Brandon Roy of the Portland Trail Blazers will receive the Eddie Gottlieb Trophy as the 2006-07 T-Mobile NBA Rookie of the Year, the NBA announced today.  

Roy  received 127 out of a possible 128 first-place votes (638 points) from a  panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada.  Toronto?s  Andrea  Bargnani  finished  second  with 264 points and Memphis?  Rudy Gay finished third with 93 points. Players were awarded five points  for  each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote and one point for each third-place vote received.  

Drafted  with the sixth overall pick in the 2006 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves,  Roy  was  traded  to  Portland for the draft rights to Randy Foye. He averaged rookie highs of 16.8 points, 4.0 assists and 35.4 minutes in  57  games.  Roy  also  ranked among rookie leaders in steals (1.18 spg, 2nd),   rebounds   (4.4  rpg,  7th),  free-throw  percentage  (.838,  3rd), three-point  field  goal  percentage (.377, 6th), and field goal percentage (.456, 6th).  

Roy scored at least 20 points 16 times, including a career-high 29 vs. Utah on  April  4, and he led the team in scoring in seven of his final 10 games of  the season. Roy twice had three consecutive games of at least 20 points (March  22-25  and  Mar. 31-Apr. 6). His 20-point performance opening night (Nov.  1,  2006)  at  Seattle  ranks  third  all-time for a Portland rookie playing  in  his  first  NBA game. The only other Portland rookies to score more  points  on  opening  night were Mychal Thompson (23 points) and Geoff Petrie (21 points).  

A  three-time  T-Mobile  Western  Conference  Rookie of the Month selection (January,  February  and  March),  Roy represented the Trail Blazers in the T-Mobile  Rookie  Challenge  &  Youth Jam, finishing with six points, three rebounds, four assists and a steal in 24 minutes.