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The NBA All-Rookie Team is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) honor given since the 1962–63 NBA season to the top rookies during the regular season. Voting is conducted by the NBA head coaches who are not allowed to vote for players on their own team. [ 1 ]
He is one of only a handful of rookies in NBA history to average 20 points and 10 rebounds a game, having averaged 20.1 points, 10.6 rebounds, and 2.6 assists per game. Kellogg came in second place in NBA Rookie of the Year voting, losing to Terry Cummings , who is also one of the only four players to average 20 points and 10 rebounds in a ...
David Wesley scored 11,842 points in a 14-year NBA career, and retired as the highest-scoring undrafted player of the modern era. [17] Mike James from the 1998 draft was the first undrafted player to average 20 points in a season (20.3) in 2006. [18] Jorge Garbajosa was the first to be named All-Rookie First Team in 2007. [19]
DiGregorio won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 1973–74 after averaging 15.2 points, and leading the league in both free throw percentage (.902) and assists per game (8.2), while playing 35.9 minutes per game. [21] [1] [22] DiGregorio still holds the NBA rookie record for assists in a single game with 25 (a record now shared with Nate ...
NBA All-Defensive Second Team. Patrick Beverley – 2020 [14] Kawhi Leonard – 2020, 2021 [14] NBA All-Rookie First Team. Terry Cummings – 1983; Charles Smith – 1989; Lamar Odom – 2000; Darius Miles – 2001; Al Thornton – 2008 [15] Blake Griffin – 2011 [16] NBA All-Rookie Second Team. Brent Barry – 1996; Maurice Taylor – 1998
Elliott was the third pick of the 1989 NBA draft, was named to the 1990 NBA All-Rookie Second Team, was a two-time NBA All-Star, and earned an NBA championship in 1999. His No. 32 is retired by both the University of Arizona and the San Antonio Spurs .
He made the NBA All-Rookie First Team, was an NBA All-Defensive Team pick three times, played in the 2004 All-Star Game, and led the NBA in blocked shots in the 2004–2005 season. During the 2011 NBA lockout , Kirilenko returned to Russia to play for CSKA Moscow , leading the team to the 2012 EuroLeague Final .
In his first season in the NBA he was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. [15] Despite the fact that he never dunked in an actual game, he participated in the 1993 NBA Slam Dunk Contest, after Nuggets president and general manager Bernie Bickerstaff sent NBA league officials a tape of Abdul-Rauf showcasing his dunking ability. [16]