<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2007 – Toronto Raptors forward Andrea Bargnani, the first overall selection in the 2006 NBA Draft, and Milwaukee Bucks forward Andrew Bogut, the first overall pick in the 2005 NBA Draft, lead a list of 18 players selected to play in the 2007 T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam on Friday, Feb. 16 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. The participants in the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam were selected by the NBA’s assistant coaches, with each team submitting one ballot. The head coaches for the Rookie and Sophomore teams will be the lead assistants from the 2007 NBA All-Star Game coaching staffs. The T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam will be televised live nationally on TNT and also will be broadcast live on ESPN Radio, while NBA.com will make live audio available to fans in multiple languages. Joining Bargnani on the Rookie team this year are the Los Angeles Lakers’ Jordan Farmar, the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Randy Foye, the Toronto Raptors’ Jorge Garbajosa, the Memphis Grizzlies’ Rudy Gay, the Utah Jazz’s Paul Millsap, the Charlotte Bobcats’ Adam Morrison, the Portland Trail Blazers’ Brandon Roy and the New Jersey Nets’ Marcus Williams. Teaming with Bogut on the Sophomore team are the Los Angeles Lakers’ Andrew Bynum, the Golden State Warriors’ Monta Ellis, the Charlotte Bobcats’ Raymond Felton, the Indiana Pacers’ Danny Granger, the Houston Rockets’ Luther Head, the New York Knicks’ David Lee, the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets’ Chris Paul -- the 2005-06 T-Mobile Rookie of the Year -- and the Utah Jazz’s Deron Williams. </div> http://www.nba.com/allstar2007/news/challenge_070131.html <u>Rookies</u> Andrea Bargnani Jordan Farmar Randy Foye Jorge Garbajosa Rudy Gay Paul Millsap Adam Morrison Brandon Roy Marcus Williams <u>Sophomores</u> Andrew Bogut Andrew Bynum Monta Ellis Raymond Felton Danny Granger Luther Head David Lee Chris Paul Deron Williams
Seem to be the right picks. Though, you could make arguements for Jack and Warrick but they've both seem to fallen off a bit.
<div class="quote_poster">AirJordan Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">hmm i say the rookies take this one, and rudy gay takes the award, as most athletic guards do.</div> I say rookies lose by 20+ and David Lee either takes the award, or gets snubbed.
I say Sophs win with Ellis winning MVP. Sucks since there's no high flyers in this except Rudy Gay.....and David Lee.
<div class="quote_poster">P.A.P. Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I say Sophs win with Ellis winning MVP. Sucks since there's no high flyers in this except Rudy Gay.....and David Lee.</div> Didn't Ellis go down with like an ankle injury or something?
<div class="quote_poster">P.A.P. Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I say Sophs win with Ellis winning MVP. Sucks since there's no high flyers in this except Rudy Gay.....and David Lee.</div> I completely agree. <div class="quote_poster">kingjames23_84 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Didn't Ellis go down with like an ankle injury or something?</div> Yeah, but he is still playing and it's not that bad.
I didn't really expect him to make it, since he's coming off the bench and doesn't get the oppurtunity to put up great stats. But, Jose Calderon is good enough to warrant a spot on the Sophomore team.
<div class="quote_poster">P.A.P. Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I say Sophs win with Ellis winning MVP. Sucks since there's no high flyers in this except Rudy Gay.....and David Lee.</div> Agree, the rookie-sophmore game is the only part of the NBA the Warriors win in. J-Rich was MVP of the rook-soph game his rookie year and Gilbert won it the following year. ^ J-Rich bouncing the ball off of Boozer's dome and nailing the 3 at the buzzer in a rookie soph game.
