Victor Wembanyama, Chet Holmgren headline 2023-24 Kia NBA All-Rookie teams

Chet Holmgren and Victor Wembanyama were both unanimous selections to the Kia All-Rookie First Team.

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San Antonio Spurs forward-center Victor Wembanyama, the 2023-24 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year, and Oklahoma City Thunder forward-center Chet Holmgren have been unanimously selected to the 2023-24 Kia NBA All-Rookie First Team.  Both players received First Team votes on all 99 ballots from a global panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.

Joining Wembanyama and Holmgren on the Kia NBA All-Rookie First Team are Charlotte Hornets forward-guard Brandon Miller, Miami Heat forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Golden State Warriors guard Brandin Podziemski.

The 2023-24 Kia NBA All-Rookie First Team:

▪️ Chet Holmgren of @okcthunder ▪️ Jaime Jaquez Jr. of @MiamiHEAT ▪️ Brandon Miller of @hornets ▪️ Brandin Podziemski of @warriors ▪️ Victor Wembanyama of @spurs pic.twitter.com/nLhiUqFGfz

— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 20, 2024

The Kia NBA All-Rookie Second Team consists of Dallas Mavericks center Dereck Lively II, Houston Rockets guard-forward Amen Thompson, Utah Jazz guard Keyonte George, Oklahoma City guard Cason Wallace and Memphis Grizzlies forward GG Jackson II.

The 2023-24 Kia NBA All-Rookie Second Team:

▪️ Keyonte George of @utahjazz ▪️ GG Jackson II of @memgrizz ▪️ Dereck Lively II of @dallasmavs ▪️ Amen Thompson of @HoustonRockets ▪️ Cason Wallace of @okcthunder pic.twitter.com/1QaumdqzYo

— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 20, 2024

The All-Defensive team selections will be revealed Tuesday, and the All-NBA team will be unveiled Wednesday. Wembanyama is a likely first-team All-Defense player — he was No. 2 in the Kia Defensive Player of the Year race to Minnesota’s Rudy Gobert — and may get All-NBA consideration as well.

If Wembanyama makes either the All-Defense or All-NBA team, or both, he would be the first rookie to do so since two other San Antonio centers who, like him, were No. 1 overall draft picks, those being Tim Duncan in 1998 and David Robinson in 1990.

Only five rookies have made All-Defense: Duncan, Robinson, Washington’s Manute Bol (1986), Houston’s Hakeem Olajuwon (1985) and Milwaukee’s Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1970).

And if Wembanyama makes All-NBA, he would be the 22nd rookie in NBA history to do so. Of those, only four have done it in the last 45 seasons: Duncan, Robinson, Chicago’s Michael Jordan (1985) and Boston’s Larry Bird (1980).

The media voting panel selected five players for the Kia NBA All-Rookie First Team and five players for the Kia NBA All-Rookie Second Team at any position.  Players received two points for each First Team vote and one point for each Second Team vote.

The complete voting results for the 2023-24 Kia NBA All-Rookie Team is below.

The complete voting results for the 2023-24 Kia NBA All-Rookie Team: pic.twitter.com/XNBPruS5FO

— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 20, 2024

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.