We here at Duke Report would like to congratulate Grayson Allen for winning the 2016 POTGOTY Award. POTGOTY stands for Player of the Game of the Year. The award goes out to the Blue Devil who was chosen as the Player of the Game most often throughout the season and is exclusive to Duke Report. Past winners include Jahlil Okar, Jabari Parker, Mason Plumlee, Austin Rivers, Nolan Smith, Kyle Singler (twice) and DeMarcus Nelson.
In Allen’s second year as a Blue Devil he averaged 21.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg, and 3.5 apg. He was named second-team All-American by the Sporting News, third-team All-American by the AP and NACB, first-team All-ACC and should have been named All-ACC Most Improved, as he improved his scoring output by 17 points a game this season.