NEW YORK — San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama was a unanimous choice for the NBA’s All-Rookie group this season, the league revealed Monday.
It was no shock, provided that Wembanyama additionally was the unanimous alternative for rookie of the yr from the identical panel of 99 voters who forged ballots for the league’s awards this season.
Becoming a member of Wembanyama on the primary group had been Oklahoma Metropolis’s Chet Holmgren, Charlotte’s Brandon Miller, Miami’s Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Golden State’s Brandin Podziemski.
Holmgren — the runner-up to Wembanyama within the rookie of the yr race — was additionally a unanimous first-team alternative.
Miller, Jaquez and Podziemski had been third, fourth and fifth, respectively, within the rookie of the yr balloting that was introduced earlier this month. That was additionally the order they completed the All-Rookie group voting in, with Jaquez becoming a member of Wembanyama and Holmgren as the one gamers to seem on all 99 ballots.
Dallas’ Dereck Full of life II was a second-team All-Rookie choice, together with Houston’s Amen Thompson, Utah’s Keyonte George, Oklahoma Metropolis’s Cason Wallace and Memphis’ GG Jackson II. Jackson received the final spot by one vote over Golden State’s Trayce Jackson-Davis.
The All-Defensive group alternatives will probably be revealed Tuesday, and the All-NBA group will probably be unveiled Wednesday. Wembanyama is a possible first-team All-Defence participant — he was No. 2 within the defensive participant of the yr race to Minnesota’s Rudy Gobert — and absolutely received All-NBA consideration as properly.
If Wembanyama makes both the All-Defence or All-NBA group, or each, he could be the primary rookie to take action since two different San Antonio centres who, like him, had been No. 1 general draft picks, these being Tim Duncan in 1998 and David Robinson in 1990.
Solely 5 rookies have made All-Defence: Duncan, Robinson, Washington’s Manute Bol (1986), Houston’s Hakeem Olajuwon (1985) and Milwaukee’s Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1970).
And if Wembanyama makes All-NBA, he could be the twenty second rookie to take action in NBA historical past. Of these, solely 4 have performed it within the final 45 seasons: Duncan, Robinson, Chicago’s Michael Jordan (1985) and Boston’s Larry Chook (1980).
