NBA Finals. Then, he joined the Philadelphia 76ers, won the 1982-83 NBA ...

No player has won MVP and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season since Hakeem Olajuwon in 1993-94. James will attempt to spoil Antetokounmpo's MVP party by winning the award for the fifth ...

NBA renames trophies after legends: MVP award for Michael Jordan, Rookie of the Year for Wilt, and more The NBA named several awards after Hall of Famers and introduced a Clutch Player of the Year ...

Ranking five American-born NBA players who could win MVP next: Anthony Edwards and future rookie lead the pack Cade Cunningham, Jayson Tatum and Jalen Brunson round out the list ...