Spurs guard Stephon Castle has been named the Western Conference’s Rookie of the Month for March, while Hawks forward Zaccharie Risacher has won the award for the Eastern Conference, the NBA announced today (via Twitter).
Castle, who has emerged as the frontrunner to be named the 2024/25 Rookie of the Year, advanced his case by averaging 19.5 points, 4.8 assists, and 4.4 rebounds in 28.9 minutes per game across 17 outings in March. He posted a shooting line of .456/.302/.686 as the Spurs went 7-10 during that stretch.
As for Risacher, 2024’s No. 1 overall pick averaged 16.3 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 1.0 assist in 27.1 minutes per game in 14 March contests, including nine Hawks victories.
While Castle is the betting favorite, Risacher continued to make his own case for Rookie of the Year consideration by posting a strong .533/.393/.739 shooting line on the month for an Atlanta team headed for a play-in berth.
Through the first four months of the season, no player had won a Rookie of the Month award more than once in either conference, with Jaylen Wells, Yves Missi, Isaiah Collier, and Castle splitting the honors in the West while Jared McCain, Alex Sarr, Kel’el Ware, and Risacher did the same in the East. That makes Castle and Risacher the first repeat honorees of the season.
According to the league (Twitter link), Donovan Clingan, Zach Edey, Quinten Post, Kyle Filipowski, and Collier were also nominated for Rookie of the Month recognition in the Western Conference for March, while Matas Buzelis, Justin Edwards, Jamal Shead, Sarr, and Ware were the other nominees in the East.
Stephon Castle ROY ……. next great 2way player
Wells in Memphis deserves it more and played better