Texas, and Two Ex-IU Players~~~Yogi Ferrell named to All-Rookie Second Team June 26, 2017
In his senior year, Ferrell continued his record-breaking legacy. On January 19, 2016, he broke the all-time assists record at Indiana University when he made his 546th career assist while facing off against Illinois' Fighting Illini.[21] On February 1, he was named one of 10 finalists for the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award.[22] He was named to the 35-man midseason watchlist for the Naismith Trophy on February 11.
Mavs point guard Yogi Ferrell was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team today.
Ferrell, who went undrafted out of Indiana, averaged 10.0 points and 3.7 assists in 46 games during his rookie campaign. He spent 10 of those games with the Brooklyn Nets before being waived. Ferrell eventually signed a 10-day deal with the Mavericks and put together one of the best 10-day performances in recent memory before earning a multi-year deal. He capped off the 10-day by hitting a rookie-record-tying nine 3-pointers in a win at Portland.
With Dallas, Ferrell averaged 11.3 points, 4.3 assists, and 1.1 steals in 36 games, including 29 starts. He shot 41.2 percent from the field and 40.3 percent from beyond the arc. Of the 24 rookies who attempted at least 100 3s this season, Ferrell finished fifth in 3-point percentage, at 38.6. Ferrell took home Rookie of the Month honors for the month of February.
Every other player on the All-Rookie Second Team was drafted in the lottery. Ferrell is the only player on either team to have gone undrafted.
Ferrell is the first Maverick to land a spot on either All-Rookie team since Marquis Daniels and Josh Howard shared Second-Team honors for the 2003-04 season.
PREVIOUS MAVERICKS TO MAKE ALL-ROOKIE TEAM Marquis Daniels – 2003-04 (Second Team) Josh Howard – 2003-04 (Second Team) Jason Kidd – 1994-95 (First Team) Jamal Mashburn – 1993-94 (First Team) Roy Tarpley – 1986-87 (First Team) Sam Perkins – 1984-85 (First Team) Jay Vincent – 1981-82 (First Team)
NBA draft?: 2008 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7th overall College: ?Indiana (2007–2008) Playing career?: 2008–present
In high school, he was named "Mr. Basketball" of Indiana during his senior year while playing at North Central High School. He is known, in part, as the subject of a recruiting competition between the University of Illinois and Indiana University in the spring and summer of 2006; because of Gordon's talent and high level of play that year, his recruitment was the subject of media coverage.
Gordon played one season of college basketball at Indiana[1] and was considered one of the top collegiate players in the nation that year.[2] He finished his freshman season leading the Big Ten in scoring and tied for 19th in the nation at 21.5 points per game.[3] Gordon entered the 2008 NBA draft and was selected seventh overall by the Los Angeles Clippers.
HOUSTON – During tonight’s inaugural NBA Awards on TNT, Houston Rockets guard Eric Gordon was named NBA Sixth Man of the Year as selected by a global panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. He is the first player in franchise history to receive the award.
In his first season with the Rockets, Gordon came off the bench in 60 of his 75 games played after starting 398 of 417 career games entering 2016-17. He finished second on the team in scoring with 16.2 points per game and had the third-highest scoring average (16.3 ppg) of any reserve with at least seven appearances this season.
Gordon ranked fourth in the NBA with 246 3-pointers made this season after not having more than 141 in a season prior. He set the NBA single season record for the most 3FGM by a reserve with 206, breaking the previous mark of 179 by Mirza Teletovic in 2015-16. Gordon also became the first player in Rockets history to win the 3-point contest during NBA All-Star Weekend.
Over a 21-game span from Nov. 27 through Jan. 5, Gordon averaged 4.6 3-pointers made on 47.1% shooting. He hit at least three 3FGM in each of the first 13 games of that stretch, tying for the third-longest streak in NBA history.
The Rockets were 35-7 in games in which Gordon scored at least 15 points, including 17-2 when he scored 20 or more. He averaged 17.6 ppg on 43.6% shooting (41.3% 3FGs) in wins compared to 13.4 ppg on 34.3% shooting (28.4% 3FGs) in losses.
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