Ruki of the Year Stephen Castle of San Antonio Spider was unanimously voted for 2024-25 NBA All-Ruki First team, the league announced on Tuesday.
The 20-year-old Castle scored a crook-secretary 14.7 points and led 74 stolen playing in 81 games (47 starts). The guard made an average of 4.1 assistance and 3.7 rebounds and created a 95 3-point basket.
Castle has joined by Atlanta Hawks’s Forward Zaccket Researcher and Memphis Grizzle’s Jelene Wales, who finished second and third in the Ruki of the Year voting in April.
Wales has joined his Memphis team partner, Center Zach Edey. This is the first time several players in a team were named the All-Ruki First team as Grizzleez did so in 2019-20 with Brandon Clarke and J. Mirent.
Washington Wizards Forwards Sentor Alex Surr, while rounding the first team voted by a global panel of sportswits and broadcasters. Along with both head and researcher from France, it first marks that the team consists of two players from the same country apart from the United States.
The second team includes Chicago Bulls Forward Matus Buzelis, Wizards Guard Bab Carrington, Portland Trail Blazers Center Donovan Klingan, New Orleans Pelicons Center Yaves Missy and Miami Heat Center Kel Ware.
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