Rookie Challenge
The Rookie Challenge is a competition of Basket-ball taking place lasting NBA All-Star Weekend, the day preceding the AlStar range. From 1994 to 1998, the event was called the " Rookie Game" , and was only made up of players of first year. Since the year 2000, the match opposes a team of players carrying out their first season in NBA against a team of players carrying out their second season in NBA. The change of format is largely due to the cancellation of the event, as well as whole the AlStar Weekend, in 1999 because of the Lock-out this season. It is sponsored by T-Mobile.
In the past, NBA tried out various other formats. There were in particular confrontations between rookies of the Conference Is against the rookies of the Western Conference, the players being indicated arbitrarily in the teams. Contrary to meetings NBA, the match is divided into two twenty minutes half-times, similar to the format NCAA.
History of the results
| Année | Équipe vainqueur | Équipe battue | Score | MVP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Sophomores | Rookies | 155 - 114 | David Lee |
| 2006 | Sophomores | Rookies | 106 - 96 | Andre Iguodala |
| 2005 | Sophomores | Rookies | 133 - 106 | Carmelo Anthony |
| 2004 | Sophomores | Rookies | 142 - 118 | Amare Stoudemire |
| 2003 | Sophomores | Rookies | 132 - 112 | Gilbert Arenas |
| 2002 | Rookies | Sophomores | 103 - 97 | Jason Richardson |
| 2001 | Sophomores | Rookies | 121 - 113 | Wally Szczerbiak |
| 2000 | Rookies | Sophomores | 92 - 83 (OT) | Elton Brand |
| 1998 | Is | Western | 85 - 80 | Zydrunas Ilgauskas |
| 1997 | Is | Western | 96 - 91 | Allen Iverson |
| 1996 | Is | Western | 94 - 92 | Damon Stoudamire |
| 1995 | White | Green | 83 - 79 (OT) | Eddie Jones |
| 1994 | Phenoms | Feelings | 74 - 68 | Anfernee Hardaway |
Match 2006
Rookie Challenge 2006 took place on February 17th in Toyota Center with Houston. ; Equip with Rookies| Joueur | Équipe |
|---|---|
| Andrew Bogut | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Channing Frye | New York Knicks |
| Danny Granger | Indiana Pacers |
| Luther Head | Houston Rockets |
| Sarunas Jasikevicius | Indiana Pacers |
| Chris Paul | New Orleans Hornets |
| Nate Robinson | New York Knicks |
| Charlie Villanueva | Toronto Raptors |
| Deron Williams | Utah Jazz |
- Trainer: Sidney Lowe
; Equip with Sophomores
| Joueur | Équipe |
|---|---|
| Luol Deng | Chicago bulldozers |
| T.J. Ford | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Ben Gordon | Chicago bulldozers |
| Soothsayer Harris | Dallas Mavericks |
| Dwight Howard | Orlando Magic |
| Andre Iguodala | Philadelphia 76ers |
| Nenad Krstic | New Jersey Nets |
| Jameer Nelson | Orlando Magic |
| Andrés Nocioni | Chicago bulldozers |
| Emeka Okafor * | Charlotte Bobcats |
- Trainer: LED Harris
- NB: Emeka Okafor did not play due to wound
Match 2007
Rookie Challenge 2007 took place on Friday, February 16 with the Thomas & Mack Center with Las Vegas. ; Equip with Rookies| Joueur | Équipe |
|---|---|
| Andrea Bargnani | Toronto Raptors |
| Jordan Farmar | Los Angeles Lakers |
| Randy Foye | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| Jorge Garbajosa | Toronto Raptors |
| Rudy Gay | Memphis Grizzlies |
| Paul Millsap | Utah Jazz |
| Adam Morrison | Charlotte Bobcats |
| Torch Roy | Portland cement Trail Blazers |
| Marcus Williams | New Jersey Nets |
- Trainer: Mike O' Koren
; Equip with Sophomores
| Joueur | Équipe |
|---|---|
| Andrew Bogut | Milwaukee Bucks |
| Andrew Bynum | Los Angeles Lakers |
| Assembled Ellis | Golden State Warriors |
| Raymond Felton | Charlotte Bobcats |
| Danny Granger | Indiana Pacers |
| Luther Head | Houston Rockets |
| David Lee | New York Knicks |
| Chris Paul | New Orleans Hornets |
| Deron Williams | Utah Jazz |
- Trainer: Mike Iavaroni
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