Houston Rockets guard/forward Tracy McGrady and center Yao Ming were each named to the 2007-08 All-NBA Third Team, which was announced today by the NBA as part of the All-NBA Teams announcement.

This marks McGrady's third All-NBA Team honor as a member of the Rockets and the fourth All-NBA Team selection for Yao. McGrady and Yao become the first pair of Rockets teammates to be named All-NBA in the same season on two separate occasions (1995 Third Team: Clyde Drexler and Hakeem Olajuwon; 2007 Second Team: McGrady and Yao).

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Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady embrace after a Rockets victory.

McGrady (6-8, 223, Mt. Zion Christian Academy) averaged 21.6 points, 5.1 rebounds and 5.9 assists in 66 games (62starts) this season. Overall, he ranked 15^th in the NBA in scoring average, recording four 40-point outings and 15 30-point performances. McGrady actually posted 118 points (29.5 ppg) over a four-game span (3/808-3/14/08) to help him surpass Vernon Maxwell (6,002), Ralph Sampson (5,995) and Kenny Smith (5,910) into 13^th on Houston's all-time points scored list.

Twice named Western Conference Player of the Week (Oct. 30-Nov. 4 and Mar. 3-9), McGrady was also honored with the NBA Community Assist Award for Jan. 2008. McGrady posted 17 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds vs. Memphis (12/5/07), which marked his third career triple-double and his first with the Rockets.

During the playoffs, McGrady averaged 27.0 points, 8.2 rebounds and 6.8 assists in six games against the Jazz. McGrady recorded a series-high 40 points (13-26 FG) and 10 rebounds in Game Six at Utah (5/2/08), marking his fourth career 40-point playoff game and his first with Houston.

Yao (7-6, 310, China) averaged 22.0 points, 10.8 rebounds (career high), 2.3 assists (career high) and 2.02 blocks (career high) in 55 games (55 starts) in 2007-08, but underwent successful season-ending surgery to repair a stress fracture in his left foot on Mar. 3. Prior to his injury, Yao stood as one of only two players in the NBA to average at least 20.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 2.00 blocks.

Voted to his sixth consecutive All-Star Game this season, Yao registered eight 30-point outings and posted 33 double-doubles. Yao was also named Western Conference Player of the Week for games played Nov. 5-11 and earned Western Conference Player of the Month presented by Kia for Jan. 2008. He surpassed Moses Malone (758 blocks in 464 games) into second in Rockets history for blocked shots with his third block (759 blocks in 400 games) vs. Sacramento (2/13/08). This season, Yao also moved past Cuttino Mobley (7,448) and Steve Francis (7,281) into ninth on Houston's all-time points scored list.

 2008 All-NBA Teams List

(First-place votes in parentheses)

First Team

F -- Kevin Garnett, Boston (118), 612

F -- LeBron James, Cleveland (117), 610

C -- Dwight Howard, Orlando (86), 546

G -- Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers (127), 635

G -- Chris Paul, New Orleans (124), 629

Second Team

F -- Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas (1), 189

F -- Tim Duncan, San Antonio (25), 397

C -- AmarDe Stoudemire, Phoenix (30), 412

G -- Steve Nash, Phoenix (2), 311

G -- Deron Williams, Utah, 228

Third Team

F -- Carlos Boozer, Utah, 174

F -- Paul Pierce, Boston (2), 151

C -- Yao Ming, Houston (2), 71

G -- Tracy McGrady, Houston (1), 137

G -- Manu Ginobili, San Antonio, 123

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Other players receiving votes: Allen Iverson, Denver, 116;

Carmelo Anthony, Denver, 89; Marcus Camby, Denver, 59; Chauncey

Billups, Detroit, 38; Baron Davis, Golden State, 32; David West,

New Orleans, 24; Rasheed Wallace, Detroit, 22; Tyson Chandler, New

Orleans, 18; Antawn Jamison, Washington, 15; Al Jefferson,

Minnesota, 14; Chris Bosh, Toronto, 11; Joe Johnson, Atlanta 8;

Andre Miller, Philadelphia, 7; Caron Butler, Washington, 5;

Shaquille O'Neal, Phoenix, 5; Pau Gasol, Los Angeles Lakers, 5;

Kevin Martin, Sacramento, 4; Ray Allen, Boston, 4; Hedo Turkoglu,

Orlando, 3; Jason Kidd, Dallas, 2; Josh Howard, Dallas, 2; Richard

Hamilton, Detroit, 2; Andre Iguodala, Philadelphia, 1; Brandon Roy,

Portland, 1; Michael Redd, Milwaukee, 1; Tayshaun Prince, Detroit,

1; Tony Parker, San Antonio, 1.