By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-04-29 18:11:53
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔（5号）在2025年3月14日星期五于圣安东尼奥Frost Bank中心举行的NBA比赛中，面对夏洛特黄蜂队后卫Josh Green (10号) 的防守，试图组织进攻。
NBA年度最佳新秀奖杯将继续留在圣安东尼奥。
马刺队后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)正式荣获2025年度最佳新秀奖，与维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)一起，使马刺队连续两年获得该奖项。
该奖项由100名报道NBA的全球媒体成员组成的评审团选出，结果于周二在TNT的NBA季后赛赛前节目中公布。
与文班亚马不同，卡斯尔并非全联盟一致认可的年度最佳新秀，但他也非常接近这一荣誉。
卡斯尔获得了92张第一名选票和482个选票积分。亚特兰大的扎卡里·里萨谢(Zaccharie Risacher)以5张第一名选票和245个选票积分位居第二，而孟菲斯的杰伦·威尔斯(Jaylen Wells)以3张第一名选票和123个选票积分位居第三。
这是一个光辉时刻，卡斯尔表示，他直到周二才允许自己尽情享受这一喜悦。
“凭借我作为一名球员的自信，这绝对是我从第一天起就设定的目标，”卡斯尔在TNT的节目中说道，“我很高兴能够实现它。”
卡斯尔在选秀大会上以第四顺位被康涅狄格大学选中。这位20岁的卡斯尔在他的第一个NBA赛季中，场均得到14.7分——新秀中最高——同时在81场比赛中贡献4.1次助攻和3.7个篮板。
身高6英尺6英寸的卡斯尔也成为了马刺队最可靠的防守者之一。
随着文班亚马和明星后卫德阿隆·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox)在本赛季最后阶段缺席比赛，卡斯尔将自己的比赛提升到了一个新的水平。
在最后的30场比赛中，卡斯尔在每36分钟的上场时间里，平均得到22.3分、6.4个篮板和5.3次助攻。在21岁之前，只有勒布朗·詹姆斯、卢卡·东契奇和拉梅洛·鲍尔这三名球员在一个完整的赛季中达到了这样的每分钟平均数据。
卡斯尔是马刺队历史上第四位获得年度最佳新秀称号的球员，前三位分别是大卫·罗宾逊、蒂姆·邓肯和文班亚马。
“我不知道还有谁被要求承担如此多样化的角色和责任，以及他处理这些问题的方式，”马刺队代理教练Johnson说道，“这对一个新秀来说很多，但他欣然接受了我们向他提出的所有挑战。”
卡斯尔的当选使得马刺队成为历史上第五支拥有连续两届年度最佳新秀的球队，也是自明尼苏达的安德鲁·威金斯和卡尔-安东尼·唐斯在2015年和2016年完成这一成就后的首支球队。
鲍勃·麦卡杜和厄尼·迪格雷戈里奥在1973年和1974年为布法罗勇士队连续赢得了年度最佳新秀奖项。波特兰的杰夫·佩特里和西德尼·威克斯在1971年和1972年做到了这一点，而厄尔·门罗和韦斯·昂塞尔德则在1969-1970年将巴尔的摩子弹队列入了名单。
文班亚马从自己的经验出发，将卡斯尔荣获年度最佳新秀奖看作是一项团队荣誉。
“这绝不是一个人的功劳，”文班亚马说道，“我为我的队友们感到骄傲，他们给了他实现这一目标的机会——成为优秀的队友，创造良好的环境。就像去年球队和我的队友以及工作人员为我所做的那样，他们今年也为斯蒂芬做了同样的事情。”
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Stephon Castle named Rookie of the Year as Spurs go back-to-back
San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) looks to make a play while being guarded by Charlotte Hornets guard Josh Green (10) during an NBA game at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, on Friday, March 14, 2025.
The NBA’s Rookie of the Year trophy is staying in San Antonio.
Spurs guard Stephon Castle has officially won the 2025 award, joining Victor Wembanyama to give the Spurs back-to-back rookies of the year.
The winner was chosen by a global panel of 100 media members covering the league, with the results announced Tuesday as part of the TNT’s NBA playoffs pregame show.
Unlike Wembanyama, Castle was not the league’s unanimous Rookie of the Year. But he got close.
Castle earned 92 first-place votes and 482 ballot points. Atlanta’s Zaccharie Risacher finished second with five first-place votes and 245 ballot points, while Memphis’ Jaylen Wells came in third with three first-place votes and 123 ballot points.
It was a golden moment Castle said he would not allow himself to savor until it came Tuesday.
“Coming in with the confidence I had in myself as a player, this was definitely a goal of mine from Day 1,” Castle said on the TNT broadcast. “I’m happy to be able to execute it.”
Drafted fourth overall out of Connecticut, the 20-year-old Castle finished his first NBA season averaging 14.7 points – most among rookies – while adding 4.1 assists and 3.7 rebounds in 81 games.
The 6-foot-6 Castle also emerged as one of the Spurs’ most reliable defenders.
With Wembanyama and star guard De’Aaron Fox out for the season down the homestretch, Castle took his game to another level.
Over the final 30 games, Castle averaged 22.3 points, 6.4 rebounds and 5.3 assists per 36 minutes of playing time. Only three players have hit those per-minute averages over a full season before the age of 21: LeBron James, Luka Doncic and LaMelo Ball.
Castle is the fourth Spurs player to be tabbed Rookie of the Year, joining David Robinson, Tim Duncan and Wembanyama.
“I don’t know that there’s anybody who has been asked to do the variety of roles and responsibilities, and the way he’s handled it,” Spurs acting coach Johnson said. “It’s a lot for a rookie, and he’s embraced everything we’ve thrown at him.”
Castle’s selection made the Spurs the fifth team in history to boast back-to-back Rookie of the Year winners, and the first since Minnesota’s Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns accomplished that in 2015 and 2016.
Bob McAdoo and Ernie DiGregorio won consecutive Rookie of the Year honors for the Buffalo Braves in 1973 and 1974. Portland’s Geoff Petrie and Sidney Wicks did it in 1971 and 1972, while Earl Monroe and Wes Unseld put the Baltimore Bullets on the list in 1969-1970.
Speaking from his own experience, Wembanyama painted Castle’s Rookie of the Year triumph as a team award.
“It’s never one man’s job,” Wembanyama said. “I’m really proud of my teammates for giving him the chance to do that – being good teammates, creating a good environment. Just like the organization and my teammates and the staff did for me last year, they did the same for Steph this year.”
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News
