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NBA Reveals All-Rookie Teams
Published 5/13/2008 by Matt Watson at FanHouse
... The NBA revealed it's All-Rookie Teams today, and by and large there weren't any huge surprises. But can you guess who the only unanimous choice to the first team was? If you guessed ...

Looks like we have that PF slot finally figured out!
Published 5/13/2008 by UofTOrange (noreply@blogger.com) at The Dream Shake - a Houston Rockets blog
Both ends of the Luis Landry rookie power forward made the All Rookie team today. Luis Scola on the first team and Carl Landry on the second team. Congrats to both of our guys and let's get Landry under contract now for a while. Our lone other rookie, Aaron Brooks, even got 1 second place vote! All Rookie Team Of note, what idiot coach didn't vote for Durant as a first teamer? I'm guessing it had to be Isiah Thomas, he's the only one dumb enough for that. Editors Note: Looks like it was probably the same guy that did this: Acie Law, Atlanta, 1 I'm a ...

Wednesday Bucks Notes
Published 5/14/2008 by Frank Madden at Brew Hoop: Front Page Posts
... After spending the first two months of the season in the thick of the rookie of the year race, Yi Jianlian's poor finish saw him miss out on both all-rookie teams. Yi finished with 13 votes, ranking second behind Joakim Noah in the "also receiving votes" category.  I wouldn't argue with that, though I think second team members Jamario Moon, Thad Young and Carl Landry all had better seasons than first team members Jeff Green and Al Thornton. Also, Ramon Sessions didn't get a vote, yet Javaris Crittenton and Acie Law did. Moral: it's better to play poorly for 50 games than ...

Wolves Updates 5/14
Published 5/14/2008 by SG at TWolvesBlog
... names Al Jefferson to his First Annual NBA No-Defense All-Star team: Gets a few blocks (1.45 per), which is more than Curry can say, but factoring in his heavy minute total, it s not that great a total. It s clear Jefferson saves his energy for offense Minnesota was a much, much better defensive team when Jefferson was out of the game. Given Jefferson s offensive skills, he could become a superstar if he just tried a little harder on defense. We ll see. In the voting for the NBA All-Rookie Teams , Corey Brewer received one first-place vote and 3 points total. From ...

All-Rookie Teams: Some old, Not enough Young
Published 5/14/2008 by JakeTheSnake at Bullets Forever: Front Page Posts
... Yesterday the All-Rookie teams were announced and (again) Dominic McGuire was blackballed out of any votes.  That's the bad news, the good is that Nick Young was much closer to make the All-Rookie team than anyone on the team was to making the ...