Stephon Castle gained a nationwide championship with the College of Connecticut in his lone school season. The 20-year-old wing has now earned a significant particular person accolade — the NBA’s Rookie of the 12 months Award, ESPN’s Shams Charania stories.
Fort is the second consecutive San Antonio participant to win it. Victor Wembanyama captured the award final spring.
Fort appeared in all however one of many Spurs’ video games this season after being chosen with the No. 4 total choose final June. He averaged 14.7 factors, 3.7 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 0.9 steals in 26.7 minutes per recreation. Fort, who began 47 video games, shot 42.8 p.c from the sphere.
Fort grew to become a constant offensive drive because the season progressed and reached the 20-point mark 26 occasions.
That was sufficient for him take down the highest prize by a landslide over the 2 different finalists.
Prime choose Zaccharie Risacher appeared in 75 video games, together with 73 begins, for the Hawks. The 6-foot-8 ahead completed the season with averages of 12.6 factors, 3.6 rebounds and 1.2 assists shot 45.8 p.c from the sphere total and 35.5 p.c from lengthy vary. Risacher scored 30 or extra factors in 4 video games.
Jaylen Wells proved to be a diamond within the tough for the Grizzlies. The thirty ninth total choose began 74 of the 79 video games during which he performed. Wells wasn’t a giant a part of Memphis’ offense however nonetheless averaged 10.4 factors, 3.4 rebounds and 1.7 assists.
Fort obtained 92 of a attainable 100 votes from a worldwide media panel and accrued 482 factors, NBA Communications tweets. Risacher had 5 first-place votes and 245 factors whereas Wells obtained three first-place votes and 123 factors.
Fort’s scoring common is the second lowest amongst ROY winners within the final 22 seasons. Solely Malcolm Brogdon (2017) had a decrease common (10.2) throughout that span.
