Washington Wizards center Alex Sarr earned NBA All-Rookie first-team honors while guard Bub Carrington made the second team, the NBA announced Tuesday.
In the voting, Sarr received 54 first-team votes and 42 second-team votes for 150 total points, while Carrington earned 47 second-team votes and three first-team votes for 53 points.
Sarr becomes the Wizards’ 17th All-Rookie first-team selection and first since 2012-13. The pair represents just the second set of teammates in franchise history to make All-Rookie teams in the same season, joining Gus Johnson and Rod Thorn from 1963-64.
The 7-foot French center averaged 13 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.5 blocks per game. He was the only rookie in franchise history to average at least 10 points, five rebounds, two assists and one block per game, and just the fifth rookie leaguewide to reach those marks since 2002-03.
Sarr ranked in the top five among rookies in points, rebounds, blocks and minutes played. His versatility showed in becoming one of just three rookies in NBA history to record at least 100 three-pointers (105), 100 blocks (101) and 150 assists (161) in a season.
After winning Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month for December, Sarr increased his scoring to 15.6 points per game following the All-Star break, including a season-high 34 in a win at Denver on March 15. His 31 multi-block games and 144 combined blocks and steals led all rookies.
Carrington led rookies in minutes per game (30) while finishing second in assists (4.4) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.58). The 20-year-old from Pittsburgh was the only rookie to appear in all 82 games this season — the first Washington rookie to do so since Jeff Ruland in 1981-82.
He set a franchise rookie record with 138 three-pointers, which tied for most among all rookies. Carrington joined Sarr as the only rookies to record a 30-point, five-rebound, five-assist game this season when he posted 32 points, nine rebounds and seven assists against Orlando on April 3, setting another rookie franchise record with seven three-pointers.
