Henry Roldán
The NBA continues to make announcements regarding the most outstanding players of this season, and this time it was the opportunity for the two All-Rookie teams.
Through its Twitter account, which is dedicated to providing relevant information, the league highlighted the unanimous selection of three rookies for the All-Rookie first team of the season: Rookie of the Year and Toronto Raptors player, Scottie Barnes; Evan Mobley of the Cleveland Cavaliers; and Cade Cunningham of the Detroit Pistons.
All three players received 100 votes for the All-Rookie First Team, thus finishing with 200 total points. The other two members of this first quintet are Franz Wagner, of the Orlando Magic, with 84 votes, and Jalen Green, of the Houston Rockets, with 58 votes.
Barnes ranked third among NBA freshmen in points per engagement (15.3) and rebounds (7.5), while he was fifth in assists (3.5) and finished twice as Rookie of the Month in the East Conference.
For his part, Mobley, who finished second to Barnes in Rookie of the Year voting, led all rookies in rebounds per game (8.3) and blocks (1.67), while ranking fifth in points scored (15.0) and won the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month award once.
Cunningham, who was the top overall pick in the 2021 Draft and led all rookies in points (17.4) being second in assists (5.6), and fifth in rebounds (5.5) while winning the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month award, rounds out the unanimous list.
The 2021-2022 All-Rookie Second Team
Similarly, this Thursday we were able to meet the second All-Rookie team of the season, which was led by New Orleans Pelicans forward Herbert Jones, who received 123 votes for the second quintet and 32 for the first.
Josh Giddey of the Oklahoma City Thunder was next on the list, with votes for the second team and 24 for the first; Bones Hyland of the Denver Nuggets was third with 81 votes; Ayo Dosunmu of the Chicago Bulls was fourth with 75 votes; and Chris Duarte of the Indiana Pacers finished fifth with 52 votes, just five votes ahead of Jonathan Kuminga of the Golden State Warriors.
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