{"id":118599,"date":"2025-01-17T15:04:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T20:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=118599"},"modified":"2025-01-17T15:04:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T20:04:35","slug":"midseason-nba-all-rookie-teams-2024-25-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/01\/17\/midseason-nba-all-rookie-teams-2024-25-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Midseason NBA All-Rookie Teams For 2024-25 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Through games played on January 16, every NBA team has played anywhere between 37-42 contests. Therefore, it is basically the midway point of the season. Let\u2019s take a look at the midseason All-Rookie teams for the 2024-25 season. Keep in mind that NBA <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/09\/09\/what-to-expect-from-all-rookie-first-teamers-in-year-2\/\" target=\"_self\">All-Rookie teams<\/a> are now positionless. This is not a prediction on how the All-Rookie teams will turn out, it is just looking at what has occurred thus far on the season.<\/p>\n<p>Players are named in alphabetical order by last name. The toughest omissions were <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/dunnry01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Dunn<\/a> of the Suns and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mitchaj01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ajay Mitchell<\/a> of the Thunder.<\/p>\n<h2>Midseason NBA All-Rookie Teams For 2024-25 Season<\/h2>\n<h3>First Team<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/castlst01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephon Castle<\/a>, Spurs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A national champion with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/01\/05\/how-long-uconn-basketball-without-star-guard\/\" target=\"_self\">UConn Huskies<\/a>, Castle has been in the starting lineup more often than not for a much-improved Spurs team. While the efficiency hasn\u2019t been fully there (48.0% on two-pointers, 25.2% on three-pointers), Castle has possessed defensive chops at a young age.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/edeyza01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zach Edey<\/a>, Grizzlies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Named the national player of the year each of the last two seasons at Purdue, there were question marks on whether Edey would be too slow at the next level. He has answered some of those doubts and started 20 of his 27 appearances for a Memphis team that is currently third in the West. The 7-foot-4 center has four double-doubles and has shot 58.0% from the field.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mccaija01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jared McCain<\/a>, 76ers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unfortunately, it\u2019s highly unlikely that McCain will be on an end-of-season All-Rookie team. Prior to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/01\/10\/jared-mccain-injury\/\" target=\"_self\">McCain undergoing meniscus surgery<\/a> which is a season-ender, he looked to be the favorite for Rookie of the Year. In his 23 games, he averaged 15.3 points while shooting 38.3% from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sarral01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Sarr<\/a>, Wizards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The 7-foot Sarr has shown improvement as the season has gone along. After shooting just 24.4% from beyond the arc in his first 19 outings, that has improved to 40.0% over his last 16. The 2024 second overall pick currently leads all rookies with his 1.6 blocks per game.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wellsja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jaylen Wells<\/a>, Grizzlies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A second round pick (39th overall), Wells has had more of an impact than even the most optimistic supporters of his expected. The 21-year-old hasn\u2019t missed a game and has started each of the Grizzlies last 36 outings. Wells has reached double-digit scoring totals in 25 of 41 contests.<\/p>\n<h3>Second Team<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/carrica01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlton Carrington<\/a>, Wizards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mostly utilized as a starter, Carrington has better than a 2.5 assist-to-turnover ratio on the season. The three-point shot hasn\u2019t been fully there (33.7%), but expect that to improve as he has proven to be reliable from the midrange and free-throw line (80.6%).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/dasiltr01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tristan Da Silva<\/a>, Magic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Partially due to injuries from <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/banchpa01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paolo Banchero<\/a> (recently returned) and <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wagnefr01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Franz Wagner<\/a>, Da Silva has been thrust into a larger role. Making 31 starts, the German forward has averages of 8.6 points and 4.1 rebounds.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/k\/knechda01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dalton Knecht<\/a>, Lakers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While his playing time has decreased a bit especially after the Lakers acquired <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/f\/finnedo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dorian Finney-Smith<\/a>, Knecht has still averaged nearly double figures in scoring (9.4). In a stretch of nine games from November 13-29, the 6-foot-6 forward averaged 18.9 points on 52.2% from three-point range (36-69).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/missiyv01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yves Missi<\/a>, Pelicans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While the Pelicans have been a huge disappointment in large part due to a massive amount of injuries, Missi has been a bright spot on a team that looked to have a hole at center. The 21st overall pick <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.statmuse.com\/nba\/ask\/rookie-double-double-leaders-this-season\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">leads all rookies<\/a> with his eight double-doubles.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/risacza01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zaccharie Risacher<\/a>, Hawks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The first overall pick, Risacher has had his inconsistencies, but also his moments where he has shown his immense potential. A 33-point outing against the Knicks has been an outlier though thus far on the season, as the 19-year-old hasn\u2019t scored more than 18 in any other game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through games played on January 16, every NBA team has played anywhere between 37-42 contests. Therefore, it is basically the midway point of the season. Let\u2019s take a look at the midseason All-Rookie teams for the 2024-25 season. Keep in mind that NBA All-Rookie teams are now positionless. This is not a prediction on how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5060,"featured_media":118662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,4,26,32,62,33,17,13,34,18],"tags":[49244,49323,49212,49067,49556,1096,49264,49376,49284,49147,4741],"class_list":["post-118599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-hawks","category-lakers","category-grizzlies","category-nba","category-pelicans","category-magic","category-76ers","category-spurs","category-wizards","tag-alex-sarr","tag-carlton-carrington","tag-dalton-knecht","tag-jared-mccain","tag-jaylen-wells","tag-nba-all-rookie-first-team","tag-stephon-castle","tag-tristan-da-silva","tag-yves-missi","tag-zaccharie-risacher","tag-zach-edey"],"modified_by":"Kenny Kluska","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5060"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118599"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118663,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118599\/revisions\/118663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}