{"id":1800,"date":"2025-04-13T03:25:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T03:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=1800"},"modified":"2025-04-13T03:25:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T03:25:31","slug":"before-the-verdict-trae-young-cash-on-risacher-and-the-rookie-of-the-year-castle-was-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asport.com.ng\/?p=1800","title":{"rendered":"Before the verdict, Trae Young Cash on Risacher and the Rookie of the year: &#8220;Castle was great&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail featured\">\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1400\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.parlons-basket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/nba-zaccharie-risacher-trae-young-stephon-castle.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"The NBA Zaccharie Risacher (left), Trae Young (Center) and Stephon Castle (right) players\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.parlons-basket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/nba-zaccharie-risacher-trae-young-stephon-castle.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.parlons-basket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/nba-zaccharie-risacher-trae-young-stephon-castle-400x229.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.parlons-basket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/nba-zaccharie-risacher-trae-young-stephon-castle-700x400.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.parlons-basket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/nba-zaccharie-risacher-trae-young-stephon-castle-768x439.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\"\/>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tPierre Haesg \/ ESPN (Dr) \/ San Antonio Spurs (Dr)\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .post-thumbnail --><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-small-font-size\" style=\"color:#747474\">By Pierre-Andr\u00e9a Fraile | Sports journalist<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><strong>While there is only one match to play for all the League teams, the debates about the various individual awards are more than ever raging. Trae Young also wet once and for all that of the Rookie of the year.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-570271\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Unless exceptional, even historical performance, the dice now seem to be thrown away. Each observer should have made their choice at this stage concerning the various individual trophies which will be awarded after the NBA regular season. And it is probably not the last fifteen matches that will take place this Sunday which should upset the opinions of each.<\/p>\n<p>It will still be interesting to follow the Hawks match against the Magic as well as the meeting between the Spurs and the Raptors. The two main candidates for rookie of the year, namely Zaccharie Risacher and Stephon Castle, will indeed have the opportunity to conclude their first season in the League on a good note and to make an impression. Trae Young seems to have already made his choice.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Trae Young contrasts one last time concerning the rookie of the year<\/h2>\n<p>Leader and mentor of Risacher in Atlanta, Young has continued to show him his confidence and his admiration throughout the season. Its potential status of rookie of the year has, moreover, <strong>Never seemed to shade a doubt in his mind<\/strong>and certainly not following the recent card directed by French. Asked in recent hours not Chris Haynes, the leader-star has once again highlighted him:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"next-post\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"next-post__text\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tRead<br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>11 months later, the viral rumor on Alex Sarr which spreads to the US<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><strong>Trae Young :<\/strong> I have the feeling that Zacch has played extraordinary all season and that it deserves to be elected rookie of the year. Castle was great, I am a big fan but I think that between the two, it is Zacch who should be rewarded given the regularity he showed. And then, the figures speak for him. The fact that he fights for the postseason by holder should make him the rookie of the year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The latest argument used here by Ice Trae appears to tell the most notable. Although a member of a team whose playoff aspirations have always been clear, Risacher started 71 of his 73 games as a starter. The proof of a certain reliability in the eyes of his coach, Quin Snyder, who should maintain him in his major five for the shock of Play-in which promises to be against Orlando.<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, Castle had to wait a few months before taking importance in the rotation of the Spurs. He has moreover benefited from the injury of De&#39;Aaron Fox to scratch even more minutes in the Texan backcourt and wear the ball more often. A contrast that could weigh in the final decision of the voters, which in any case hopes Trae Young as a good pack chief.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong>Camped in his positions, Trae Young remains convinced that the rookie trophy of the year should return to Zaccharie Risacher. 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