Chet Holmgren and Victor Wembanyama were both unanimous selections to the Kia All-Rookie First Team.
San Antonio Spurs forward-center Victor Wembanyama, the 2023-24 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year, and Oklahoma City Thunder forward-center Chet Holmgren have been unanimously selected to the 2023-24 Kia NBA All-Rookie First Team. Both players received First Team votes on all 99 ballots from a global panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.
Joining Wembanyama and Holmgren on the Kia NBA All-Rookie First Team are Charlotte Hornets forward-guard Brandon Miller, Miami Heat forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Golden State Warriors guard Brandin Podziemski.
The 2023-24 Kia NBA All-Rookie First Team:
▪️ Chet Holmgren of @okcthunder
▪️ Jaime Jaquez Jr. of @MiamiHEAT
▪️ Brandon Miller of @hornets
▪️ Brandin Podziemski of @warriors
▪️ Victor Wembanyama of @spurs pic.twitter.com/nLhiUqFGfz— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 20, 2024
The Kia NBA All-Rookie Second Team consists of Dallas Mavericks center Dereck Lively II, Houston Rockets guard-forward Amen Thompson, Utah Jazz guard Keyonte George, Oklahoma City guard Cason Wallace and Memphis Grizzlies forward GG Jackson II.
The 2023-24 Kia NBA All-Rookie Second Team:
▪️ Keyonte George of @utahjazz
▪️ GG Jackson II of @memgrizz
▪️ Dereck Lively II of @dallasmavs
▪️ Amen Thompson of @HoustonRockets
▪️ Cason Wallace of @okcthunder pic.twitter.com/1QaumdqzYo— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 20, 2024
The All-Defensive team selections were revealed Tuesday, and the All-NBA team will be unveiled Wednesday. Wembanyama made the All-Defense First Team and may get All-NBA consideration as well.
In making the All-Defensive First Team, he needs only make an All-NBA team to become the first rookie to do so since two other San Antonio centers who, like him, were No. 1 overall draft picks: Tim Duncan in 1998 and David Robinson in 1990.
Including Wembanyama, only six rookies have made All-Defense: Duncan, Robinson, Washington’s Manute Bol (1986), Houston’s Hakeem Olajuwon (1985) and Milwaukee’s Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1970).
And if Wembanyama makes All-NBA, he would be the 22nd rookie in NBA history to do so. Of those, only four have done it in the last 45 seasons: Duncan, Robinson, Chicago’s Michael Jordan (1985) and Boston’s Larry Bird (1980).
The media voting panel selected five players for the Kia NBA All-Rookie First Team and five players for the Kia NBA All-Rookie Second Team at any position. Players received two points for each First Team vote and one point for each Second Team vote.
The complete voting results for the 2023-24 Kia NBA All-Rookie Team is below.
The complete voting results for the 2023-24 Kia NBA All-Rookie Team: pic.twitter.com/XNBPruS5FO
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 20, 2024
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
