<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> NEW YORK, May 4 – Chris Paul of the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets headlines a talented group of rookies named to the T-Mobile NBA All-Rookie Team, the NBA announced today. Paul, the only unanimous First Team selection, is joined by Toronto’s Charlie Villanueva (56 points), Milwaukee’s Andrew Bogut (55 points), Utah’s Deron Williams (46 points) and New York’s Channing Frye (45 points). Paul became the fifth rookie to win the T-Mobile Rookie of the Month award for every month of his rookie season, joining Cleveland’s LeBron James, Denver’s Carmelo Anthony and San Antonio's Tim Duncan and David Robinson. Paul, who led all rookies with 21 double-doubles, averaged rookie highs of 16.1 points and 7.8 assists while also recording 5.1 rebounds and 2.24 steals. Villanueva topped the Eastern Conference rookies in scoring, averaging 13.0 points on .463 shooting and added 6.4 rpg. Bogut, the number one pick in the 2005 NBA Draft, led all rookies in rebounding (7.0 rpg) and blocks (.83 bpg) and tallied 9.4 ppg on .533 shooting. Williams averaged 10.8 points and ranked third among rookies in assists with 4.5 per game. Frye led all rookie centers in scoring with 12.3 ppg on .477 shooting and added 5.8 rpg. The T-Mobile NBA All-Rookie Second Team consists of Indiana’s Danny Granger (43 points), Charlotte’s Raymond Felton (40 points), Houston’s Luther Head (28 points), Atlanta’s Marvin Williams (15 points) and Boston’s Ryan Gomes (14 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. Building upon its already strong appeal to the nation’s youth and as the Official Wireless Services Partner of the NBA, T-Mobile is showcasing the NBA’s youngest players -- the Rookies -- through the NBA’s Rookie program. Highlights include the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge, an All-Star competition between NBA rookies and second-year players, and rookie awards presentations including the T-Mobile Rookie of the Year. As part of a unique package of NBA-themed offerings, T-Mobile users will be receiving special content on NBA rookies providing insights into NBA life both on and off the court. Below are the results of the balloting for the 2005-06 T-Mobile NBA All-Rookie teams: </div> http://www.nba.com/knicks/news/allrookie_060504.html Frye really impressed me this season. After the summer league I was concerned about him, but he's really improved since the summer. Working with Aguirre and going to the summer league again he should be much improved from his rookie season. Nate missed the second team by a few of points. I guess he proved a lot of people wrong
congrats to frye. he really deserves it. i think he is only one of the very few reasons knick fans watch the games. i came into the season thinking the knicks took an absolute bust. all ive heard was that he was too soft, not aggressive and ect. but he has definetly proven me wrong. hopefully he continues to work hard and improve. he may be a building block to the knicks future
Fyre's ability is really limited honestly. Marbury got most of his assist with the pick and roll and Fyre. Offensively, when he's wide open 15 feet from the basket, he can drop 30 points on you in a heartbeat. But that isn't going to be the case all the time. Fyre can't create his own shot, and do alot of things offensively. I want him to work better on the pick and rolls, and I want point guards who will accually pass the ball to our big men besides Stephon Marbury. I'm sick of Robinson and Francis ignoring the bigs and using the Pick and Roll for their own shot.
