NBA All-Rookie 2015-16 1st, 2nd Teams Announced: Complete Selections, Reaction

The 2015-16 NBA All-Rookie First and Second teams were announced Thursday, according to Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated, highlighted by Rookie of the Year Karl-Anthony Towns of the Minnesota Timberwolves, New York Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis and Philadelphia 76ers center Jahlil Okafor. 

Here’s the full list of selections:

Nine of the 10 selections were top-13 picks in last year’s NBA draft, while Nikola Jokic was selected 41st overall by the Denver Nuggets in 2014 and signed with the team before this past season after playing for Mega Leks.

Towns highlighted the bunch after averaging 18.3 points, 10.5 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game for Minnesota in his opening season. He was just the fifth unanimous winner of the Rookie of the Year award in NBA history and was the first player to win every Rookie of the Week award since Portland’s Damian Lillard accomplished the feat in the 2012-13 season.

Towns is now the face of the impressive rebuilding effort in Minnesota, leading a very talented young …

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