Milwaukee Bucks: Malcolm Brogdon named Rookie of the Year

Malcolm Brogdon finished off his fairytale debut season in the NBA, as the Milwaukee Bucks guard was named Rookie of the Year.

There’s no doubt that the Milwaukee Bucks hoped Malcolm Brogdon would be a meaningful contributor when they selected him with the 36th pick of last year’s draft, but even they couldn’t have predicted he’d make history within 12 months.

On Monday night, Brogdon was named as the NBA’s Rookie of the Year, beating out competition from Philadelphia 76ers duo Dario Saric and Joel Embiid.

Brogdon took to the stage to accept the award saying:

"“First, I just want to say thanks to my mother. She’s sitting over there at that table, she’s sacrificed so much for me, and I’m just pleased. I want to say thank you to God. None of this can be possible without God leading your way and righting your path for you. I want to say thank you to my Bucks owners, the whole Bucks organization, Coach Kidd, and my teammates, you know, they’ve believed in me, they’ve given me tremendous opportunity and it’s been a great year. I think this is a testament to the whole organization.The last thing is this is a testament to guys who were underestimated, guys who are second round picks, guys who are undrafted each year, that get looked over regardless of the work they put in, regardless of what they do. You can always achieve your dreams if you have faith, if you sacrifice for what you want. A lot of the time you’re not going to fit in, you’re going to have to skip those parties, you’re going to have to do things that others aren’t doing to get to where you want to be. I just want to say thank you to everybody. Thank you so much.”"

As rare at is for a player who was selected outside the top-10 to be the winner of this award — Michael Carter-Williams, a man with Bucks and 76er connections is the only exception since Mark Jackson won in 1988 — Brogdon takes that even one step further.