Knicks Langston Galloway Makes All-Rookie 2nd Team
The New York Knicks have had a player named to an All Rookie team in 4 of the last 5 seasons. The list includes Landry Fields, Iman Shumpert, Tim Hardaway Jr. and Galloway. The Knicks biggest trouble is keeping these players, as Shump was dealt this season, and Fields dealt in the Bargnani deal.
The Minnesota Timberwolves’ Andrew Wiggins, the 2014-15 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year, headlines the 2014-15 NBA All-Rookie First Team, the NBA announced today. Wiggins was the lone unanimous choice, receiving 130 First Team votes from a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada.
The other First Team members include the Chicago Bulls’ Nikola Mirotic (128 First Team votes, 258 points), the Philadelphia 76ers’ Nerlens Noel (125 First Team votes, 252 points), the Orlando Magic’s Elfrid Payton (121 First Team votes, 250 points) and the Los Angeles Lakers’ Jordan Clarkson (74 First Team votes, 200 points).
The NBA All-Rookie Second Team consists of the Boston Celtics’ Marcus Smart (142 points, 28 First Team votes), the Timberwolves’ Zach LaVine (135 points, 22 First Team votes), the Brooklyn Nets’ Bojan Bogdanovic (107 points, seven First Team votes), the Denver Nuggets’ Jusuf Nurkic (97 points, three First Team votes) and the New York Knicks’ Langston Galloway (72 points, seven First Team votes).
2014-15 NBA ALL-ROOKIE FIRST TEAM
Player Team First (2 pt) Second (1 Pt) Total
Andrew Wiggins Minnesota 130 - 260
Nikola Mirotic Chicago 128 2 258
Nerlens Noel Philadelphia 125 2 252
Elfrid Payton Orlando 121 8 250
Jordan Clarkson L.A. Lakers 74 52 200
2014-15 NBA ALL-ROOKIE SECOND TEAM
Player Team First (2 pt) Second (1 Pt) Total
Marcus Smart Boston 28 86 142
Zach LaVine Minnesota 22 91 135
Bojan Bogdanovic Brooklyn 7 93 107
Jusuf Nurkic Denver 3 91 97
Langston Galloway New York 7 58 72