Karl Towns, Devin Booker, and Willie Cauley-Stein make NBA All-Rookie Teams
With all the Bolden drama over, it's time to turn our sights to the NBA, where Kentucky continues to prove it's not only the most successful college program at putting kids in the league, but those kids are often times the most successful. Karl Towns, Devin Booker, and Willie Cauley-Stein all made the NBA All-Rookie Teams this afternoon, with Karl and Devin named to the First Team and Willie the Second:
2015-16 NBA ALL-ROOKIE 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 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
Trey Lyles also received 26 second-place votes and was just three players shy of making it on the Second Team. Congrats, boys. Keep making us proud.
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