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• Became the fifth rookie to win the Rookie of the Month award for every month of his rookie season, joining LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Tim Duncan and David Robinson.
• Played on the Rookie Team in the 2006 Rookie Challenge and tallied eight points, 11 assists and five steals.
• Competed in the 2006 PlayStation Skills Challenge.
• Selected by New Orleans as the fourth overall pick of the 2005 NBA Draft.
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• Completed in 2005-06 his first NBA season and helped lead New Orleans/ Oklahoma City to a 38-44 regular season record, a 20 game improvement from 2004-05.
• Played and started in 78 of New Orleans/Oklahoma City's 82 regular season games in 2005-06.
• Finished 2005-06 NBA regular season averaging 16.1 ppg., 5.1 rpg., 7.8 apg., 2.24 spg., while shooting 43.0 percent from the field and 84.7 percent from the foul line.
• Finished 2005-06 ranked third overall in the NBA in steals, sixth in assists per turnover (3.34), seventh in assists, 15th in efficiency ranking (28.31), 17th in free throw percentage, and 17th in free throws made.
• Among all rookies in 2005-06, ranked first in scoring, first in assists, first in steals, first in minutes played per game, first in double-doubles (21), first in efficiency ranking, fourth in rebounding, 14th in free throw percentage, and 27th in 3-point percentage.
• Was the only NBA rookie in 2005-06 to record a triple-double and he recorded two.
• Named 2006 NBA Rookie of the Year, receiving 124 of 125 first-place votes, the largest percentage of votes since David Robinson received 100 percent of the first-place votes in 1989-90.
• Named by NBA general managers the 2005-06 NBA Rookie of the Year.
• Was the only unanimous NBA All-Rookie First Team selection.
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