You can't be serious with this bit.
Castle is already our physically strongest guard and if he gets bullied on the drive, every other guard would be the same.
The only issue is that he has no respect from refs yet and gets called for minimal contact on drives.
Wesley, Branham, Tre and even Devin are all obviously worse defenders than Castle.
The only reason to not play him would be his lack of jumpshot.
But then again, Wesley and even Tre aren't much better in that department.
It's better for Castle to play alongside CP3 and another shooter than to have those 3 non-shotoer bench lineups.
I think it's time to raise them and I can't wait for a small injury from cp3 to start him.
He needs to do as many mistakes as possible as fast as possible, let him hit the rookie wall as well etc
That's how you get better (if you're made of the proper wood which he seems to be)
Play him as much as possible. He clearly is smart enough to know the plays and defensive schemes. Let him play through mistakes and get used to the league. He's our best man defender already and it's not like the rest of the roster is drowning in talent right now other than a few players.
Replacing Wesley with Mamu in the rotation takes care of that. Now Castle being the clear backup off the bench, with decent to good shooters around him, should work well enough.
One thing that impresses me about Castle is his disposition. The refs are really giving him the rookie treatment. He'll react, as any normal player would, but just moves on.
He definitely needs to play, and he needs to continue taking open shots. TP couldn't shoot at all at first, but eventually became a demi-god in the mid-range.
Castle is a smart and probably introspective guy. He knows how important the three is to the modern game, and how much it will continuously either hamper or heighten his career. He just needs to keep pounding at it.
It is not the time to reduce his minutes.
Should be the first dude off the bench every night tbh.
It is crazy how much he goes to the line relative to the playing time and usage % he gets. Once he's given the keys, he could be a FT merchant. He only needs to add a reliable middie and he's set as an upper echelon starting PG in this league.
He bullies his way into the lane. He’s extremely physical and very well balanced, with good handles.
He's so good. I really hope he doesn't let shooting continue to be a problem for long. There is money to be made and championships to win.
again with this. can we decrease his minutes and play him ONLY when chris paul is not on the floor?
Whoever he'd be eplaced by will also have huge deficiencies in another area. Pick your poison with this roster
In order to improve his shot, he should starting shooting as much as possible. This is the new Spurs development program.
I'm all for playing him more.
But I'm a little surprised this is the early season results for a player the Spurs have been hyping up hardcore behind the scenes to anyone in the media that will listen. Windhorst for one multiple podcasts I feel has emphasized just how much in love they are with Castle and their constant praise of him.
This is the guy who was so incredible that the Spurs had someone at every one of his practices instead of say, scouting other players?
Him?
[arrested development style]. Him?
Aside from the shooting woes, Steph really needs to working on getting the team in their sets (no matter how crappy they are) more quickly. He's wasting about 6-7 seconds just getting the ball across half court any time he's met with ball pressure.
Nah I’m not worried about Castle. Just keep sending him out there.
This team is not ready to win now, still developing our players. What better way to get experience and honing his skills than playing in the best basketball league (arguably) in the world? We have to remind ourselves that today’s rookies are teenagers. Castle barely turned 20. It’s hard enough to play against grown professional athletes. It takes a lot of adjustments, getting stronger, and he is already bullying his way into some defenders. Just continue shooting, he’ll find his way out there.
5 points and 0 assists in 25 minutes tbh... he has a lot to work on
still think we've seen enough glimpses to know the potential is there. he does look very comfortable pulling up for the midrange jumpers which will be big for him similar to Paul, oddly enough
I think, those 2030s picks must be used as trade bait. No way, even if you draft high with those, you get instant impactful player - just like Castle, Sochan or Wemby. They all need time
run the correct set, once. That would already be a far better achievement than a season spent with megatosb paul using him as a 3 and d guy.
It may sound anachronistic in this era with tons of advanced stats, but, to me, the main thing about Castle is that he pass the eye test. It's as simple as that.
Yea this kind of goes along with what I am seeing as well. He needs to be more deliberate and decisive on offense, feel like he is doing a bit too much probing and if a home run play isn't there then it goes downhill quick. Standard rookie stuff in that regard. His initial reaction needs to be to put pressure towards the rim and/or swing the ball to a shooter (lol like we have those), stop getting caught dribbling without even attempting to gain an advantage.
He had a play last night where he made a great steal and had a fast break opportunity against Jalen Green and he ended up backing out of a great advantage play due to Green's presence. That should've been a layup or free throws 99 times out of 100 but he completely let Green off the hook and didn't even test him and we ended up with a worse look later in the possession.
he pass the eye test to be our starting pg for the future?He cant shoot and is barely making plays cause his offense is so bad.My eye test
is telling me so far hes gonna need a few years to develop.
You guys are overthinking it.
For comparison, rookie Devin was a way better offensive player and he averaged 5.5ppg on 40%, 17mpg.
Castle is at 6ppg on 30%, 20mpg before even figuring how things even work in the NBA. I wouldn't look too much into it before the all-star break.
We all know his shot needs a lot of work, but talking about decisiveness 8 games into his rookie year is just boredom, tbh.
Not to mention that playing point is the most difficult thing to do for a young player. Especially for someone who didn't play the role in college.
I'm not worried about this kid. He's one of the few players on this team with a high basketball IQ. He'll figure things out.
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