Chris Duarte, who ranked sixth among first-year players in points per game (13.0), was named to the All-Rookie Second Team, the NBA announced.
The 13th overall pick in the 2021 draft, Duarte started 39 games for the Pacers, arguably putting together his best stretch of the season during the team’s depleted, five-game west coast road trip at the end of January, in which he averaged 18.6 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 3.8 assists, with Malcolm Brogdon and Caris LeVert in and out of the lineup, while shooting 50 percent from the field, 45 percent from the three, and 92 percent at the charity strip.