<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The got milk? NBA Rookie of the Year Amare Stoudemir? of the Phoenix Suns and Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets, the number one overall selection in the 2002 NBA Draft, lead a cast of talented rookies named to the got milk? NBA All-Rookie Team, the NBA announced Wednesday. Stoudemir? and Yao were unanimous selections with 56 points each and were joined on the got milk? NBA All-Rookie First Team by Miami’s Caron Butler (55 points), Orlando’s Drew Gooden (45) and Denver’s Nene Hilario (40). Stoudemir? ranked first among all NBA rookies in rebounding (8.8 rpg) and tied for second in scoring (13.5 ppg) and blocks (1.06 bpg) while Yao rated first among rookies in blocks (1.79 bpg), second in rebounding (8.2 rpg) and tied for second in scoring (13.5 ppg). Butler led all rookies in scoring (15.4 ppg ) and was ranked in the top 10 among rookies in eight of nine major statistical categories including scoring (first), rebounding (seventh), assists (fifth), field goal percentage (10th), three-point field goal percentage (ninth), free-throw percentage (second), steals (first) and minutes (first). Gooden ranked fifth among rookies in scoring (12.5 ppg) and rebounding (6.5 rpg), and fifth in field goal percentage (.457) while Hilario ranked second among rookies in field goal percentage (.519) and steals (1.59 spg), and sixth in rebounding (6.1 rpg) and scoring (10.5 ppg). The got milk? NBA All-Rookie Second Team consisted of San Antonio’s Emanuel Ginobili (38 points), Orlando’s Gordon Giricek (33 points), Cleveland’s Carlos Boozer (28 points), Chicago’s Jay Williams (22 points) and Boston’s J.R. Bremer (18 points). The voting panel consisted of the NBA’s 29 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. The got milk? Milk Mustache campaign is sponsoring the NBA Rookie platform to highlight the importance of milk’s bone-building calcium and eight other essential nutrients for active people, teen boys especially, who add about 15 percent of their height during these years. The platform includes the ‘got milk?’ Rookie Challenge, the ‘got milk?’ Rookie of the Month awards, the ‘got milk?’ Rookie of the Year award and the ‘got milk?’ All-Rookie Team. Attached are the results of the balloting for the 2002-03 got milk? NBA All-Rookie teams: 2002-03 got milk? NBA ALL-ROOKIE FIRST TEAM Yao Ming, Houston Amare Stoudemir?, Phoenix Caron Butler, Miami Drew Gooden, Orlando Nene Hilario, Denver 2002-03 got milk? NBA ALL-ROOKIE SECOND TEAM Emanuel Ginobili, San Antonio Gordan Giricek, Orlando Carlos Boozer, Cleveland Jay Williams, Chicago J.R. Bremer, Boston </div> Good choices i would say....good to see manu in the 2nd team... 8) Memo Okur deserved to make the 2nd team .He has been great this season.
true but i never really thought williams played that well ( but i never did get too much of a chance to see him play)
Hilario is a stud...the guy will be really good...he averaged nearly 11 points and 6 rebounds...will be even better next year..more so if they get lebron.He will be an allstar within a few years.
nene and boozer had pretty much the same statistics except boozer shot FTs much better and did it all in less minutes, so it could have gone either way, i thought boozer had a much better second half of the season and i think he deserved to be on the first team but i am biased, also the nba might be trying to increase the international spotlight
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting "allnet":</div><div class="quote_post">Hilario is a stud...the guy will be really good...he averaged nearly 11 points and 6 rebounds...will be even better next year..more so if they get lebron.He will be an allstar within a few years.</div> and the knicks traded him for damaged goods
why dont u think they should be on it vinsanity? there isnt anyone else that deserves it more here is a list of the other ppl that got votes Dajuan Wagner, Cleveland, 13; Mehmet Okur, Detroit, 11; Marco Jaric, LA Clippers, 6; Mike Dunleavy, Golden State, 4; Rasual Butler, Miami, 2; Junior Harrington, Denver, 2; Mike Batiste, Memphis, 2; Juan Dixon, Washington, 1; Vincent Yarbrough, Denver, 1; Reggie Evans, Seattle, 1; Casey Jacobsen, Phoenix, 1.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting "vinsanity03":</div><div class="quote_post">Dejaun Wagner. It was what I thought, I dont like those players.</div> wagner only played 47 games while williams played 75, williams also had more assists and rebounds, and wagners shooting percentages were even more horrible than williams, so i think it makes sense that wagner was left off
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting "allnet":</div><div class="quote_post">Okur got screwed...</div> how did okur get screwed? yes he had his moments but did not do nearly as well as guys like boozer and nene. if anything he got screwed by the pistons b/c if he had played more he for sure would have been on the team
He averaged 7 points and nearly 5 rebounds per game..in only 19 minutes...he deserved to be on there..and the fact pistons got the 1st seed...he deserved more respect..he couldn't get much time as we are loaded and a deep team...but still helped us out alot.If bremer gets in..why the hell didn't memo..
i think if okur had played more minutes he would have been on there and the only reason Bremer is on there is b/c he played more minutes than him though he did average 8 points, 2 board and 2.6 assists
