A few weeks ago, Blake Griffin won the Rookie of the Year award as everyone suspected. Now, he and John Wall lead the All-Rookie first team selections.
T-Mobile NBA Rookie of the Year Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers and the Washington Wizards’ John Wall, the overall No. 1 selection in the 2010 NBA Draft, headline the 2010-11 T-Mobile NBA All-Rookie First Team, the NBA announced today. Griffin was the lone unanimous selection.
Joining Griffin (58 points) and Wall (57 points) on the T-Mobile NBA All-Rookie First Team are New York’s Landry Fields (56 points), Sacramento’s DeMarcus Cousins (54 points), and San Antonio’s Gary Neal (44).
Griffin, who was selected first overall in the 2009 NBA Draft but missed the entire 2009-10 season due to injury (stress fracture, left knee), recorded a rookie-and team-leading 22.5 ppg (12th overall), 12.1 rpg (fourth overall) and 63 double-doubles (third overall). Griffin became the first rookie to average at least 20 points and 10 rebounds since Elton Brand (20.1 ppg, 10.0 rpg) in 1999-2000. A six-time T-Mobile Western Conference Rookie of the Month selection, Griffin became the first rookie to appear in an NBA All-Star Game since Yao Ming in 2003.
Wall, a four-time T-Mobile Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month selection, ranked seventh overall in assists (8.3 apg) and steals (1.75 spg), and finished second among rookies in scoring (16.4 ppg).
Read more about the All Rookie 1st and 2nd team selections via NBA.com.
