The Irregular Trebuchet of Stephon Castle

[couchman]

Sure but you shouldn’t gameplan for Kawhi to be the primary guy on Curry and you shouldn’t gameplan for Castle to be the primary guy on LeBron.
Physical attributes and abilities still matter for matchups.

[objective]

I was anti-Castle and pro-Sheppard. I haven't changed my mind on Sheppard, but have come around on Castle. Better than I thought and plays with more composure than most rookies, with better hesitation and control. Not crazy about the shooting, not an explosive athlete though that's where the hesi and body control comes in.

I was also pro-Holland who was known to be very raw, and that includes mentally. He's further behind in a lot of things but I still like his size and potential.

[exstatic]

I was anti-Castle and pro-Sheppard. I haven't changed my mind on Sheppard, but have come around on Castle. Better than I thought and plays with more composure than most rookies, with better hesitation and control. Not crazy about the shooting, not an explosive athlete though that's where the hesi and body control comes in.

I was also pro-Holland who was known to be very raw, and that includes mentally. He's further behind in a lot of things but I still like his size and potential.

Esteban Castille isn’t explosive horizontally, but his vert of 37 is above average. He’s not confined to playing below the rim, although he’s good at it. He’s a fairly ferocious dunker on the break, or when cutting.

[Pauleta14]

Nephew was already at a different level defensively when he was in his rookie and sop re year. He was able to give peak Lebron trouble at that time already.

Castle can guard Curry but against a much bigger 40 years old Lebron, Castle is still too light and small to defend Lebron well

It was nephew's year 3

Castle hasn't played half a season yet and he's a lot more ready bbiq and fundamentals wise

Nephew had a robotic exponential growth tho, so let's wait and see in a year at least

[cutewizard]

[spurraider21]

Esteban Castille isn’t explosive horizontally, but his vert of 37 is above average. He’s not confined to playing below the rim, although he’s good at it. He’s a fairly ferocious dunker on the break, or when cutting.

eh thats his max vert when he can gather off two feet. different from having to jump off one foot while driving after taking 2 steps to get past your man. he doesnt get much oomph in those spots, instead just goes into the chest of the big... which isn't the wrong play per se, just makes it tough to score if he doesnt get a call

[cutewizard]

Just the first year

Let's see how he evolves next year

[DAF86]

[Mugen]

I love the kid but jesus christ he can't shoot for tbh

[Ice009]

No offense, as I am a huge fan of his, but I do not like his shooting. Some of those shots are just off. He seems very inconsistent with his misses. Seems like what they said about Tony Parker that he was shooting snowflakes where no two shots were alike.

[onechance87]

hes been in a big slump the last few games.Guy needs to snap out of it.

[Mugen]

Can't have a lead guard that can't shoot tbh. He needs a true PG to play next to him and I'm hoping the Spurs can nab one in the '25 draft.

[TekXX]

I remember Tony's first year, he couldn't hit a contested layup to save his life but then he came back the next year with the floater and he evolved from there.

[DAF86]

[Ice009]

I remember Tony's first year, he couldn't hit a contested layup to save his life but then he came back the next year with the floater and he evolved from there.

I really, really do like him overall as a player, but man, it's driving me a bit crazy seeing such inconsistent misses. Well, firstly, I'd rather he make the shot, but I just want to see some consistency in his misses. They just seem all over the place. For me, it was usually long at the back rim or sometimes short, I tried to keep the accuracy and not have it go all over the place. I can understand if the shot's rushed, but if not, he should have some consistency. To be able to become a good shooter, you need consistency (even in the misses).

Anyway, pretty happy with him so far and I hope he keeps improving throughout this season.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

If Castle had even a semblance of a shot he wouldn’t have been available at 4. We all have to live through it until he hopefully develops. What is great early on is that he’s a net positive in most games even without it and I for one am truly amazed by it. Kid seems to have his head screwed on right.

[couchman]

That short jumper that he air balled was… oof!
His form seems ok which is concerning and makes me think the problem is mental.
That’s a little tougher to fix if true.
At least he’s not hesitant to fire away.
Wemby chucking is rubbing off on a good way I guess?

[ambchang]

Castle has exceeded my expectations of him in every way, and yes, even shooting.

I thought he’d be sochan rookie bad in shooting but he has been better. His form looks good, just that it’s different every time. He just has to consistently shoot them to make it a muscle reflex.

I had high hopes for his defence and he’s been even better. There are obviously still rookie mistakes here and there but his poise, positioning and strength is allowing him to guard PGs all the way up to SF, or even more perimeter oriented PF.

His passing is just elite, amazing vision for a rookie, his creativity is also amazing. I still don’t want him to be a primary full time lead guard though as I think he can wreak absolute havoc as the secondary creator.

Just very happy with him.

[tim_duncan_fan]

Bro-bro has to, for the love of all that is holy, learn to shoot. It will be such a waste if he doesn't.

He couldn't help out there tonight because he couldn't score outside of 0ft from the basket.

Please get him a real shooting coach, Frost Bank PATFO.