how many nba players won a championship their rookie year before 2001

Devean George won a championship in his rookie season in 1999-00.

	NAME	Champs	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Devean George D. George	1	1999-00	LAL	49	7.0	3.2	1.5	0.2	0.2	0.1	1.1	2.9	38.9	0.3	1.0	34.0	0.6	0.8	65.9	47.8	0.6	0.9	0.4	345	155	75	12	10	4	21	54	+14
2	Gerard King G. King	1	1998-99	SAS	19	3.3	1.2	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.7	42.9	0.0	0.0		0.6	0.9	61.1	52.5	0.3	0.4	0.2	63	23	14	4	2	1	4	12	+4
3	Zan Tabak Z. Tabak	1	1994-95	HOU	37	4.9	2.0	1.5	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.6	1.4	45.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.2	61.4	51.8	0.6	0.9	0.5	182	75	57	4	2	7	18	37
4	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	1	1993-94	HOU	66	17.0	6.7	2.0	2.9	0.9	0.1	2.5	5.9	41.8	0.4	1.3	29.5	1.4	1.6	84.1	50.6	0.4	1.7	1.4	1,122	440	134	192	59	7	94	136
5	Chris Jent C. Jent	1	1993-94	HOU	3	26.0	10.3	5.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	4.3	8.7	50.0	1.3	3.7	36.4	0.3	0.7	50.0	57.7	1.3	3.7	1.7	78	31	15	7	0	0	5	13
6	Scott Williams S. Williams	1	1990-91	CHI	51	6.6	2.5	1.9	0.3	0.2	0.3	1.0	2.0	51.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	0.4	0.5	71.4	54.6	0.8	1.1	0.5	337	127	98	16	12	13	23	51
7	Fennis Dembo F. Dembo	1	1988-89	DET	31	2.4	1.2	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.5	1.4	33.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.3	80.0	38.8	0.3	0.5	0.2	74	36	23	5	1	0	7	15
8	Micheal Williams M. Williams	1	1988-89	DET	49	7.3	2.6	0.6	1.4	0.3	0.1	1.0	2.6	36.4	0.0	0.2	22.2	0.6	1.0	66.0	42.4	0.2	0.4	0.9	358	127	27	70	13	3	42	44
9	Milt Wagner M. Wagner	1	1987-88	LAL	40	9.5	3.8	0.7	1.5	0.2	0.1	1.6	3.7	42.2	0.1	0.3	20.0	0.7	0.7	89.7	47.6	0.1	0.6	0.6	380	152	28	61	6	4	22	42
10	Adrian Branch A. Branch	1	1986-87	LAL	32	6.8	4.3	1.7	0.5	0.5	0.1	1.5	3.0	50.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.3	1.7	77.8	57.6	0.7	0.9	0.8	219	138	53	16	16	3	24	39
11	Billy Thompson B. Thompson	1	1986-87	LAL	59	12.9	5.6	2.9	1.0	0.3	0.5	2.4	4.4	54.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.3	64.9	56.5	1.2	1.7	1.0	762	332	171	60	15	30	61	148
12	Sam Vincent S. Vincent	1	1985-86	BOS	57	7.6	3.2	0.8	1.2	0.3	0.1	1.0	2.8	36.4	0.0	0.1	25.0	1.1	1.2	92.9	47.7	0.2	0.6	0.9	432	184	48	69	17	4	49	59
13	Carlos Clark C. Clark	1	1983-84	BOS	31	4.1	1.7	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.6	1.7	36.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.6	88.9	45.1	0.2	0.3	0.4	127	54	17	17	8	1	12	13
14	Greg Kite G. Kite	1	1983-84	BOS	35	5.6	1.9	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.9	1.9	45.5	0.0	0.0		0.1	0.5	31.3	44.5	0.8	1.0	0.6	197	65	62	7	1	5	20	42
15	Marc Iavaroni M. Iavaroni	1	1982-83	PHI	80	20.2	5.1	4.1	1.0	0.4	0.6	2.0	4.4	46.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.4	69.0	50.2	1.5	2.7	1.7	1,612	404	329	83	32	44	133	238
16	Mark McNamara M. McNamara	1	1982-83	PHI	36	5.1	2.2	2.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.8	1.8	45.3	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.3	44.4	46.5	0.9	1.2	1.0	182	78	76	7	3	3	36	42
17	Clay Johnson C. Johnson	1	1981-82	LAL	7	9.3	3.6	1.7	1.0	0.4	0.4	1.6	2.9	55.0	0.0	0.0		0.4	0.9	50.0	55.2	1.1	0.6	1.0	65	25	12	7	3	3	7	13
18	Mike McGee M. McGee	1	1981-82	LAL	39	9.0	4.9	1.3	0.4	0.5	0.1	2.1	4.4	46.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.8	1.4	58.5	48.9	0.9	0.4	0.9	352	191	49	16	18	3	34	59
19	Kurt Rambis K. Rambis	1	1981-82	LAL	64	17.7	4.6	5.4	0.9	0.9	1.2	1.8	3.6	51.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.8	50.4	52.8	1.8	3.6	1.2	1,131	295	348	56	60	76	77	167
20	Kevin McHale K. McHale	1	1980-81	BOS	82	20.1	10.0	4.4	0.7	0.3	1.8	4.3	8.1	53.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.9	67.9	55.6	1.9	2.5	1.3	1,645	818	359	55	27	151	110	260
21	Brad Holland B. Holland	1	1979-80	LAL	38	5.2	2.8	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.0	1.2	2.7	42.3	0.1	0.4	20.0	0.4	0.4	93.8	47.7	0.1	0.3	0.3	197	106	17	22	15	1	13	24
22	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	1	1979-80	LAL	77	36.3	18.0	7.7	7.3	2.4	0.5	6.5	12.3	53.0	0.1	0.4	22.6	4.9	6.0	81.0	60.2	2.2	5.6	4.0	2,795	1,387	596	563	187	41	305	218
23	Greg Ballard G. Ballard	1	1977-78	WAS	76	12.3	4.9	3.5	0.8	0.4	0.2	1.9	4.4	42.5				1.2	1.5	77.2	48.4	1.3	2.2	0.8	936	372	266	62	30	13	64	90
24	Phil Walker P. Walker	1	1977-78	WAS	40	9.6	4.5	1.3	1.4	0.4	0.1	1.4	4.0	35.4				1.6	2.4	66.7	43.8	0.5	0.8	1.6	384	178	52	54	14	5	62	39
25	Johnny Davis J. Davis	1	1976-77	POR	79	18.4	8.0	1.6	1.9	0.5	0.1	3.0	6.7	44.1				2.1	2.6	79.4	50.9	0.8	0.8		1,451	634	126	148	41	11		128

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5	Lakers	23	12	.657	6.5
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Fri 1/9	MIL	@	LAL	10:30 PM
Mon 1/12	LAL	@	SAC	10:00 PM
Tue 1/13	ATL	@	LAL	10:30 PM
Thu 1/15	CHA	@	LAL	10:30 PM
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2,165.8

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1	Pistons	28	9	.757
2	Knicks	24	13	.649	4.0
3	Celtics	23	13	.639	4.5
4	Raptors	23	15	.605	5.5
5	76ers	20	15	.571	7.0
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8	Cavaliers	21	18	.538	8.0
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11	Bucks	16	21	.432	12.0
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2	Spurs	26	11	.703	4.5
3	Nuggets	25	12	.676	5.5
4	Timberwolves	25	13	.658	6.0
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