The Irregular Trebuchet of Stephon Castle

[tim_duncan_fan]

Honestly, people who make it to the league out of Uconn tend to know how to hoop for real, going back probably over 20 years. We should maybe be less surprised by Castle.

Edit: Actually, I may be overstating Uconn's output a bit.

[Knoxxx]

I think what we are surprised with is how quickly his offense is whipping into shape and what a physical bully he is.

And that passing, man he finds the right guy anywhere on the court and whips a perfect pass to them in a millisecond. But the way he controls the pace and uses perfect footwork too is uncanny enabling him to extend plays and then he just seems to know exactly where everyone is.

Now for the record, once I figured out our options at the 4 pick I thought he was our best option. But nobody knew we were getting this. I did say if he learned to shoot at all he could be an all star, but that was before I had any idea about his footwork and passing.

Safe to say, he has a strong chance to be an all star possibly for many years and our legit #2 star.

Queue the horrid shooting slump…

[Gibbz]

And that passing, man he finds the right guy anywhere on the court and whips a perfect pass to them in a millisecond.

He whipped one or two to corner shooters in his games tonight that looked just like De'Aaron passes.

[Seventyniner]

I love how Castle uses every step he legally can. Not that other players don't, but Castle's decel/hesi makes it look like he's taking more steps than he should be able to because they're slower and not always in a straight line. That last assist was a good example.

It takes some crazy leg strength to slow down like that and change directions.

[Knoxxx]

He whipped one or two to corner shooters in his games tonight that looked just like De'Aaron passes.

Well I was hoping for the reverse jinx on my shooting slump comment but the beauty of his game is if his shot isn’t falling he can still impact the game. He showing that he can get into the lane at will and is masterful at drawing annoying fouls on the other team. But you can also see he’s working on all phases of his game including midrange and the 3 ball.

He’s really came of age during the road trip, though of course he’s been superb for an entire month. The fit with Fox is great and in the near term they make excellent co #2s, we are really set now in the backcourt. Just have to concentrate all our efforts on getting more help in the front court.

[BatManu20]

[Mr. Body]

Man, that would have been a disaster for the league if the G-League team got into the actual All-Star event.

[SpursGenius]

Castle gonna be special

[cutewizard]

[cutewizard]

He is the real deal

[cutewizard]

Guys

Any idea who is the shooting coach/coaches of Castle?

[cutewizard]

[timtonymanu]

Castle’s stats inflate when he doesn’t have to play with bums like Keldon Johnson and Zach Collins lol.

[timtonymanu]

Imagine you have to go get a shooting coach because the one on the team sucks. I never remembered hearing someone hiring a shooting coach while Chip was here.

Nephew would have been Kidd Gilchrist if Jimmy Baron was his shooting coach.

[RC_Drunkford]

[Atl Spur]

Nice start

[widowmaker]

Castle’s stats inflate when he doesn’t have to play with bums like Keldon Johnson and Zach Collins lol.

You left a bum out, devin vassell

[Mr. Body]

Yeah once he put the second game on his back with the scoring to get them back in it after the game winner the first game, there was no contest.

[CGD]

Wonder who George Felton has is eye on this year?

[Knoxxx]

While offloading a Vassell or KJ sounds good, it may also be worth seeing what coaching and the duo of Fox/Castle fully taking over the backcourt can do to elevate other players. Right now we are still fiddling around with interim coaching and CP3 running his clock out at as starting PG.

[Tyronn Lue]

Castle be special

better

[Gandalf]

While offloading a Vassell or KJ sounds good, it may also be worth seeing what coaching and the duo of Fox/Castle fully taking over the backcourt can do to elevate other players. Right now we are still fiddling around with interim coaching and CP3 running his clock out at as starting PG.

Yeah, I’d really like to see how Vassel does as the fourth player after that group. I think he might improve a good bit. If we can’t get a good forward or center in the draft, we may need to see if we can trade for one with Keldon’s contract and some other assets.

[BatManu20]

Coachable and doesn't get phased. Just like Timmy. He's "over himself."

[Knoxxx]

He was born to be a Spur, just like Wemby!!!

[exstatic]

Nephew would have been Kidd Gilchrist if Jimmy Baron was his shooting coach.

Nah, but he probably would have topped out as Jimmy Butler, a poor shooting scoring wing with D, and he probably makes a LOT less money.

If you had ever seen MKG’s shot you wouldn’t have made this comparison. The form made Sochan look like Steph Curry.