After finishing runner-up in the NBA Rookie of the Year voting, Kristaps Porzingis was unanimously voted to the All-Rookie first team.
Rookie of the Year Karl-Anthony Towns of the Timberwolves also was a unanimous All-Rookie first-team selection. Both players received all 130 first-team votes from media members covering the NBA. Towns also won rookie of the year unanimously.
The other players voted to the first team are Suns guard Devin Booker, Nuggets center Nikola Jokic and Philadelphia big man Jahlil Okafor.
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Porzingis was third among rookies in scoring (14.3 points), second in rebounds (7.3) and first in blocks (1.86). He’s the third Knick to be chosen All-Rookie first team in the last four years, joining Iman Shumpert in 2012 and Tim Hardaway Jr. in 2014. Both were traded last year in separate deals.
Miami forward Justise Winslow, Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell, Denver guard Emmanuel Mudiay, Pacers big man Myles Turner and Kings center Willie Cauley-Stein make up the All-Rookie second team.
Knicks guard Jerian Grant received one second-team vote.
..... - Newsday