Stephon Castle capped off his sensational first year for the San Antonio Spurs by being the only unanimous selection into the 2024-25 NBA All-Rookie First Team.
The 2024-25 Kia NBA All-Rookie First Team:
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 20, 2025
?? Stephon Castle of @spurs
?? Zach Edey of @memgrizz
?? Zaccharie Risacher of @ATLHawks
?? Alex Sarr of @WashWizards
?? Jaylen Wells of @memgrizz
Joining the 2025 Rookie of the Year in the first five are the first and second overall picks of last year’s draft in Zaccharie Risacher of the Atlanta Hawks and Alex Sarr of the Washington Wizards.
Zach Edey and Jaylen Wells of the Grizzlies rounded up the All-Rookie First team, as the duo became the first pair of Memphis teammates since Ja Morant and Brandon Clark in 2020 to be included in the selection in the same season.
The 2024-25 Kia NBA All-Rookie First Team 🔥
— NBA (@NBA) May 20, 2025
Stephon Castle
Zach Edey
Zaccharie Risacher
Alex Sarr
Jaylen Wells@Kia | #NBAAwards
Castle averaged 14.7 points, 3.7 rebounds, 4.1 assists in 81 games last season on his way to becoming the fourth Spurs player ever to win the top individual rookie honors. His teammate, French phenom Victor Wembanyama, won the award last season.
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As for Risacher and Sarr, the French young studs became the first non-American players from the same country to earn All-Rookie First Team selections in the same season.
Furthermore, Chicago Bulls’ Matas Buzelis, Portland Trail Blazers’ Donovan Clingan, New Orleans Pelicans’ Yves Missi, Miami Heat’s Kel’el Ware, and Wizards’ Bub Carrington made up the All-Rookie Second Team.
The 2024-25 Kia NBA All-Rookie Second Team 💥
— NBA (@NBA) May 20, 2025
Matas Buzelis
Bub Carrington
Donovan Clingan
Yves Missi
Kel'el Ware@Kia | #NBAAwards
The selection of both Sarr and Carrington marks the first time since the 1963-64 season that the Wizards had multiple All-Rookie selections in a single year.
