fearless forecast for the 2009 NBA rookie of the year?

ODEN!!!!!!! This guy put up Shaquille O'Neal numbers in college. You forgot about Oden. He will probobly win the ROY and be in the All-Star Game. Beasley or Love has a small chance.

OJ will win it. The experts have been saying it for a while, he is the most NBA ready player in the draft. Plus he is in a situation similiar to the one Kevin Durant was in this year. He will be one of the main scorers on that team (along w/ Rudy Gay) so he should get 16-18 ppg and around 6 assists. Oden is on practually an all star team, so his numbers wont be as good, and even Beasley and Rose wont be expected to carry most of the load. But down the line, I think Rose will have a better career.

OJ Mayo is the leading contender as of now. Among the top-talented rookies he has the least depth behind him (Casey Jacobsen??), particularly if they let him play the 2 instead of the logjam currently at point guard for the Grizz, and will get mega-minutes to rack up points and highlights. Plus he'll extend Kevin McHale's streak of giving away players to excel with other teams (Brandon Roy, KG...)

Dark Horse candidates would be Russ Westbrook, Eric Gordon and JaVale McGee.

~iyf

Beasley. He will be a 17+ pts and 10 boards per game guy in his rookie season. Plus having Marion and Wade on the team stretches out the defense and he'll get plenty of open looks and plenty of talent to play with every night.

Michael Beasley 15 to 17 points, 10 rebounds, 0.7 steals, 0.9 blocks and 0.6 3-pointers in his rookie season

Greg Oden

Michael Jordan

Greg Oden is Eligiable.

But I will go with Michael Bealey.

dk, but its a great rookie class, you forgot to include oden.

propley say either greg oden or beasley