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PER Diem: March 13, 2009

By John Hollinger
ESPN.com

Friday, March 13, 2009

This is a weird, weird year for Rookie of the Year candidates. From the beginning, we've been sold two names: Derrick Rose and O.J. Mayo. Throughout the first half of the season, that made perfect sense, since they were playing a lot more than most of their rookie cohorts and each got off to a very strong start. But of late, a funny thing has happened. Rose and Mayo still are the two hot names, with two other up-and-comers (Russell Westbrook, Eric Gordon) also earning mentions recently. Yet ...

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