Stephon Castle, Kel’el Ware by the name of the month’s rookies

Spurs guard Stephon Castle has been appointed to NBA’s months of rookie for the western conference in January while Heat center Kel’el ware have earned the honor of the eastern conference, the league announced today (via Twitter).

Castle, the fourth overall election in the 2024 draft, appeared in 12 games for San Antonio last month, starting 10 of them. He average 14.9 points, 3.6 assists and 3.1 rebounds of 27.0 minutes per day. Fight with a shooting line of .431/.288/.727.

Of the nine San Antonio players who logged at least 100 minutes in January, Castle had the best Net rating of the flock (+1.0) and was one of only two spores – along with Victor Wembanyama – If net assessment was positive.

Over the East, Ware began playing a regular rotational role for the heat at the end of December and led this momentum to the new year and earned a promotion to the starting lineup midway through January.

In 16 total excursions (five starts) for the month, Ware was an average of 13.0 points, 6.9 rebounds and 1.4 blocks of 24.7 minutes per day. Night. He also scored extremely efficiently with a shooting percentage of 56.5% from the floor and 44.7% on three-pointers.

It’s the first player of the month who nods for both players. They beat the nominees with nominees Isaiah CollierAt Ryan Dunnand Jaylen Wells in the west and Tristan da SilvaAt Zaccharie Risacherand Alex Sarr In the east, according to NBA (Twitter -Link).