Five photos from 2009 T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam in Phoenix are Available On Business Wire's Web Site and AP PhotoExpress.
Yesterday was the 2009 T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam in Phoenix. The T-Mobile Rookie Challenge featured the top rookies taking on the league’s best second-year players. Nearly 4,000 students from participating local school districts filled the lower bowl of the US Airways Center.
Photo one:
2009 T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam in Phoenix: More than 3,800 Phoenix-area students enjoy the ‘best seats in the house’ for the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge and Youth Jam inside the US Airways Center, Friday, Feb. 13, 2009. They qualified by successfully completing fitness, nutrition and community service requirements.
Photo two:
2009 T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam in Phoenix: Miami Heat all-star player Dwyane Wade makes his coaching debut as he leads the Rookies against the Sophomores in the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge, Friday, Feb. 13, 2009. Wade’s NBA Rookies lost to the Dwight Howard-coached Sophomores, 122-116, in the game played at US Airways Center in Phoenix.
Photo three:
2009 T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam in Phoenix: Five local students stand next T-Mobile Rookie Challenge MVP, Kevin Durant, of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Friday, Feb. 13, 2009. More than 3,800 Phoenix-area students were treated to the best seats in the house, watching the Sophomores defeat the Rookies, 122-116.
Photo four:
2009 T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam in Phoenix: Orlando Magic All-Star Dwight Howard is all smiles during the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam played on Friday, Feb. 13, 2009. Dwight’s Sophomores defeated Dwyane Wade’s Rookie team, 122-116.
Photo five:
2009 T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam in Phoenix: T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam MVP Kevin Durant soars through the air as he approaches his recording breaking performance on Friday, Feb. 13, 2009. Durant scored 46 points setting a new Rookie Challenge record at the US Airways Center in Phoenix.
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