NBA All-Rookie Team
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] The All-Rookie Team is generally composed of two five-man lineups, a first team and a second team. The players each receive two points for each first team vote and one point for each second team vote. The top five players with the highest point total make the first team, with the next five making the second team. In the case of a tie at the fifth position of either team, the roster is expanded. If the first team consists of six players due to a tie, the second team will still consist of five players with the potential for more expansion in the event of additional ties. Ties have occurred several times, most recently in 2009, when D. J. Augustin and Rudy Fernández tied in votes received. No respect is given to positions. For example, the first team had four forwards, and one guard in 2008.
Nine All-Rookie Team members have won both the Rookie of the Year Award and the Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) during their careers. Wilt Chamberlain and Wes Unseld are the only players to accomplish this feat in the same season. As of the end of the 2007–08 season, 29 members of the All-Rookie Team have been elected into the Basketball Hall of Fame, 28 members were not born in the United States and 120 members are active in the NBA.[2][3][4][5][6]
Winners
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Denotes players who are still active in the NBA |
| * |
Elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a player |
Player
(in bold text) |
Indicates the player who won the Rookie of the Year award |
Player
(in italic text) |
Indicates the player who was drafted first overall |
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (as Lew Alcindor) was named to the All-Rookie Team in the 1969–70 NBA season.
Larry Bird was named to the All-Rookie Team in the 1979–80 NBA season.
Michael Jordan was named to the All-Rookie Team in the 1984–85 NBA season.
Patrick Ewing was named to the All-Rookie Team in the 1985–86 NBA season.
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San Antonio Spurs player David Robinson was named to the All-Rookie first team in the 1989–90 NBA season.
Gary Payton was named to the second team in the 1990–91 NBA season.
Grant Hill was named to the first team in the 1994–95 NBA season.
Kevin Garnett was named to the second team in the 1995–96 NBA season.
Tim Duncan was named to the first team in the 1997–98 NBA season.
Paul Pierce was named to the first team in the 1998–99 NBA season.
Spanish player Pau Gasol was named to the first team in the 2000–01 NBA season.
Yao Ming was named to the first team in the 2002–03 NBA season.
LeBron James was named to the first team in the 2003–04 NBA season.
Chris Bosh was named to the first team in the 2003–04 NBA season.
Dwight Howard was named to the first team in the 2004–05 NBA season.
Chris Paul was named to the first team in the 2005–06 NBA season.
Andrea Bargnani was named to the first team in the 2006–07 NBA season.
Derrick Rose was named to the first team in the 2008–09 NBA season.
Notes
- a Before the 1971–72 season, Lew Alcindor changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.[7]
- b When Olajuwon arrived in the United States, the University of Houston incorrectly spelled his first name "Akeem". Olajuwon used that spelling until March 9, 1991, when he announced that he would add an H.[8][9]
- c Amar'e Stoudemire's first name had previously been spelled incorrectly as "Amaré" or "Amare" since joining the NBA, but was changed to "Amar'e" in October 2008.[10][11]
References
- General
- Specific
- ↑ "Durant, Horford Headline T-Mobile All-Rookie Team". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. May 14, 2008. http://www.nba.com/news/all_rookie_080513.html. Retrieved August 13, 2008.
- ↑ "Rookie of the Year". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/history/awards_rookieofyear.html. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
- ↑ "Most Valuable Player". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/history/awards_mvp.html. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
- ↑ "Hall of Famers". Hoophall.com. http://hoophall.com/halloffamers/bhof-halloffamers-alpha.html. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
- ↑ "NBA Players From Around The World: 2007-08 Season". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/players/int_players_0708.html. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
- ↑ "Players". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/players/. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
- ↑ "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Bio". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/history/players/abduljabbar_bio.html. Retrieved August 4, 2008.
- ↑ "Hakeem Olajuwon Bio: 1992-93". NBA.com. Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. http://www.nba.com/playerfile/hakeem_olajuwon/bio.html. Retrieved June 15, 2008.
- ↑ Dufresne, Chris (March 11, 1991). "Hakeem Still Can Be Called 'the Dream'". Los Angeles Times: p. 2.
- ↑ Bickley, Dan (October 30, 2008). "Bickley on Amaré: Awaking the giant". The Arizona Republic. http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/sports/articles/2008/10/30/20081030spt-bickley.html. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
- ↑ McMenamin, Dave (November 20, 2008). "Change the name of the game for Stoudemire this season". NBA.com (Turner Sports Interactive, Inc). http://www.nba.com/2008/news/features/dave_mcmenamin/11/20/112008amareqa/index.html. Retrieved March 25, 2009.