US EditionThe rookie of the year finalists: Stephon Castle, Zaccharie Risacher and Jaylen Wells
- The NBA Rookie of the Year finalists for the 2024-25 season are Stephon Castle , Zaccharie Risacher , and Jaylen Wells , with the winner announced Tuesday on TNT after 7 p.m. EDT.
- The award voting followed the regular season and involved a global panel of 100 writers and broadcasters who cast their ballots shortly after the season ended.
- Castle led all rookies in scoring with 1,190 points, earned 74 steals, and increased his production after injuries to key teammates, while Risacher won Eastern Conference rookie of the month in February and Wells started 74 games with 138 three-pointers.
- Castle won the award receiving 92 first-place votes, compared to 5 for Risacher and 3 for Wells, and he acknowledged on TNT that winning Rookie of the Year was a goal from Day One.
- Castle’s win could mark only the second time in over fifty years a franchise earned back-to-back rookie honors, as the Spurs follow last year's winner Victor Wembanyama, also from France like Risacher.
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Stephon Castle wins Rookie of the Year Award
Flanked by San Antonio Spurs royalty, Spurs guard Stephon Castle was named Rookie of the Year. At his celebratory press conference, San Antonio’s previous Rookie of the Year winners: all-time greats David Robinson and Tim Duncan and a future face of the league Victor Wembanyama, all appeared on stage to hand Castle the trophy and welcome the UConn product into elite company. Castle’s victory marked the first time since 2016 an NBA team had back-…
Spurs’ Castle wins rookie of the year, joining Wembanyama as back-to-back San Antonio winners - Record Herald
Stephon Castle made no secret about it: He wanted to be rookie of the year. And he got it done — by a wide margin. The San Antonio Spurs now have back-to-back winners of the award, with Victor Wembanyama last year and Castle this season. Castle was the fifth rookie in Spurs history to score more than 1,000 points. It was one-sided in the voting. Castle got 92 first-place votes, easily topping runner-up Zaccharie Risacher of the Atlanta Hawks and…
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