 After Donovan Mitchell walked into the arena wearing his rookie sweater, I thought you know what it's time for me to make a video about this It's obviously the end of the season. Who's gonna be rookie of the year? You've read the title I'm ready for a crazy conversation. It's gonna get heated down there, but that's okay I will stick by my opinion at the start of two years ago When I made my video saying Ben Simmons is the next LeBron James Yeah, I said in that video he wasn't gonna be LeBron James, but he'll be the next LeBron James This is LeBron James is the next Magic Johnson and I'm standing by it I feel like Ben Simmons going through the past history of the NBA is the rookie of the year Yes, Ben Simmons was on a team last year I understand that but he didn't play a game which means he classifies as a rookie of the year and He is deserving of the rookie of the year this year I don't feel like if you come out and you say well, he's not a rookie That just diminishes his achievements because it doesn't that just means that well You think he's not a rookie but based on NBA history He is a rookie like it doesn't really have any effect Obviously Donovan Mitchell's definition of a rookie is quite true It is a current player playing for his first season as a member of a professional sports team The thing is though Ben Simmons is playing in his first season of his team I mean he's playing in his first season. He didn't play last year So if the argument is is if he didn't play in his first year He doesn't really have much of an argument because Ben Simmons is about a 16-point game Eight assistant eight rebound player. In fact, he's the second player in league history to record at least 1.2,000 points 600 assistant 600 rebounds in a season, but then you have Donovan Mitchell He leads all rookies in scoring at 20.5 points per game And in fact he broke the record for the most three-pointers made by a rookie at 186 Both players are incredible and if it was up to me, honestly, I would say it should be a co-rookie of the year And the reason I didn't want to just make a video on why it's gonna be a co-rookie of the year It's because you can just say oh, I think they're gonna be co-rookie of the year and then not really have an argument because Well, they both deserve to win rookie of the year So if you actually choose a player and you stick with an argument for that player I guess it just makes the video a little bit more enjoyable But if it was up to me, I'd say yes co-rookie of the year But if it isn't that way, here's why Ben Simmons will win the rookie of the year There have only been a few co-rookie of the years In 1970 to 71, there was Dave Cowan's and Petrie In 1994, 95, it was Grant Hill and Jason Kidd In 1999 and 2000, it was Elton Brown and Steve Francis And in my opinion in 2018, it will be Ben Simmons and Donovan Mitchell I feel like this is one of those that is just way too hard to compare Ben Simmons is one of the greatest rookies of all time Donovan Mitchell is one of the greatest rookies of all time Well, arguably Donovan Mitchell is having a great season But Ben Simmons is actually historic He's doing things that have only really been done by Magic Johnson and the likes of LeBron James In fact, if you average 15 points, which he has, 8 assists, which he has And 8 rebounds, which he has, including one still, which he did That would make him the first rookie ever in NBA history to do that So historically, he is one of the greatest rookies of all time in that area But by the same token, Mitchell is historic in the fact that he set the most 3-pointers by a rookie of all time with 186 And obviously, he's the first rookie since David Robinson with the Spurs To be a leading scorer on his team with at least 46 wins And I feel like we should start on the fact that Ben Simmons is that good That people are now starting to say, oh, hang on a minute He didn't play in his first rookie year, so he shouldn't be a rookie at all Because when Blake Griffin won it, when he was injured in his first season No one said anything, or maybe a few people said, but majority of people didn't say In fact, last year, when Joellen B was considered a rookie, even though he set out for 2 years No one really said it, apart from a few people The only thing that people said was, he didn't play enough games to win the rookie of the year So Ben Simmons is that good That unless the definition of the rookie of the year changes to actual first season in the league Then Ben Simmons will change a rule in the league itself Ben Simmons is a playmaker, that's what he does He does facilitate the ball, he's a pass first player And he does average 5 more assists, about 5 more assists than Donovan Mitchell Donovan Mitchell averages 3.7, Ben Simmons averages 8.2 So if assists and rebounding are out the way, Ben Simmons averages more steals at 1.7 compared to 1.5 Which isn't much, but it is a fact that he averages more And Donovan Mitchell is known as the defensive guard And then blocks per game, Ben Simmons is 6 for 8, so you'd almost assume that he'd get more blocks But as we've seen with Duane Wade in the past, that's not always the case Some guards do get more blocks But for this instance, we're going to say it's clear that Ben Simmons Was always going to get more blocks than Donovan Mitchell He averages about 1, Donovan Mitchell is about 0.3 Keep in mind, and this is pretty awesome, that both players pretty much played the exact amount of games And the exact amount of minutes Donovan Mitchell played 79, while Ben played 81 And the minutes, well, Ben Simmons played more by only 0.3 minutes per game So what's the difference here? It's the scoring Donovan Mitchell obviously is one of the best rookie scorers we've ever seen He averaged 20.5, whilst Ben Simmons averaged about 16 The thing is though, Ben Simmons did this without shooting any 3-pointers Pretty much any 3s throughout the whole entire season Now that isn't something that you can say, oh well Ben Simmons wins in that category because he didn't shoot 3s But I'm just saying Ben Simmons didn't shoot 3s So obviously 3-pointers is more than 2-pointers And when Donovan Mitchell takes 7 3-pointers a game and Ben Simmons takes 0.1 Obviously the scoring is going to be a bit of a boost for Donovan Mitchell But at the exact same time, Donovan Mitchell also took 5 more attempts than Ben Simmons Donovan Mitchell took 17 attempts, whilst Ben Simmons took 12 field goal attempts And he still managed to average 16 points per game I feel like that is saying something right there I feel like if the only thing that Donovan Mitchell is really better at is his scoring And Ben Simmons only averaged 4.5 points less than Donovan Mitchell And without shooting any 3s I feel like if that's the only thing you can say Donovan Mitchell is better at Then Ben Simmons is the rookie of the year I mean there's not really anything else you could say Obviously the story is incredible for Donovan Mitchell If you're going to base it off the storyline then Maybe yeah, Donovan Mitchell is the rookie of the year because he has a much better story He's the 13th overall pick But we're not talking about a story We're talking about facts and stats Ben Simmons is a better player this season Ben Simmons has a better record this season So if you're a Donovan Mitchell fan and you really think he deserves to win rookie of the year I pose this question to you And I want you guys to answer it down below in the comment section below Because I actually want to know why Donovan Mitchell Is he rookie of the year because he's a better player than Ben Simmons Or is he a rookie of the year because you feel that he Deserves it because He is actually in his first rookie season Do you feel like he deserves it because he was the 13th pick so it's kind of a cool story So why do you think he's deserving of rookie of the year? That's my that's my question to you And going back on my original thing Yes, I do believe it's a co-rookie of the year because I do feel like Donovan Mitchell deserves it because First of all, he led a Utah Jazz team that was not even assumed to be making the playoffs this season And also he surprised a lot of people and everybody knows the NBA loves the storyline And third of all, it is true. This is his first season in the NBA And whilst Ben Simmons didn't play in his first season Technically some people classified that as his first season That's why I believe it should be a co if it's not a co Ben Simmons wins at handstand in my opinion I'll catch you guys in my next video. Let me know what you think down below in the comment section I'll help you guys to see you. Please hit the notification bell next to my name Subscribe if you're new leave a like and comment what you think I'll catch you guys in my next video I'm out. Peace