All-Rookie Teams

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Vermillion

Discussion Starter · Apr 8, 2006

Time to make your picks, fellow posters.

All-Rookie 1st Team

G Chris Paul
G Raymond Felton
F Charlie Villanueva
F/C Channing Frye
C Andrew Bogut

Not too hard, people may argue though that Deron Williams deserves the 1st team spot over Bogut. I picked Bogut though because of better overall statistics and team record.

Second team is where it gets a little more difficult, with only D.Williams a surelock (and maybe Granger).

All-Rookie 2nd Team

G Salim Stoudamire/Nate Robinson
G Deron Williams
G Luther Head/Sarunas Jasikevicious
F Danny Granger
F Marvin Williams/Ryan Gomes

My first listed names are my primary picks though.

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"If you've ever seen Iverson play in person, you know that his improvisational skills are amazing. Baron Davis calls him unguardable. He's a killer on the fast break. One on one, even one on two, when the guy they call the Answer is on a one-way trip to the basket, you better just foul him. People can hate all day about the number of shot attempts. But, damn, give him props for even getting them up. He's small enough to have every shot contested. That 39% shooting sounds terrible to the regular reader, but have you seen these NBA players lately?"

-SLAM issue #68, April 2003

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FAVORITE TEAM: (whatever team Allen Iverson is on)
OTHER FAVORITES: Memphis, New York, New Orleans, Charlotte, Philadelphia, Indiana, Dallas
TOP 5 FAVORITE PLAYERS: Allen Iverson, OJ Mayo, TJ Ford, Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony
OTHER FAVORITES: Adam Morrison, Samuel Dalembert, Rajon Rondo, Caron Butler, Emeka Okafor, Marcus Camby, Kyle Lowry, Andre Iguodala, Thaddeus Young, Joakim Noah, Tony Parker, Brandon Roy, Michael Beasley, DJ Agustin, Stephen Curry, Tyreke Evans, Brandon Jennings, Earl Clark, Tyler Hansbrough

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Avalanche

· #2 · Apr 8, 2006

first team looks spot on :greatjob:

naibsel

· #3 · Apr 8, 2006

i agree thats how the first team will look.

2nd team IMO

G: Deron Williams
G: Luther Head
F: Marvin Williams or Nate Robinson
F: Danny Granger
F: Ryan Gomes

i dont think salim will make it even tho he deserves too cos of discipline issues and current injury (or maybe he disabled i dunno). Saras wont make it coz he in the dog house in indy for too long

Avalanche

· #4 · Apr 8, 2006

naibsel said:
i agree thats how the first team will look.

2nd team IMO

G: Deron Williams
G: Luther Head
F: Marvin Williams or Nate Robinson
F: Danny Granger
F: Ryan Gomes

i dont think salim will make it even tho he deserves too cos of discipline issues and current injury (or maybe he disabled i dunno). Saras wont make it coz he in the dog house in indy for too long

"F: Nate Robinson"
lol, typo maybe.. but looked funny none the less

CanteriWalker

· #5 · Apr 8, 2006

You might have added Gerald Green in there if only he had minutes this year.

Diable

· #6 · Apr 8, 2006

I would agree except that I would put Danny Granger on the first team instead of Bogut.You can't really tell how good he's been by his numbers,but I think Lebron James could tell you how good a defender he is.He didn't get the minutes early,but after the Artest thing he stepped into the lineup and really did all the things that don't show up on a stat line.

I really love the way he moves his feet on defense.You'd think that this wouldn't stand out so much,but most of the young players in the NBA just don't understand the proper way to stay in front of their man.

pmac34

· #7 · Apr 8, 2006

position doesnt matter for rookie 1st/second team

AMΣRICAN GOD™

· #8 · Apr 8, 2006

Gerald Green?

pmac34

· #9 · Apr 8, 2006

Paul
Villanueva
Felton
Bogut
Frye

Rockstone

· #10 · Apr 8, 2006

CanteriWalker said:
You might have added Gerald Green in there if only he had minutes this year.

TAllen42 said:
Gerald Green?

Yes.

2nd team should be...

Deron Williams
Nate Robinson
Luther Head
Danny Granger
Ryan Gomes

Duck

· #11 · Apr 8, 2006

I think that Felton and Granger should both be 1st team selections along with Frye, Villanueva and Paul.

Blazer Freak

· #12 · Apr 8, 2006

TAllen42 said:
Gerald Green?

Why should he be on the rookie team? He hasn't done anything to even be mentioned for it. He had a 17 point game and a few highlights, thats about it.

Rockstone

· #13 · Apr 8, 2006

Blazer Freak said:
Why should he be on the rookie team? He hasn't done anything to even be mentioned for it. He had a 17 point game and a few highlights, thats about it.

That's exactly why not one person suggested he should be on it. Please read more carefully folks.

bigbabyjesus

· #14 · Apr 8, 2006

TAllen42 said:
Gerald Green?

What are you thinking?

Vermillion

Discussion Starter · #15 · Apr 9, 2006

pmac34 said:
position doesnt matter for rookie 1st/second team

I know, I just felt like listing their positions.

And Gerald Green making any of the teams would be an outrage.

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"If you've ever seen Iverson play in person, you know that his improvisational skills are amazing. Baron Davis calls him unguardable. He's a killer on the fast break. One on one, even one on two, when the guy they call the Answer is on a one-way trip to the basket, you better just foul him. People can hate all day about the number of shot attempts. But, damn, give him props for even getting them up. He's small enough to have every shot contested. That 39% shooting sounds terrible to the regular reader, but have you seen these NBA players lately?"

-SLAM issue #68, April 2003

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

FAVORITE TEAM: (whatever team Allen Iverson is on)
OTHER FAVORITES: Memphis, New York, New Orleans, Charlotte, Philadelphia, Indiana, Dallas
TOP 5 FAVORITE PLAYERS: Allen Iverson, OJ Mayo, TJ Ford, Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony
OTHER FAVORITES: Adam Morrison, Samuel Dalembert, Rajon Rondo, Caron Butler, Emeka Okafor, Marcus Camby, Kyle Lowry, Andre Iguodala, Thaddeus Young, Joakim Noah, Tony Parker, Brandon Roy, Michael Beasley, DJ Agustin, Stephen Curry, Tyreke Evans, Brandon Jennings, Earl Clark, Tyler Hansbrough

Blazer Freak

· #16 · Apr 10, 2006

Rockstone said:
That's exactly why not one person suggested he should be on it. Please read more carefully folks.

Um..look at TAllen42's post. I think you should be the one reading more carefully.

Rockstone

· #17 · Apr 10, 2006

Blazer Freak said:
Um..look at TAllen42's post. I think you should be the one reading more carefully.

I assumed he was questioning CanteriWalker's post. That's likely why there's a question mark following Gerald's name in TAllen42's post. Maybe TAllen42 needs to clarify.

Maybe none of us need to read more carefully. Maybe some members just need to be more clear on what they're trying to say or suggest.

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