Rookie Teams Named.

[BasX]

Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls and O.J. Mayo of the Memphis Grizzlies were unanimous selections to the 2008-09 NBA All-Rookie First Team, the NBA announced today.

Rounding out the NBA All-Rookie First Team are Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook (53 points), New Jersey’s Brook Lopez (49 points) and Miami’s Michael Beasley (44 points).

Rose led rookies in assists (6.3 apg), was second in scoring (16.8 ppg), and averaged 3.9 rebounds.

The NBA All-Rookie Second Team consists of the Los Angeles Clippers’ Eric Gordon (39 points), Minnesota’s Kevin Love (34 points), Miami’s Mario Chalmers (29 points), Memphis’ Marc Gasol (25 points), Charlotte’s D.J. Augustin (tie, 17 points) and Portland’s Rudy Fernandez (tie, 17 points).

http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_a...ose_and_mayo_unanimous_all_rookie_selections/

MARIOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[GoBlazersGo]

Yay!

*twirls index finger in the air*

 

[BrianFromWA]

Yay!

*twirls index finger in the air*

I think you forgot the "whoop-dee-friggin'-do" that generally goes along with that. If not, I apologize.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Trail Blazers press release:

RUDY FERNANDEZ EARNS ALL-ROOKIE SECOND TEAM HONORS
Team decided by NBA head coaches

PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland Trail Blazers guard Rudy Fernandez was named to the 2008-09 T-Mobile NBA All-Rookie Second Team, it was announced today by a vote of NBA head coaches.

“This is a well-deserved honor for Rudy and an acknowledgment of the role he's played in our success,” said Trail Blazers General Manager Kevin Pritchard. “We're very proud of the way our rookies have stepped up and contributed this season.”

Fernandez, 24, averaged 10.4 points and 2.7 rebounds, while ranking in the top-10 among rookie leaders in assists (2.0), three-point shooting (39.9%) and steals (0.88). A leader on Spain’s silver-medal team at the 2008 Olympics, Fernandez scored in double figures in 45 games and led the bench in scoring 23 times in his first year in Portland.

With a career-high six three-pointers in the regular season finale vs. Denver on Apr. 15, Fernandez broke the NBA rookie record for three-pointers in a season with 159. He also set NBA rookie records by making a three-pointer in 33 consecutive games from Dec. 7 to Feb. 22 and by hitting a long ball in each of his first 20 career NBA games.

Fernandez competed in the 2009 T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam and the 2009 Sprite Slam Dunk at All-Star Weekend.

Chicago’s Derrick Rose, Memphis’ O.J. Mayo, Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook, New Jersey’s Brook Lopez and Miami’s Michael Beasley were named to the 2008-09 T-Mobile NBA All-Rookie First Team.

Joining Fernandez on the 2008-09 T-Mobile NBA All-Rookie Second Team are the L.A. Clippers’ Eric Gordon, Minnesota’s Kevin Love, Miami’s Mario Chalmers, Memphis’ Marc Gasol and Charlotte’s D.J. Augustin.

 

[alex42083]

Congrats to Rudy, he deserved the honor.

 

[mook]

Damn. Is Oden still not a disappointment -- at least thus far?

Yeah, but given that he's recovering from microfracture and he also had the knee injury, it's not that surprising at this point. It's not really an interesting argument anymore, at least to me.

What this story does convey is that it was one hell of a good rookie class. We've got four rookies who played decent-to-major minutes on a 54 win team, and the only one who got in was the guy who set the rookie record for three pointers.

In some draft years we'd probably have two or three guys on this team.

 

[Hank The Dwarf]

30 NBA Head Coaches voted and Greggy Oden got 3 total votes.

And you homers continue to say Oden is not a huge disappointment.

Embarrassing.

 

[blue32]

I don't know, I still think not starting Oden hurt his development and I still think we mis-manage him sometimes again not allowing him to fully be utilized to be noticed.


Edit: and hank, go fuck yourself

 

[BengalDuck]

How was Beasley selected ahead of Love? I would literally take every other player on those rookie teams ahead of him, yet he's first team?

 

[hasoos]

Damn. Is Oden still not a disappointment -- at least thus far?

Dude if you want to be dissapointed with him, have at it. I don't want to keep you from enjoying yourself.

 

[Boob-No-More]

30 NBA Head Coaches voted and Greggy Oden got 3 total votes.

And you homers continue to say Oden is not a huge disappointment.

Embarrassing.

What is truly embarrassing is your ignorance on the significance of making, or not making, the all rookie teams.

Did Chauncey Billups (4 time all-star, finals MVP) make it? Did Dirk Nowitski (8 time all-star, MVP)? Do you consider those players embarrassments? Would you be embarrassed to have them on your team since they couldn't even make all-rookie second team?

There many great players who didn't make the all-rookie teams. Those are just two (and neither had microfracture knee surgery).

There are also tons of guys who make the all-rookie teams and then totally flame out and never amount to anything. Such as: Adam Morrison, J.R. Bremer, Cedric Henderson, Courtney Alexander, Marcus Fizer, etc.

Making, or not making the all-rookie team has no direct correlation on how good, or bad, a player will become.

Was Oden's rookie season disappointing? Compared to the hype coming out of college? Yes. After undergoing microfracture knee surgery and sitting out a year? No.

I see nothing at all embarrassing about his play as a rookie coming off microfracture knee surgery. Established all-stars have trouble their first season back after microfracture surgery. Expecting a rookie in the same situation not to struggle is simply unrealistic - not embarrassing.

BNM

 

[La Bomba]

Cool, two Grizzlies.