Question on Rookie of the Year Eligibility

I don't know if aelliot or crispee patrol this forum (I'm used to the Game Action and Roster Moves forum), but I need some help--from ANYONE--on this issue.

What are the official eligibility requirements for winning Rookie of the Year?

Don't laugh. It's not quite as simple as it may seem. It's not just players drafted in that year's draft. Foreign players that were drafted in past years' drafts can win it. Example: Toni Kukoc and Arvydas Sabonis each finished high in the race for ROY in their first seasons in the NBA. In fact, don't be surprised if Utah's Andre Kirilenko (a 1999 draftee) is in the running for ROY this year.

But my question applies to a more complex situation. Can a player that has been in an NBA training camp and has received an NBA salary--BUT has NEVER played an NBA regular season game--still win ROY???

This is the case with Philadelphia's Speedy Claxton. The 20th pick of the 2000 Draft, Claxton figured in big with Philly's plans to win the East. But in their first PREseason game, Claxton tore his ACL and was done for the year. He never laced up for a regular season game, but nonetheless received an NBA paycheck. Can he win the ROY this year???? If so, he has a pretty good shot.

ROY usually goes to the rookie with the biggest impact on a PLAYOFF team. If it's even close between Claxton and a rookie on a lottery team with better stats, it'll go to Claxton. I say this realizing that Eddie Griffin will probably not put up numbers this year as good as Speedy's.

Please help me out. I really need to know. (Don't ask)

 

Speedy's had a GREAT preseason this year (partially b/c he's the only good healthy player on the team). But Snow will be out 3 months and McKie will miss the first two weeks of the season, so Claxton will be running the show for Iverson, at least to start the year. He may turn in a nice season in 2001-02.

Thanks for the input. Is the "NBA roster" standard the one by which the NBA will determine ROY eligibility? I mean, he has yet to actually PLAY.

 

AllenLeavell--where did you hear about any announcement about Speedy Claxton's eligibility for ROY??? Any link?

A-train--Sorry. I know that most ROY winners ARE on bad teams, but that is because bad teams allow the rookies to have the chance to put up huge numbers. What I MEANT to say (or perhaps should have stated better) was that being on a playoff team was a BIG tie-breaker for players with similar stats. Of course, if one player on a bad team has MUCH better stats, ROY will go to him.