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www.chinaview.cn 2006-05-05 07:45:21

 WASHINGTON, May 4 (Xinhua)-- Chris Paul of the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets was the only unanimous first team selection for the league's All- Rookie Team, it was announced by the NBA on Thursday.

    Paul garnered all 29 possible first-team votes (58 points), and was joined on the All-Rookie first team by Toronto's Charlie Villanueva (56 points), Milwaukee's Andrew Bogut (55 points), Utah's Deron Williams (46 points) and New York's Channing Frye (45points).

    Paul finished first among all NBA rookies in double-doubles (21games), averageing 16.1 points and 7.8 assists. The guard also got5.1 rebounds and 2.24 steals per game.

    Paul was just the fifth rookie to win the Rookie of the Month award in every month of his first season.

    Villanueva topped the Eastern Conference rookies in scoring, averaging 13.0 points on 46.3 percent shooting and added 6.4 rebounds a game.

    Bogut, the number one pick in the 2005 NBA Draft, led all rookies in rebounding (7.0 rpg) and blocks (.83 bpg) and scored 9.4 points per game.

    Williams averaged 10.8 points and ranked third among rookies in assists with 4.5 per game.

    Frye led all rookie centers in scoring with 12.3 points per contest and also averaged 5.8 rebounds per game.

    The NBA All-Rookie Second Team was comprised of Indiana's Danny Granger (43 points), Charlotte's Raymond Felton (40 points), Houston's Luther Head (28 points), Atlanta's Marvin Williams (15 points) and Boston's Ryan Gomes (14 points).

    The voting panel consisted of the NBA's 30 head coaches, who were asked to select five players for the first and second teams, regardless of position. Coaches could not vote for players on their own team. Two points were awarded for first team votes and one for second team votes. Enditem

Editor: Ling Zhu
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