Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel lead 2025-26 NBA All-Rookie Team
The NBA revealed the 10 players named to the league's 2025-26 All-Rookie Teams.
It is award season in the NBA, and the announcements continued Wednesday. Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg won the Rookie of the Year Award at the end of April, but on Wednesday night, the league revealed the 2025-26 All-Rookie Team, honoring the best of the best in their first NBA season. Flagg was obviously going to be one of the five players making up the All-Rookie First Team.
He was joined by Charlotte Hornets guard Kon Kneuppel, Philadelphia 76ers guard VJ Edgecombe, San Antonio Spurs guard Dylan Harper and Memphis Grizzlies forward Cedric Coward. The Mavericks forward led all rookies with 21 points per game. He added 6.
7 rebounds and 4. 5 assists per game while shooting 46. 8% from the field.
Knueppel shot 42. 5% from beyond the arc, the best among rookies who attempted at least 80 3-pointers. He averaged 18.