Yesterday was the 2008 T-Mobile Rookie Challenge and Youth Jam in New Orleans. The T-Mobile Rookie Challenge featured the top rookies taking on the league's best second-year players. More than 5,000 students from participating local school districts filled the entire lower bowl of the New Orleans arena.
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Dwyane Wade surprises more than 5,000 local students during the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge and Youth Jam in New Orleans.
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T-Mobile's fave 5,000: treated to the best seats in the house by T-Mobile and the NBA, more than 5,000 local students cheered on their favorite players during the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge.
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T-Mobile Rookie Challenge and Youth Jam MVP, Daniel Gibson, waves to the crowd as he is presented the trophy by a "T-Mobile Huddle Up All-Star.