Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls and O.J. Mayo of the Memphis Grizzlies were unanimous selections to the 2008-09 T-Mobile NBA All-Rookie First Team, the NBA announced today.
Rounding out the T-Mobile 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).
The T-Mobile 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).
The voting panel consisted of the NBA's 30 head coaches, who were asked to select five players for the first team and five players for the second team, regardless of position. Coaches were not permitted to vote for players on their own team. Two points were awarded for first team votes and one for second team votes.
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2008-09 T-MOBILE NBA ALL-ROOKIE FIRST TEAM
Player (Team) First-place votes Second-place votes Total
Derrick Rose (Bulls) 29 -- 58
O.J. Mayo (Grizzlies) 29 -- 59
Russell Westbrook (Thunder) 24 5 53
Brook Lopez (Nets) 21 7 49
Michael Beasley (Heat) 17 10 44
2008-09 T-MOBILE NBA ALL-ROOKIE SECOND TEAM
Player (Team) First-place votes Second-place votes Total
Eric Gordon (Clippers) 13 13 39
Kevin Love (Timberwolves) 7 20 34
Mario Chalmers (Heat) 5 19 29
Marc Gasol (Grizzlies) 2 21 25
D.J. Augustin (Bobcats) -- 17 17
Rudy Fernandez (Blazers) -- 17 17
NBA.com