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Stoudemire is NBA's top rookieJonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle and Norm Frauenheim of the Arizona Republic report: It was a close race but somebody had to win it. Later today, Phoenix Suns forward Amare Stoudemire will be announced as the winner of the NBA’s Rookie of the Year award. Sources within the Suns' front office confirmed that Stoudemire had won the award in voting by the media. Yao Ming figured out that Stoudemire had won when the presentation was announced and he wasn’t invited. Being a good sport, he passed along his congratulations to Stoudemire. "Congratulations to Amare," Yao said. "This is just the start of many years (of competition between them) to come." Stoudemire averaged 13.5 points, 8.8 rebounds, 1.1 blocked shots, one assist per game and shot 47.2 and 66.1 percent from the field and from the free-throw line respectively. Stoudemire is the 51st player to win the award and the third to win it with the Suns. Alvan Adams won it in 1976. Walter Davis won it in 1978. The 20-year-old forward is the only winner of the award to come straight from high school. As for his reaction, he is more concerned Phoenix’s first round series with the San Antonio Spurs. "It's just kind of unbelievable to be getting ready for the playoffs when just a year ago I was getting ready to go to the prom," said Stoudemire. Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets, General Basketball, NBA Draft Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Nuggets focus on draft after season-ending lossIrv Moss writes about Denvers 84-89 loss to the Houston Rockets last night. Gives a brief summary of Draft postion. Denver Nuggets, Houston Rockets Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Rudy T wants to come backJonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle reports that Rockets head coach Rudy Tomjanovich intends on returning to the team next season if all goes well with his cancer treatments. "I don't have any indication I won't (return)," Tomjanovich, 54, said in a phone interview. "I talked to Les (Alexander, the Rockets' owner) a couple days ago. It was a very, very friendly, caring call. We talked about what we will do in the summer, European scouting. We're going full throttle ahead." Tomjanovich also expressed his disappointment the Rockets missed the playoffs and spoke about how he missed coaching. "It's been very tough not being there," Tomjanovich said. "I wanted to do the right thing. I knew the best thing was for me not to do games. I'm an internalizing guy. My whole body is involved in coaching. But I missed coaching. I missed the players. I can't tell you how much. I love them. The definition of discipline is putting off the end result to do something you're not really comfortable with. I had to do this now to get back to them. "Everybody is disappointed (about the Rockets' failure to reach the postseason). I am. The players are. We all are. Now it's how do we take it. What do we do about it? It's just going to take more time. But some of those clichés are true. No pain, no gain. We have the pain. You see it in all parts of life, with people involved in many things. How do they get to the next level?" Asked if there was a blueprint on the summer Tomjanovich said, "The blueprint is there is no blueprint. A blueprint is a definite thing you follow. This isn't like that. You just go back to work. I'm already working on free-agent stuff, working with tapes. I'm planning scouting trips, and I'm excited about that." Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Rockets Apr 2003 Archive
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