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,

The 2024-25 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year winner was announced Tuesday with Spurs guard Stephon Castle taking home the award. This is the second straight season that a member of the Spurs was named Rookie of the Year after Victor Wembanyama won the honor last season. David Robinson and Tim Duncan are the only other Spurs players to win the award.

The San Antonio Spurs are hoping that their newly built core of Victor Wembanyama and De'Aaron Fox will be able to hit the ground running next season.