Why this card

• Castle was selected **4th overall** in the **2024 NBA Draft** by the San Antonio Spurs
• He won the **2024–25 NBA Rookie of the Year award** (receiving 92 of 100 first-place votes)
• He earned **All-Rookie First Team** honors
• He was named **Western Conference Rookie of the Month** (January and March 2025)
• He was a **national champion at UConn** before being drafted (confirmed via Wikipedia/Basketball-Reference noting he attended UConn — UConn won back-to-back NCAA titles in 2024)
• The Gold Glitter parallel in Panini Select is serially numbered to just 10 copies, placing it among the most scarce tiers in the entire Select parallel rainbow for any given card.
• As a Rookie Card, this represents Castle's first officially licensed NBA trading card appearance, making it the foundational collectible for any Castle player collection.
• Castle was selected fourth overall in the 2024 NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs, underscoring the elite prospect pedigree attached to this RC.
• Before entering the NBA, Castle won an NCAA National Championship with the UConn Huskies in 2024, adding a decorated collegiate résumé to his profile.
• Castle claimed the 2024–25 NBA Rookie of the Year award — the Wilt Chamberlain Trophy — earning 92 of 100 first-place votes from a global media panel, the strongest mandate of any rookie in that voting cycle.