{"id":3117,"date":"2025-05-23T21:49:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T21:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/?p=3117"},"modified":"2025-05-23T21:49:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T21:49:39","slug":"alex-sarr-and-bub-carrington-named-to-nba-all-rookie-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/23\/alex-sarr-and-bub-carrington-named-to-nba-all-rookie-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Sarr and Bub Carrington Named to NBA All-Rookie Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Wizards rookie class <a href=\"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/01\/wizards-gm-will-dawkins-sets-tone-for-offseason-we-cant-be-off\/\" title=\"\">continues to make their mark<\/a> in NBA history. On Monday, the NBA announced that rookies\u00a0Alex Sarr\u00a0and\u00a0Bub Carrington\u00a0have been named to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/2024-25-all-rookie-teams-announced\" title=\"\">2024-25 NBA All-Rookie Teams<\/a>. Sarr earned First Team honors, while Carrington was voted to the Second Team\u2014making them just the second set of teammates in franchise history to be honored in the same season. The last time that happened? Gus Johnson and Rod Thorn in 1963-64.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a franchise focused on development and long-term growth, this recognition signals that Washington\u2019s rebuild may be turning a corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drafted second overall in the 2024 NBA Draft, Alex Sarr exceeded expectations in his first year. Sarr averaged\u00a013.0 points,\u00a06.5 rebounds,\u00a02.4 assists, and\u00a01.5 blocks\u00a0per game in his rookie season. Not only was he the first rookie in franchise history to average those numbers across the board, but since 2002-03, only four other rookies league-wide have reached that statistical threshold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His rare combination of size, athleticism, and shooting range made him a matchup nightmare. He finished as the only player among rookies to rank top five in\u00a0points, rebounds, blocks,\u00a0and\u00a0minutes per game. On the year, he knocked down\u00a0105 three-pointers, blocked\u00a0101 shots, and dished out\u00a0161 assists\u2014a feat matched by only two other rookies in NBA history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex Sarr was named\u00a0Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month\u00a0in December and closed out the season on a strong note, averaging\u00a015.6 points per game after the All-Star break, including a standout\u00a034-point performance\u00a0in a road win at Denver. He also led all rookies with\u00a031 multi-block games\u00a0and a combined\u00a0144 blocks and steals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His teammate Bub Carrington wasn&#8217;t too far behind. The 19-year-old guard appeared in all\u00a082 games\u00a0for Washington\u2014becoming the first Wizards rookie to do so since\u00a0Jeff Ruland\u00a0in 1981-82. He didn\u2019t just show up\u2014he produced, ranking\u00a0first among rookies in minutes per game (30.0)and\u00a0second in both assists (4.4)\u00a0and\u00a0assist-to-turnover ratio (2.58).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carrington\u2019s stat line reveals a player far beyond his years: he became one of just seven rookies in NBA history to record at least\u00a0300 assists,\u00a0300 rebounds, and\u00a0100 made threes\u00a0in a season. His\u00a0138 three-pointers\u00a0set a new franchise rookie record and tied for the league-high among first-year players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carrington also made his mark in the record books:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Youngest player in franchise history\u00a0to start a game (19 years, 95 days)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Youngest player in franchise history\u00a0to record a double-double (19 years, 110 days)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Youngest Wizard\u00a0to score 30+ points in a game, logging\u00a032 points, nine rebounds, and seven assists\u00a0on April 3 vs. Orlando\u2014a game where he also set the rookie record with\u00a0seven made threes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Voting Breakdown &amp; Historical Context<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the official All-Rookie Team voting,\u00a0Sarr received 54 First Team votes and 42 Second Team votes (150 total points), while\u00a0Carrington earned 47 Second Team votes and 3 First Team votes (53 total points).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This marks the\u00a0first time since 2019-20\u00a0that Washington has had any player named to an All-Rookie Team. Sarr is also the franchise\u2019s\u00a0first First Team selection since 2012-13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, Sarr and Carrington give Washington fans a reason to believe. The accolades reflect not only the talent these two bring to the floor but the foundational potential they represent for the team\u2019s future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wizards may still be in the early stages of building, but with two All-Rookie selections in hand, the future just got a little brighter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wizards rookies Alex Sarr and Bub Carrington were named to the 2024-25 NBA All-Rookie Teams, becoming just the second duo in franchise history to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[70],"tags":[151,40,152,22],"class_list":["post-3117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wizards","tag-bub-carrington","tag-nba","tag-nba-all-time-rookie-teams","tag-washington-wizards"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSC2271-Enhanced-NR-scaled-e1747854175252.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3117"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3121,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3117\/revisions\/3121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbltakesports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}