On December 1st, the League announced the month's "Player of the Month" and "Rookie of the Month" for the first month of the season.
Compared to "Player of the Month," external media paid more attention to November's Eastern Conference "Rookie of the Month."
To some extent, this would determine who the leading candidate for "Rookie of the Year" was.
Eventually, Indiana received good news, as Su Wan was named the Eastern Conference's "Rookie of the Month." This meant the media was currently leaning towards him as this season's "Rookie of the Year." ESPN believed that Su Wan's performance in his first game after joining the Pacers significantly boosted his chances, impacting the final decision.
Bobcats Media and Okafor were very dissatisfied with the results. Okafor even openly stated, "I don't think I am inferior to him, so I cannot accept this outcome."
Su Wan did not respond to Okafor's comments, and the public did not focus on this issue.
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