New York, NY (My Sportsbook) -
Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose, the 2008-09 NBA Rookie of the Year, and
Memphis Grizzlies guard O.J. Mayo headlined the NBA's All-Rookie team, announced on Thursday.
Rose and Mayo, both garnering 58 points, were the only unanimous selections to the team.
Rose led all rookies in assists (6.3 apg), was second in scoring (16.8 ppg) and averaged 3.9 rebounds per game this season. He became the first rookie to win the Skills Challenge with a time of 35.3 seconds during All-Star weekend.
Mayo led rookies in scoring (18.5 ppg), ranked fifth in assists (3.2 apg) and averaged 3.8 boards a game during the '08-'09 campaign. Mayo, who hit 43.8 percent of his shots, set a Grizzlies rookie record with 1,516 points.
Rounding out the All-Rookie first team are Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook (53 points), New Jersey's Brook Lopez (49 points) and Miami's Michael Beasley (44 points).
The All-Rookie second team boasts the Clippers' Eric Gordon (39 points), Minnesota's Kevin Love (34 points), Miami's Mario Chalmers (29 points), Memphis' Marc Gasol (25 points), Charlotte's D.J. Augustin (17 points) and Portland's Rudy Fernandez (17 points).
The voting panel consisted of the NBA's 30 head coaches, who were asked to select five players for the first team and five players for the second team, regardless of position.
The 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.