Charlotte Hornets forward Brandon Miller finished third in the voting for the KIA NBA Rookie of the Year Award for the 2023-24 season.

San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama won the Wilt Chamberlain Trophy as the NBA’s Rookie of the Year for the 2023-24 season by unanimous vote of the 99 sportswriters and broadcasters charged with selecting the recipient.

The NBA announced the Rookie of the Year winner on Monday night.

Oklahoma City Thunder center Chet Holmgren finished second with 98 second-place votes and one third-place vote. With second-place votes worth three points and third-place votes worth one, Holmgren collected 295 points.

Miller received one second-place vote and 83 third-place votes for 86 points.

Other players receiving third-place votes were the Miami Heat’s Jamie Jaquez Jr. with 10, Golden State Warriors’ Brandin Podziemski with four and Dallas Mavericks’ Dereck Lively II with one.

The Hornets chose Miller from Alabama with the second selection in the 2023 NBA Draft after the Spurs made Wembanyama the No. 1 pick. Holmgren entered the NBA as the No. 2 pick in the 2022 draft, but he missed the entire 2022-23 season because of a foot injury.

In 74 games, Miller averaged 17.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists as a rookie. His 184 3-point baskets rank as the fourth-most for a first-year player in NBA history.

Wembanyama averaged 21.4 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.2 steals and a league-leading 3.6 blocks in 71 games.

Holmgren averaged 16.5 points, 7.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.3 blocks in 82 games.

One player from an Alabama high school or college has won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award. Former Brantley High School and Auburn standout Chuck Person won the 1986-87 award as he averaged 18.8 points per game as a forward for the Indiana Pacers.

Former Carver-Dothan star Artis Gilmore won the 1971-72 ABA Rookie of the Year Award as the Kentucky Colonels’ center. He averaged 23.8 points and led the ABA with 17.8 rebounds per game in his first season.

Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.