Castle wins Rising Stars MVP as Team C reaches All-Star Game - ESPN

SAN FRANCISCO — San Antonio Spurs rookie Stephon Castle said the Rising Stars MVP trophy he hoisted Friday night isn't the only hardware he plans to win during NBA All-Star Weekend.

Castle led Team C, coached by Chris Mullin, over Team G League, coached by Jeremy Lin, to a decisive 25-14 win in the final, scoring 11 points and collecting one of his three assists on Utah Jazz rookie Keyonte George's game-winning 3-pointer.

Team C won its first group game with Castle hitting the deciding jump shot to beat Team T, coached by Tim Hardaway Sr., 40-34. (In the first two games, the target score to reach was 40; in the final, the target score was 25.)

«To be a part of the game-winning bucket in both, it means a lot,» Castle said.

The Rising Stars game, made up of three teams with seven first- and second-year players, and a fourth team with seven G Leaguers, was the start of a jampacked itinerary for Castle. The 6-foot-6 guard is also competing in the dunk contest Saturday night.

When asked what dunks he has planned for the showcase, Castle told ESPN: «I don't want to spoil anything, but I'll just say the MVP trophy isn't the only trophy I'm trying to take home.»

And the Rising Stars win earned Castle's team a berth in Sunday's All-Star Game, where it will go against Shaq's OGs, featuring future Hall of Famers LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant.

«As a basketball player, it's really all I can ask for, watching those guys all the time growing up, so to share my first All-Star Weekend with them and be able to share the court with them is a blessing,» Castle told ESPN.

Castle will join Blake Griffin as the latest players to compete in events on all three nights of All-Star Weekend. Griffin did it in 2011 as a rookie for the