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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 ]
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]
On March 18, 2021, Edwards scored a then career-high 42 points, along with 7 rebounds and 3 assists, in a game against the Phoenix Suns, becoming the third-youngest player to score 40+ points in NBA history. [35] After the season, he finished second in Rookie of the Year voting and was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. [36] [37]
The National Basketball Association's Rookie of the Year is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given to the top rookie(s) of the regular season. Initiated following the 1952–53 NBA season , it confers the Eddie Gottlieb Trophy, named after the former Philadelphia Warriors head coach.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 February 2025. National Basketball Association honor National Basketball Association awards and honors Team awards Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy Bob Cousy Trophy Maurice Podoloff Trophy Wayne Embry Trophy Willis Reed Trophy Chuck Cooper Trophy Walter A. Brown Trophy (defunct) Oscar Robertson Trophy ...
This list exhibits the National Basketball Association's top rookie single-season scoring averages based on at least 70 games played or 1,400 points scored. Wilt Chamberlain holds the rookie record, averaging 37.6 points per game in 1949–50. [1] The NBA began recording 3-point field goals during the 1979–80 season. [2] *
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
The Rising Stars Challenge is a basketball exhibition game held by the National Basketball Association (NBA) on the Friday before the annual All-Star Game as part of the All-Star Weekend and is intended to showcase young and rising players in the league (mainly rookies from the games inception in 1994, second-year players since 2000 and NBA G League players since 2022).