, the NBA officially announced the list of rookies of the 2024-25 season. Stefon Castle, a guard from the San Antonio Spurs, was selected unanimously for the "All-Rookie First Team" with his outstanding performance.

This season, the 19-year-old Castle performed brilliantly for the Spurs, playing in 81 regular season games, averaging 26.7 minutes per game, contributing 14.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and 4.1 assists, with a shooting percentage of 42.8%. He not only showed balanced ability on both offense and defense, but also stepped up frequently at critical moments, becoming one of the team's future cores. It is worth mentioning that he was unanimously recognized by all 100 media members of the voting group and was selected into the first team without any suspense.

Along with Castle, two stars of the Memphis Grizzlies - center Jack Edai and forward Jalen Wells - were selected to the Rookie of the Year First Team. This is the second time that the Grizzlies have had two players selected to the first team at the same time after Ja Morant and Brandon Clarke in the 2019-20 season, showing the deep foundation and future hope of the team's young army.

In addition, Atlanta Hawks center Zachary Lisacher and Washington Wizards star Alex Sarr also made the first team with their outstanding performance. Both of them are French players. This is the first time in NBA history that two non-American players have been selected for the annual rookie first team at the same time . The high productivity of the French basketball youth training system has once again attracted widespread attention.

The All-Rookie Second Team also attracted much attention, with Matas Buzelis of the Chicago Bulls, Fa Carrington of the Washington Wizards, Donovan Crane of the Portland Trail Blazers, Evis Missy of the New Orleans Pelicans, and Carlyle Ware of the Miami Heat being selected.

The Washington Wizards became one of the biggest winners of this game. Not only was Sarr selected to the first team, but Carrington was also selected to the second team. It is extremely rare in the team's history for two players to be selected to the rookie team. The last time it happened was in the 1963-64 season , when they were legendary forward Gus Johnson and guard Rod Thorn.

It is reported that the NBA Rookie of the Year team is selected by voting of 100 media members. Each voter can select 5 first-team and 5 second-team players, with 2 points and 1 point respectively. The top five scorers will be selected for the first team, and the next five will form the second team.