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San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle, the 2024-25 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year, has been unanimously selected to the 2024-25 Kia NBA All-Rookie First Team. He received First Team votes on all 100 ballots from a global media panel.
Joining Castle on the Kia NBA All-Rookie First Team are Memphis Grizzlies center Zach Edey and forward Jaylen Wells, Atlanta Hawks forward Zaccharie Risacher and Washington Wizards forward-center Alex Sarr.
With the selection of Edey and Wells, the Grizzlies are the first team to have multiple players on the Kia NBA All-Rookie First Team in the same season since Memphis in 2019-20 (Brandon Clarke and Ja Morant). France’s Risacher and Sarr, the first and second overall picks in the 2024 NBA Draft, respectively, become the first two players from the same country outside of the United States to be named to the Kia NBA All-Rookie First Team in the same season.
The Kia NBA All-Rookie Second Team consists of Chicago Bulls forward Matas Buzelis, Wizards guard Bub Carrington, Portland Trail Blazers center Donovan Clingan, New Orleans Pelicans center Yves Missi and Miami Heat center Kel’el Ware.
Sarr (First Team) and Carrington (Second Team) give the Wizards’ franchise multiple players on the Kia NBA All-Rookie Team in the same season for the first time since 1963-64 (Gus Johnson and Rod Thorn).
The media voting panel selected five players for the Kia NBA All-Rookie First Team and five players for the Kia NBA All-Rookie Second Team at any position. Players received two points for each First Team vote and one point for each Second Team vote.
The 2024-25 Kia NBA All-Rookie Team is below. The complete voting results are attached. The balloting was tabulated by the independent accounting firm Ernst & Young LLP.
