Parsons Named To All-Rookie Second Team
HOUSTON - Houston Rockets forward Chandler Parsons was voted to the 2011-12 NBA All-Rookie Second Team, which was announced today by the NBA as part of the All-Rookie Team announcement. Parsons (10 First Team and 13 Second Team, 33 points) was actually the leading vote-getter among the All-Rookie Second Team members. With the addition of Parsons, the Rockets have now had 18 players overall earn All-Rookie Team recognition, including four Houston rookies since 2005-06.
Parsons (6-9, 200, Florida), who was selected by Houston in the second round (38th overall) of the 2011 NBA Draft, averaged 9.5 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.16 steals in 63 games (57 starts). He ranked near the top of nearly every statistical category among NBA rookies, including fourth in steals per game (1.16), tied for sixth in rebounding average (4.8), tied for ninth in scoring (9.5) and 10th in assists per game (2.1). Parsons also notched two or more steals in 23 games, which was second on the Rockets (24 by Kyle Lowry). He reached double-digit scoring 30 times, including five 20-point performances (Rockets record: 3-2). Parsons was also a member of Team Texas for the Shooting Stars contest on All-Star Saturday Night in Orlando (2/25/12), which finished second to Team New York in the finals.
The voting panel consisted of the NBAs 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.
Below is a look at the all-time list of Rockets to earn All-Rookie Team selection:
All-Rookie First Team
1969 -- Elvin Hayes
1971 -- Calvin Murphy
1976 -- Joe C. Meriweather
1977 -- John Lucas Jr.
1984 -- Ralph Sampson
1985 -- Hakeem Olajuwon
2000 -- Steve Francis
2003 -- Yao Ming
2008 -- Luis Scola
Second Team
1984 -- Rodney McCray
1993 -- Robert Horry
1997 -- Matt Maloney
1999 -- Michael Dickerson
1999 -- Cuttino Mobley
2002 -- Eddie Griffin
2006 -- Luther Head
2008 -- Carl Landry
2012 -- Chandler Parsons
