All top 5 selects make 2019 NBA All-Rookie First Team

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The NBA on Tuesday announced the list for 2019 All-Rookie Teams. Luka Doncic from the Dallas Mavericks, Trae Young from the Atlanta Hawks, Deandre Ayton from the Phoenix Suns, Jaren Jackson Jr. from the Memphis Grizzlies and Marvin Bagley III from the Sacramento Kings made the First Team.

Ayton, Bagley, Doncic, Jackson and Young are No.1, No.2, No.3, No.4 and No.5 selects respectively in the 2018 NBA Draft, making it the first time for all the top 5 picks to be chosen into the All-Rookie First Team since the 1984-85 season. Back then the five First Team young men were Hakeem Olajuwon (No.1), Sam Bowie (No.2), Michael Jordan (No.3), Sam Perkins (No.4) and Charles Barkley (No.5).

Luka Doncic #77 of the Dallas Mavericks and Trae Young #11 of the Atlanta Hawks, will they make the next Magic Johnson-Larry Bird rivalry? /VCG Photo

Both Doncic and Young received 100 First Team votes and they are the two biggest, if not the only candidates for the 2019 Rookie of the Year Award – Ayton is candidate, too but he really caused no challenge to either of them.

With 21.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, six assists on average, 24 double-doubles and eight triple-doubles, Doncic almost made the league announce he's Rookie of the Year in advance. However, Young caught up quickly in the second half of the season by dropping 19.1 points, 8.1 assists per game, 30 double-doubles and one triple-double.

We will find out who Rookie of the Year is at the 2019 NBA Awards on June 24.

The other three members of the First Team, Ayton, Bagley and Jackson, received 95, 56 and 60 First Team votes.

Collin Sexton (L1) of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Kevin Huerter (L2) from the Atlanta Hawks, Mitchell Robinson (C) from the New York Knicks, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (R2) and Landry Shamet (R1) from the Los Angeles Clippers make the 2019 NBA All-Rookie Second Team. /VCG Photo

Two guards of the Los Angeles Clippers, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Landry Shamet both made the All-Rookie Second Team. They were joined by Collin Sexton from the Cleveland Cavaliers, Kevin Huerter from the Atlanta Hawks and Mitchell Robinson from the New York Knicks.

Other players who also received votes in the All-Rookie Team selections included Mikal Bridges from the Phoenix Suns, Kevin Knox from the New York Knicks, Josh Okogie from the Minnesota Timberwolves, Wendell Carter Jr. from the Chicago Bulls, Miles Bridges from the Charlotte Hornets, Mohamed Bamba from the Orlando Magic and other five players.

(Top image: Jaren Jackson Jr. #13 from the Memphis Grizzlies, Marvin Bagley III #35 from the Sacramento Kings, Luka Doncic #77 from the Dallas Mavericks, Trae Young #11 from the Atlanta Hawks and Deandre Ayton #22 from the Phoenix Suns make the 2019 NBA All-Rookie First Team. /VCG Photo)