(May 13, 2008) - The Toronto Raptors announced Tuesday forward Jamario Moon has been named to the 2007-08 T-Mobile NBA All-Rookie Second Team. Moon becomes the ninth player in team history to receieve NBA all-rookie honours, joining Damon Stoudamire (1995-96), Marcus Camby (1996-97), Vince Carter (1998-99), Morris Peterson (2000-01), Chris Bosh (2003-04), Charlie Villanueva (2005-06), Andrea Bargnani (2006-07) and Jorge Garbajosa (2006-07).

Moon, a former NBA D-League player, signed with Toronto following a free agent tryout camp during the summer of 2007. In 78 appearances the Goodwater, Alabama native set team rookie records for games started (75) and defensive rebounds (392). Moon ranked first among all NBA rookies in steals (1.03), second in blocks (1.38), third in rebounds (6.2), fourth in minutes (27.8) and 10th in scoring (8.5).

Moon becomes the seventh player in team history to receive NBA Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month honours for his performance in January. He was selected to participate in the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge and Sprite Slam Dunk during th 2008 All -Star Weekend in New Orleans. Moon scored 13 points and grabbed three rebounds during 19 minutes in the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge and finished third in the Sprite Slam Dunk contest.

Moon followed up his performance in New Orleans by scoring a career-high 17 points February 20 versus Orlando. He led the team in rebounding 20 times during the season and had 25 games with a double-digit scoring total.

Kevin Durant of the Seattle SuperSonics and Al Horford of the Atlanta Hawks highlight the 2007-08 T-Mobile NBA All-Rookie First Team. Horford, the only playerr unanimously voted to the first team, finished with 58 points. Durant, winner of the 2007-08 T-Mobile Rookie of the Year award, received a total of 57 votes. Rounding out the T-Mobile NBA All-Rookie First Team are Houston’s Luis Scola (53 points), the Los Angeles Clippers’ Al Thornton (48 points) and Seattle’s Jeff Green (43 points).

The T-Mobile NBA All-Rookie Second Team consists of Moon, Memphis’ Juan Carlos Navarro (24), Philadelphia’s Thaddeus Young (23), Detroit’s Rodney Stuckey (22) and Houston’s Carl Landry (18).

The voting panel consisted of the NBA’s 30 head coaches, who were asked to select five players for the first team and five players for the second team, regardless of position. Coaches were not permitted to vote for players on their own team. Two points were awarded for first team votes and one for second team votes.

Building upon its already strong appeal to the nation's youth and as the Official Wiresless Services Partner of the NBA, T-Mobile is showcasing the NBA's youngest players -- the Rookies -- through the NBA's Rookie program. Highlights include rookie awards presentations including the T-Mobile Rookie of the Year, T-Mobile Rookie of the Month Awards, and the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam, an All-Star competition between NBA rookies and second-year players. During NBA All-Star 2008, T-Mobile Huddle Up and NBA Cares hosted more than 5,000 local students in the lower bowl of the arena to watch this year’s Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam. This is a part of T-Mobile's continued efforts to connect kids to positive people, places and programs.

Below are the results of the balloting for the 2007-08 T-Mobile NBA All-Rookie teams:

2007-08 T-Mobile NBA All-Rookie Second Team
Player	Team	First (2pt)	Second (1 pt)	Total
Jamario Moon	Toronto	12	14	38
Juan Carlos Navarro	Memphis	5	14	24
Thaddeus Young	Philadelphia	4	15	23
Rodney Stuckey	Detroit	5	12	22
Carl Landry	Houston	1	16	18

2007-08 T-Mobile NBA All-Rookie First Team
Player	Team	First (2pt)	Second (1 pt)	Total
Al Horford	Atlanta	29	--	58
Kevin Durant	Seattle	28	1	57
Luis Scola	Houston	26	1	53
Al Thornton	LA Clippers	20	8	48
Jeff Green	Seattle	15	13	43