T-Mobile® Rookie of the Month

Western Conference

OJ Mayo
Guard, Memphis Grizzlies

This month T-Mobile will donate $7,460 on behalf of Mayo. He leads all rookies in scoring with 21.9 ppg, the highest scoring average for a first-year player since Allen Iverson (23.4 ppg) in 1996-97. He ranks in the Top 10 among rookies in seven major categories: scoring average, minutes, assists, steals, field goal percentage, three-point field goal percentage and free throw percentage. He is the first rookie to have four 30-plus point games within his first 17 career games since Allen Iverson (five) in 1996-97. In addition, Mayo is on pace to become just the fifth rookie since the 1996-97 season to average over 39.0 minutes, joining LeBron James, Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson and Shane Battier.

View stats at:
www.nba.com/oj_mayo

Eastern Conference

Derrick Rose
Guard, Chicago Bulls

This month T-Mobile will donate $6,260 on behalf of Rose. He is ranked first among all Eastern Conference rookies in scoring average (18.4), assists per game (6.0) and minutes per game (38.0). He has scored in double-figures in all but one game and has led his team in scoring six times and in assists 13 times. He became the first Bulls rookie since Michael Jordan, in 1984-85, to score 10 or more points in the first 10 games of his rookie season. His nine assists in his NBA debut ties for the second-most by a No. 1 pick since the common draft began in 1966.

View stats at:
www.nba.com/derrick_rose

Giving Back

All season long, for every point the
T-Mobile Rookie of the Month scores during their month, T-Mobile will donate $20 in support of youth programs in this year’s All Star Game host city, Phoenix, AZ. Check back here to watch the donation grow!

2008-2009 Donations to date.