{"id":275222,"date":"2025-04-30T00:28:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T00:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/who-won-nba-rookie-of-the-year-award-looking-at-2-finalists-who-fell-short-of-the-honor\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:08:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:08:41","slug":"who-won-nba-rookie-of-the-year-award-looking-at-2-finalists-who-fell-short-of-the-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/who-won-nba-rookie-of-the-year-award-looking-at-2-finalists-who-fell-short-of-the-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"Who won NBA Rookie of the Year award? Looking at 2 finalists who fell short of the honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"4897500\" data-slug-id=\"2497564\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 2025 NBA Rookie of the Year award went to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/basketball\/san-antonio-spurs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">San Antonio Spurs<\/a> guard <strong>Stephon Castle<\/strong>, marking the second consecutive year a Silver and Black player received it after Victor Wembanyama&#8217;s stellar 2023-24 season.<\/p>\n<p>Castle averaged 14.7 points on 42.8\/28.5\/72.4 percent shooting splits. He also averaged 3.7 rebounds and 4.1 assists through 81 games played. 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