NEW YORK -- Rookie of the Year Kyrie Irving of Cleveland is the lone unanimous choice to the NBA's All-Rookie team.
Irving received 58 points Tuesday in voting done by the league's 30 head coaches, who could not vote for their own player. Joining him on the first team were Minnesota's Ricky Rubio (49 points); Denver's Kenneth Faried (46); Golden State's Klay Thompson (43); and New York's Iman Shumpert, San Antonio's Kawhi Leonard and Detroit's Brandon Knight, who all had 40 points.
Irving, the No. 1 pick in the draft, became one of only six rookies to average at least 18.0 points, 5.0 assists and 1.0 steal while shooting at least 45 percent from the field, a list that includes Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson.
Former Husky Isaiah Thomas made the second team. The Sacramento Kings guard received 5 first team votes. He averaged 11.5 points per game.
(Voted by the 30 NBA head coaches)
(First-team vote, 2 points; second-team vote, 1 point)
First Team
Player, Team 1st 2nd Total
Kyrie Irving, Cleveland 29 - 58
Ricky Rubio, Minnesota 21 7 49
Kenneth Faried, Denver 19 8 46
Klay Thompson, Golden St 16 11 43
Iman Shumpert, New York 15 10 40
Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio 14 12 40
Brandon Knight, Detroit 13 14 40
Second Team
Player, Team 1st 2nd Total
Chandler Parsons, Houston 10 13 33
Isaiah Thomas, Sacramento 5 17 27
MarShon Brooks, New Jersey 3 12 18
Derrick Williams, Minnesota 2 12 16
Tristan Thompson, Cleveland 2 12 16
