2023-05-09 11:38:30
After having already announced its various individual awards for the regular phase, the NBA began, this morning from Monday to Tuesday, to reveal its collective awards, starting with the best teams of rookies – players in their first year in the League.
The 2022-23 Kia NBA All-Rookie Second Team:
▪️ Jalen Duren, Detroit Pistons
▪️ Tari Eason, Houston Rockets
▪️ Jaden Ivey, Detroit Pistons
▪️ Jabari Smith Jr., Houston Rockets
▪️ Jeremy Sochan, San Antonio Spurs pic.twitter.com/enD26sOsMD
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 8, 2023
Now, with regard to the Best Rookies Team of the year, this one does not have any surprises, featuring precisely the five players who were in the top-5 of the Rookie of the Year race, which was eventually won by the Italian Paolo Banchero. At the extreme end of the Orlando Magic, Jalen Williams, from the OKC Thunder, Walker Kessler, from the Utah Jazz, Keegan Murray, colleague of Neemias Queta in the Sacramento Kings, and Bennedict Mathurin, from the Indiana Pacers.
The Second Best Rookies team, in turn, is composed of Jalen Duren and Jaden Ivey of the Detroit Pistons, Tari Eason and Jabari Smith Jr. of the Houston Rockets, and Jeremy Sochan of the San Antonio Spurs.
The 2022-23 Kia NBA All-Rookie First Team:
▪️ Paolo Banchero, Orlando Magic
▪️ Walker Kessler, Utah Jazz
▪️ Bennedict Mathurin, Indiana Pacers
▪️ Keegan Murray, Sacramento Kings
▪️ Jalen Williams, Oklahoma City Thunder pic.twitter.com/qUMfWkTN4m— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 8, 2023
Paolo Banchero
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