Top 5 Rookie Seasons in the NBA's History?

Mine are:

1.Wilt Chamberlain
2.Wes Unseld
3.Earvin "Magic" Johnson
4.Bill Russell
5.Oscar"The Big O"Robertson

Honorable Mention:Shaquille O'Neal,Michael Jordan |

Honestly im not too sure but ill try

1. Kareem
2. Wilt
3. Oscar
4. Shaq
5. Duncan

HM: Jordan

1. Pete maravich ( for me its easy...24 and 4 per game)
2. oscar
3.magic
4.Lebron james
5.wilt

Wilt
Unseld
Magic
Russell
Big O

HM:Shaq,Bird,Kareem etc

srsly? unseld? :/

Unseld and Wilt won both MVP and ROY awards in the same season so they are ahead of everyone,Wilt on top of that had scoring,rebound title,led the NBA in total points + rebounds and led the NBA in minutes per game and total minutes played

Unseld had nearly 14 ppg with atleast 18,2 rpg and exploded in the playoffs for 18,8 ppg and 18,5 rpg....

That's why they are the best

yeh..um..wtf lol

Yeah,they are the best

unseld was 13/18/2, idk how many blocks (neither do you). he played 4 games in the postseason. that high average means nothing, lol. ever consider unseld played in a down year? oscar, wilt, baylor, and bellamy all played in the league together, one entering after the other in 4 successive years. duh the rookies aren't going to win MVP with those guys playing alongside them in the league. gtfo w/ unseld.

another thing is the league is way better now. so huge stats don't mean as much. they do in wilt's case because those are just unmatched anywhere by anybody, but for the rest of the rebounders who averaged 18 career? no. gtfo.

Unseld won the MVP in era full with the greatest big men ever seen in the NBA,the league was competitive.Unseld made impact in the Bullets,he lead them to the best record in the NBA while playing great individually

He won the MVP and ROY in the same year,there's no denoyal and he's lock for the list no mather how this era was stronger/weaker compared to the 70's...

lmao led them. earl monroe. ever heard of him? unseld was the worst scorer on the front line :/. he led the team i rebounding? so what? he almost wasn't top 5 in the league and all the other guys ahead of him averaged more points. unseld was not deserving of the MVP really. his team was great and if they were gunna give it to the best player on the team, monroe should have gotten it.

Unseld shouldnt be on the list but dont be jammin on the wizards greats!

Michael Jordan (Bulls): 28 PPG, 6.5 RPG, 6 APG, 2.4 SPG, 52% shooting

Magic Johnson (Lakers): 18 PPG, 7.7 RPG, 7.3 APG, 2.4 SPG, 53% shooting

Shaq (Magic): 23.4 PPG, 14 RPG, 3.5 BPG, 56% shooting

Kareem (Bucks): 29 PPG, 14.5 RPG, 4.1 APG, 52% shooting

Larry Bird (Celtics): 21 PPG, 10.4 RPG, 4.5 APG, 1.7 APG, 47 shooting

HM: shit ton

Troy wrote:

Unseld shouldnt be on the list but dont be jammin on the wizards greats!

i just said they had the best team. he wasn't their best player that year was all i way saying, lol

unseld is a great defender, but deserving of that MVP? easy to argue.

players to consider:

duncan, shaq, the admiral, elgin, wilt, bellamy, big o, kareem, jordan, bird

I put Wes Unseld on my list cause he won the Rookie of the Year and MVP Award in the sam season.

That's why he's in that list