Happy 49th birthday to three-time NBA All-Star and 1999-2000 Rookie of the Year, Steve Francis!
Francis was selected second-overall in the 1999 NBA Draft by the then-Vancouver Grizzlies out of Maryland and immediately traded to Houston. As a rookie averaged 18.0 points and 6.6 assists. In 2001 he made the first of his three-consecutive All-Star teams before being traded to Orlando in the deal that brought Tracy McGrady to Houston after the 2003-04 season.
Francis would play four more seasons, playing just 10 games in his final campaign due to a torn quad in 2007-08.
Which brings us to today’s quiz. How many of the NBA Rookie of the Year winners in the NBA’s Lottery Era can you name in six minutes?
Good luck!
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