It is award season in the NBA, and the announcements continued on Wednesday.
Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg won the Rookie of the Year Award at the end of April, but on Wednesday night, the league revealed the 2025-2026 All-Rookie Team, honoring the best of the best in their first NBA season.
Flagg was obviously going to be one of the five players making up the All-Rookie First Team. He was joined by Charlotte Hornets guard Kon Kneuppel, Philadelphia 76ers guard VJ Edgecombe, San Antonio Spurs guard Dylan Harper and Memphis Grizzlies forward Cedric Coward.
The Mavericks forward led all rookies with 21 points per game. He added 6.7 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game while shooting 46.8% from the field.
Knueppel shot 42.5% from beyond the arc, the best among rookies who attempted at least 80 3-pointers. He averaged 18.5 points per game and set the rookie record for most 3-pointers made in a season.
The Hornets guard made 273 shots from beyond the arc, easily clearing the previous record of 207 set by Sacramento Kings forward Keegan Murray in the 2022-2023 season.
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Edgecombe played in 75 games as a rookie and averaged 16.0 points per game, the third-highest mark for a rookie this season.
Harper largely came off the bench in his 69 games for the Spurs, but he added helpful depth. The guard made a name for himself with highlight-reel dunks down the stretch of the season.
Coward played in 62 games and averaged 13.6 points per game. He also had 5.9 rebounds and 2.8 assists while playing 25.8 minutes per game.
The five players who made the NBA All-Rookie second team are New Orleans Pelicans guard Jeremiah Fears, Utah Jazz forward Ace Bailey, Sacramento Kings center Maxime Raynaud, Toronto Raptors forward Collin Murray-Boyles and Pelicans forward Derik Queen.
Charlotte Hornets big man Ryan Kalkbrenner came closest to joining that group, with eight other players also receiving second-team votes.
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