Kia Rookie of the Year Stephon Castle

The Kia NBA Rookie of the Year 2024-25 was announced on Tuesday with the Spurs Guard Stephon Castle. This is the second season in a row, in which a member of the Spurs became the rookie of the year after Victor Wembanyama won the honor last season. David Robinson and Tim Duncan are the only other Spurs players who win the award.

Review of the season

The Spurs chose Castle with the fourth election in the draft of 2024. He started the season from the bank and scored an average of 20 minutes in his first seven games. Castle jumped off most of the season in and from the starting line -up and ended the 47 of the 81 games in which he appeared.

Castle ended the season with average values ​​of 14.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.2 3-horses per game. As a starter, he achieved an average of 16.6 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.5 3 points. He logged in 30 minutes per game as a starter compared to 22 minutes per game when he came from the bank.

The Spurs made a great splash for the closure of the trade, which De'aaron Fox caught by the kings. He and Wembanyama are now the cornerstones of the franchise. We couldn't see much of Fox and Wembanyama on the ground when Fox cuts off his season because of a finger injury. Wembanyama appeared in his right shoulder in just 46 games due to deep venous thrombosis.

Castle started the last 18 games for the Spurs after Fox was excluded for the season. In these 18 games, Castle scored an average of 19.1 points, 5.4 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 1.3 3 points. During this period, he scored 31 minutes and 14.9 wound attempts per game. Both were a significant increase compared to his season brands of 27 minutes and 12.2 shot attempts per game.

2025-26 fantasy view

Castle are an important member of the spores that move forward. He has the potential to get in addition to Fox next season as the start -up guard. However, if Fox and Wembanyama are healthy, it will be difficult for Castle to maintain the rate of use he had on the track. With regard to his imagination, Castle is probably someone who is sought towards the end of designs to provide the duty depth depth, and not someone who should be collected in 10 or 12 team leagues.