Philadelphia 76ers point guard Michael Carter-Williams was named the 2013-14 NBA Rookie of the Year. The 11th pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, Carter-Williams finished the season averaging 16.7 PPG, 6.2 RPG, 6.3 APG and 1.8 Steals for Philadelphia.
The Sixers finished this season 19-63. But Carter-Williams was the coming attraction on Broad and Passyunk Avenue.
As they say in Philly: “The Bul is nice!”
Carter Williams was also named NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week once and Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month four times during the season. The 6-7 point guard out of Syracuse beat out the Orlando Magic’s Victor Oladipo who finished second and the Utah Jazz’s Trey Burke finishing third.
The last 76er to win the NBA’s Rookie of the Year award was Allen Iverson back in 1996, not bad company to join. If Carter-Williams is at least half of the offensive threat The Answer was, he’ll no doubt be an NBA first ballot Hall of Famer.
The newly minted Rookie of the Year caught up with Source Sports and added his two cents on The Answer.
Here’s The Scoop:
The Source: Was Iverson one of your favorite players growing up?
Michael Carter-Williams: Yeah. Seeing and watching Allen Iverson play was one of the most exciting things. As a kid, he was definitely one of my favorite players.
The Source: Where does he rank in your top 5?
Michael Carter-Williams: Ever? That’s tough! I’m a little young for the Jordan era, so I couldn’t take him. But I did get to see Kobe, Shaq, Tracy McGrady. So he’s right up there with all of them.
The Source: You’re sitting in the same locker room that AI once sat, and you watched Iverson have his jersey retired. In retrospect, how cool is that?
Michael Carter-Williams: It is special to see him celebrated for what he did, what he did for the city of Philadelphia, which is great. To be sitting in the same locker room that he once did is a dream.
Make sure to check out MCW’s rookie season in review:
