IN BRIEF : Richmond Wins Gottlieb Trophy
NEW YORK — Mitch Richmond of the Golden State Warriors, who averaged 22 points a game, today was named winner of the Eddie Gottlieb Trophy as the NBA Rookie of the Year.
Richmond, the Warriors’ first-round draft choice from Kansas State and the fifth player selected overall in last June’s draft, received 80 of 85 votes from a nationwide panel of sports writers and broadcasters.
Willie Anderson of the San Antonio Spurs received four votes and Chris Morris of the New Jersey Nets drew one vote from the media panel, made up of three from each league city and 10 representatives of the national media.
The 6-foot-5, 225-pound Richmond, a member of the 1988 U.S. Olympic team, started all 79 games he played as the Warriors improved their record by 23 games over last season. His scoring average was 16th best in the NBA.
Richmond helped the Warriors bounce back from a 20-62 record a year ago to a 43-39 mark and a playoff berth this season.
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