Towns, Porzingis lead 2015-16 NBA All-Rookie teams
NBA Rookie of the Year Karl-Anthony Towns of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Kristaps Porzingis of the New York Knicks have been unanimously selected to the 2015-16 NBA All-Rookie First Team, the NBA announced today.
Both players received all 130 First Team votes from a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters in the United States and Canada.
Joining Towns and Porzingis on the First Team are the Phoenix Suns' Devin Booker (103 First Team votes, 231 points), the Denver Nuggets' Nikola Jokic (73 First Team votes, 186 points) and the Philadelphia 76ers' Jahlil Okafor (71 First Team votes, 186 points).
The NBA All-Rookie Second Team consists of the Miami Heat's Justise Winslow (151 points, 44 First Team votes), the Los Angeles Lakers' D'Angelo Russell (142 points, 25 First Team votes), the Nuggets' Emmanuel Mudiay (140 points, 35 First Team votes), the Indiana Pacers' Myles Turner (139 points, 28 First Team votes) and the Sacramento Kings' Willie Cauley-Stein (50 points, two First Team votes).
Towns, the No. 1 overall pick of NBA Draft 2015, led all rookies in scoring (18.3 ppg) and rebounding (10.5 rpg, eighth in the NBA) and ranked second in blocks (1.68 bpg, 10th in the NBA) -- making him the league's only player to reach those averages in the three categories.
Porzingis was third among rookies in scoring (14.3 ppg), second in rebounding (7.3 rpg) and first in blocks (1.86 bpg).
Booker finished fourth among first-year players in scoring (13.8 ppg), second in three-pointers made (99) and first in free throw percentage (84.0).
Jokic averaged 10.0 points (eighth among rookies), 7.0 rebounds (tied for third), 2.4 assists (seventh) and 0.99 steals (fourth) while shooting 51.2 percent from the field (fourth).
The NBA All-Rookie First Team is rounded out by Okafor, who ranked second among first-year players in scoring (17.7 ppg), tied for third in rebounding (7.0 rpg) and fourth in blocks (1.15 bpg).
Voting results
| P | Player | Team | 1st | 2nd | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Karl-Anthony Towns | Minnesota Timberwolves | 130 | -- | 260 |
| PF/C | Kristaps Porzingis | New York Knicks | 130 | -- | 260 |
| SG | Devin Booker | Phoenix Suns | 103 | 25 | 231 |
| C | Nikola Jokic | Denver Nuggets | 73 | 40 | 186 |
| C | Jahlil Okafor | Philadelphia 76ers | 71 | 44 | 186 |
| P | Player | Team | 1st | 2nd | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF/SG | Justise Winslow | Miami Heat | 44 | 63 | 151 |
| PG | D'Angelo Russell | Los Angeles Lakers | 25 | 92 | 142 |
| PG | Emmanuel Mudiay | Denver Nuggets | 35 | 70 | 140 |
| C | Myles Turner | Indiana Pacers | 28 | 83 | 139 |
| C/PF | Willie Cauley-Stein | Sacramento Kings | 2 | 46 | 50 |
Other players receiving votes, with point totals (first-place votes in parentheses): Frank Kaminsky, Charlotte, 47 (2); Josh Richardson, Miami, 47 (4); Stanley Johnson, Detroit, 42 (1); Trey Lyles, Utah, 26; Bobby Portis, Chicago, 13; T.J. McConnell, Philadelphia, 2 (7); Mario Hezonja, Orlando, 4; Larry Nance Jr., Los Angeles Lakers, 3; Norman Powell, Toronto, 3; Justin Anderson, Dallas, 2; Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Brooklyn, 2; Boban Marjanovic, San Antonio, 2; Jonathon Simmons, San Antonio, 2; Jerian Grant, New York, 1; Marcelo Huertas, Los Angeles Lakers, 1; Raul Neto, Utah, 1; Cameron Payne, Oklahoma City, 1; Joe Young, Indiana, 1.