The results are in, and the NBA's top rookies have been named.
Minnesota Timberwolves' Karl-Anthony Towns and New York Knicks' Kristaps Porzingis garnered most of the votes for the NBA All-Rookie first team selection, which was announced today. Towns, who is also KIA NBA Rookie of the Year, along with Porzingis, received all 130 First Team votes from a panel made up of heavily acclaimed sports journalists covering the NBA.
Joining Towns and Porzingis are Phoenix Suns' Devin Booker, Denver Nuggets' Nikola Jokic, and Philadelphia 76ers' Jahlil Okafor, who received 103, 73, and 71 votes respectively.
Towns led all rookies in scoring and rebounding with 18.3 points and 10.5 boards. He was also had 51 double-doubles (third in NBA) while starting all 82 games for the Wolves.
Meanwhile, the NBA All-Rookie second team are comprised of Miami Heat's Justice Winslow, Nuggets' Emmanuel Mudiay, Indiana Pacers' Myles Turner, Los Angeles Lakers' D'Angelo Russell, and Willie Causley-Stein of the Sacramento Kings.
The panel who voted for the rooks were asked to select five players both for the first and second team at any position.
Voting results courtesy of NBA.com are below.
2015-16 NBA All-Rookie NBA First Team
Player | Team | First place votes (2 pts) | Second place votes (1 pt) | Total
Karl-Anthony Towns | Minnesota Timberwolves | 130 | -- | 260
Kristaps Porzingis | New York Knicks | 130 | -- | 260
Devin Booker | Phoenix Suns | 103 | 25 | 231
Nikola Jokic | Denver Nuggets | 73 | 40 | 186
Jahlil Okafor | Philadelphia 76ers | 71 | 44 | 186
2015-16 NBA All-Rookie NBA Second Team
Player | Team | First place votes (2 pts) | Second place votes (1 pt) | Total
Justise Winslow | Miami Heat | 44 | 63 | 151
D'Angelo Russell | Los Angeles Lakers | 25 | 92 | 142
Emmanuel Mudiay | Denver Nuggets | 35 | 70 | 140
Myles Turner | Indiana Pacers | 28 | 83 | 139
Willie Cauley-Stein | Sacramento Kings | 2 | 46 | 50
Other players receiving votes, with point totals (first-place votes in parentheses): Frank Kaminsky, Charlotte, 47 (2); Josh Richardson, Miami, 47 (4); Stanley Johnson, Detroit, 42 (1); Trey Lyles, Utah, 26; Bobby Portis, Chicago, 13; T.J. McConnell, Philadelphia, 2 (7); Mario Hezonja, Orlando, 4; Larry Nance Jr., Los Angeles Lakers, 3; Norman Powell, Toronto, 3; Justin Anderson, Dallas, 2; Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Brooklyn, 2; Boban Marjanovic, San Antonio, 2; Jonathon Simmons, San Antonio, 2; Jerian Grant, New York, 1; Marcelo Huertas, Los Angeles Lakers, 1; Raul Neto, Utah, 1; Cameron Payne, Oklahoma City, 1; Joe Young, Indiana, 1.