NBA Rookie of the Year King was announced on the 30th, SpursStephen CastleReceived 92 first-place votes, beating Eagles Lang Lisachet and Grizzlies Wels with a total score of 482 points.
Spurs' Stephen Castle won the rookie title
Stephen CastleHe was selected by the Spurs with the 4th pick in the first round of last year's draft, and at 6'6", he played the No. 1 and No. 2, starting 47 of his 81 games this season, averaging 14.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 4.1 assists per game, and is the fifth rookie in Spurs history to score more than 1,000 points in a single season.
Stephen CastleHe received 92 first-place votes, 7 second-place votes, and 1 third-place vote, for a total of 482 points, while the second-place champion Lang Risaachet won only 5 first-place votes, 64 second-place votes, and 28 third-place votes, for a total of 245 points. Wells, who finished third, received three first-place votes, 23 second-place votes and 39 third-place votes, for a total of 123 points.
Stephen Castleand "Zebra" Wembanyama won the rookie king for the Spurs for two consecutive seasons, becoming the second team to win the rookie king for two consecutive seasons since the Timberwolves Wiggins and Towns in 2015 and 2016. This record goes back to the last time it was McAdoo and Digregorio of the Buffalo Warriors (the predecessor of the Los Angeles Clippers) in 1973 and 1974.
Stephen CastleHis 1,190 points and 74 steals this season are both rookie tops, and the point he needs to improve in the future is in three-point shooting this seasonStephen CastleHe shot just 28.5 percent from three-point range and hit 95 of his 333 shots.