De’ Aaron Fox is out for the rest of the year. For the Spurs, this is kind of a win-win. After Victor Wembanyama was ruled out for the rest of the year, the Spurs playoff chances took a huge hit.
Losing Fox hurts, but the Spurs could see their lottery odds improve and will have the opportunity to focus on development. After just 17 games, De’Aaron Fox’s season as a Spur is over.
San Antonio Spurs rookie Stephon Castle may be having a stellar debut season, but that hasn’t exempted him from the classic rookie hazing that every first-year player must endure.
The San Antonio Spurs pranked rookie Stephon Castle so hard on Wednesday. Spurs guard Devin Vassell shared a video on Instagram of Spurs players taking Castle to his car on Wednesday.
While the centerpiece of the San Antonio Spurs is undoubtedly Victor Wembanyama, rookie Stephon Castle is emerging as a very real core player, perhaps even passing Devin Vassell and Jeremy Sochan.
Stephon Castle joined some elite company Sunday evening. After posting a 20-point game on the road against the Minnesota Timberwolves, the rookie joined Manu Ginóbili atop the list of San Antonio Spurs with the most points off the bench over a six-game span, logging 140 dating back to the Spurs' Feb.
With about one month left in the 2024-25 NBA season, the Rookie of the Year race appears to have a clear frontrunner. While there hasn’t been a runaway winner in the NBA rookie rankings, San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle has stood out during the second half of the season.
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SAN ANTONIO – It’s not often that a team can have the rookie of the year two seasons in a row, but the San Antonio Spurs may have a shot at it. Stephon Castle, the No.
The 2024-25 NBA Rookie Of The Year Race has gone back-and-forth all year. Initially the Memphis Grizzlies’ Zach Edey was the favorite to capture the award.
Allowing Minnesota to drain 21 threes is not ideal. The Spurs traveled to Minnesota to take on the Timberwolves after a loss to the Sacramento Kings. What followed was a wire-to-wire shooting clinic, mostly by the T-Wolves.
On Sunday night, Spurs rookie Stephon Castle continued his dominant run to end his debut season. Drafted at No. 4 overall, the former UConn Husky as already projected to be one of the best players in the ’24 draft class.
The Spurs had a good shooting night, but the Wolves were nuclear from three all night. After traveling halfway across the country from Sacramento to Minneapolis, the Spurs headed into the den of a Minnesota Timberwolves squad that is pushing to get into the top six and avoid the play-in tournament.
Castle has had an up-and-down rookie season, but the talented young guard might be finding the consistency he was missing earlier. After seeing his playing time dwindle due to mistakes and inefficiency, culminating in a controversial 12-minute night against the Pelicans, Stephon Castle has bounced back with a vengeance.
San Antonio Spurs Guard Stephon Castle has been great over his last five games. Over that stretch, he is averaging 24.1 points per game, 4.8 rebounds, and 4.8 assists.
The Spurs and Kings share the season series. The San Antonio Spurs fell to the Sacramento Kings in De’Aaron Fox’s return game to split the season series at two-apiece.
It’s safe to say Stephon Castle is no longer in a slump. After managing six points total over two games in New Orleans and 18 points through three games, including a match-up vs.
Since losing Victor Wembanyama for the season, the San Antonio Spurs are 2-5, which makes sense. During the season, Wemby averaged 24.3 points, 11 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 3.8 blocks and was easily the best player on the Spurs roster.
Making the playoffs may no longer be a realistic goal for the San Antonio Spurs in the aftermath of Victor Wembanyama’s season-ending injury, but player development remains the number one goal for a Spurs franchise that will be gearing up for a more serious postseason push next season.
Stephon Castle seems to take the games between the San Antonio Spurs and Memphis Grizzlies personally, and for good reason. Grizzlies rookies Zach Edey and Jaylen Wells have been getting more Rookie of the Year love than they deserve, and Castle is currently the frontrunner to win the Wilt Chamberlain Trophy.
On Wednesday night, the San Antonio Spurs lost their fourth game in a row, falling to the Houston Rockets, 118-106. After dropping two straight games to
Victor Wembanyama's absence will be Stephon Castle's time to shine for the Spurs...and they'll need all the help they can get.
The Spurs rookie will be the first player to take part in events on all three days of All-Star weekend since Blake Griffin did so in 2011.
On Friday night, Spurs rookie Stephon Castle took home some mid-season hardware, earning a unanimous vote for the Castrol Rising Stars game MVP. All seven of the voters — which included Vince Carter, PJ Carlesimo and several more media members — listed Castle as the MVP.
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