By Jeph Duarte | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-05-01 19:00:00
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马刺队四位年度最佳新秀奖得主齐聚一堂
周二晚上，宣布马刺队后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)荣获NBA年度最佳新秀奖。
周三下午，卡斯尔在家人、队友和兴奋的马刺队工作人员的簇拥下，在马刺队训练馆接受了他的奖杯。
虽然没能在爆满的弗罗斯特银行中心球馆，在令人期待的季后赛比赛前接受这份荣誉有些遗憾，但在颁奖典礼开始前，胜利资本训练中心依旧热闹非凡。
典礼开始前，许多马刺队成员都兴高采烈地走来走去。总经理布莱恩·莱特(Brian Wright)、教练米奇·约翰逊、首席执行官R. C. 布福德以及球员凯尔登·约翰逊、德阿隆·福克斯和莱利·米尼克斯都被看到面带笑容地四处走动。
典礼开始后，莱特谈到了马刺队为何如此看好卡斯尔——他的技术、他的成熟以及他的潜力。然后他说，有比他更适合的人来颁发这个奖杯。
与卡斯尔一同出现的还有大卫·罗宾逊、蒂姆·邓肯和维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)。这三人都曾效力于马刺队时荣获年度最佳新秀。
卡斯尔是马刺队历史上第四位获得年度最佳新秀荣誉的球员。
前一天，马刺队评论员雅各布·托比与卡斯尔就这一消息进行了交谈。
虽然卡斯尔相信自己会被评为年度最佳新秀，但他仍然保持谦逊，并将感激之情从上帝传递给他的家人，再到从一开始就信任他的球队，他表示：“这是我全年得到的无条件支持的一部分。”
虽然卡斯尔加入了罗宾逊、邓肯和文班的行列，被评为年度最佳新秀，但他也是第一个没有在前顺位被选中的球员。作为选秀大会的第四顺位新秀，他超越了扎卡里·里萨谢、亚历克斯·萨尔和里德·谢泼德，以及同样获得提名的杰伦·威尔斯。
尽管颁奖典礼显得低调，但现役球员和传奇人物的出席，提醒着所有人，对于这位才华横溢的年轻人来说，这仅仅只是一个开始。
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Open Thread: Stephon Castle received his Rookie of the Year Award from some familiar faces
The Spurs quartet of ROTY award-winners were all together
On Tuesday evening, it was announced that Spurs guard Stephon Castle was named the NBA Rookie of the Year.
Wednesday afternoon, Castle received his trophy at the Spurs practice facility amid family, teammates, and an excited Spurs staff.
While it was a shame he couldn’t receive the honors in front of a capacity Frost Bank Center crowd in anticipation of an exciting playoff game, the Victory Capital Performance was nonetheless abuzz before the presentation began.
Before the ceremony multiple Spurs members were walking around gleefully. General Manager Brian Wright, coach Mitch Johnson, CEO R. C. Buford and players Keldon Johnson, De’Aaron Fox, and Riley Minix were all seen milling about with smiles.
When the ceremony began, Brian Wright spoke about why the Spurs had been so keen on Castle — his skill, his maturity, and his potential. He then said that there were better guests than he to present the trophy.
Castle was joined by David Robinson, Tim Duncan, and Victor Wembanyama. All three won Rookie of the Year with the Spurs.
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Castle is the fourth player Spurs franchise history to earn the ROTY honors.
The day before, Spurs commentator Jacob Tobey spoke with Castle about the announcement.
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While Castle was confident he was going to be named the Rookie of the Year, he remained humble and spread the gratitude from God to his family to the team that believed in him from the start stating, “this is part of the unconditional support I got all year.”
While Castle joins Robinson, Duncan, and Wemby to be named Rookie of the Year, he is the first not to have been drafted in the top spot. As the fourth pick in the draft, he outshine Zaccharie Risacher, Alex Sarr, and Reed Sheppard as well as fellow nominee Jaylen Wells.
Although the presentation was understated, the presence of current players and legends served to remind everyone that this is just the beginning for this talented young man.
By Jeph Duarte, via Pounding The Rock