He wanted to be rookie of the year. And he got it done — by a wide margin. The San Antonio Spurs now have back-to-back winners of the award, with Victor Wembanyama last year and Castle this season. Castle was the fifth rookie in Spurs history to score more than 1,

The San Antonio Spurs are hoping that their newly built core of Victor Wembanyama and De'Aaron Fox will be able to hit the ground running next season.

San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle was the runaway winner of the NBA Rookie of the Year award on Tuesday. Castle is the second straight San Antonio player to win top rookie honors. Victor Wembanyama was the unanimous winner last season.