San Antonio Spurs Legend Manu Ginobili Sends Message To Stephon Castle

On Tuesday night, Castle was named as the 2025 Rookie of The Year.

Via NBA Communications : "Stephon Castle is the fourth player to win the Kia NBA Rookie of the Year Award with the Spurs, joining David Robinson (1989-90), Tim Duncan (1997-98) and last season’s recipient, Victor Wembanyama (2023-24).

The Spurs are the first team to have back-to-back winners of this annual honor since the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2014-15 (Andrew Wiggins) and 2015-16 (Karl-Anthony Towns)."

Many people reacted to the news on social media, and one person who sent out a post was Spurs legend (and Basketball Hall of Famer) Manu Ginobili.

His post had over 1,800 likes and 40,000 impressions in two hours.

He wrote: "Congrats Steph! What an amazing rookie season! Quite excited about our future! #GoSpursGo!"

The Spurs finished as the 13th seed in the Western Conference with a 34-48 record.

That said, they will be one of the most intriguing teams to watch heading into the 2025-26 season.

As for Ginobili, he spent spent all 16 years of his career with the Spurs.

The four-time NBA Champion had career averages of 13.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.3 steals per contest while shooting 44.7% from the field and 36.9% from the three-point range in 1,057 games.