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It’s hilarious hearing the announcers seem so surprised at how good Castle’s handle and decision making is.
 
aceboon said:
Are the Spurs on load management bs already? Steph has barely played
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If you put players on a court in uniform, they will want to win games. but the organization could care less about winning summer league games. They want to see what they have and transition players who may have a NBA future into how the NBA game and skills differ from those in college or Europe.
 
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I wish Scoot was playing with the Blazers SL team, Brandon Miller was better than him last year and he's playing at least part of the Vegas portion of the Hornets schedule. Hopefully DC isn't playing with garbage guards, as a big in this setting you are often at the mercy of how braindead your guards are.
 
Our players are good so expect dominance. I think Newton was made for summer league, loose game, where his handle isn’t an issue. Cam will make shots, castle will fill up stat sheet, and I think Clingan will have fun and look good.
 
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Nice article on Castle's first game and how he got better as the game went along. I watched some of the first half and he missed his first four or five shots but got acclimated in a hurry.

The Spurs made a great choice. Watch out:

www.poundingtherock.com

Stephon Castle showed his upside in Summer Spurs’ loss to Hornets

The team offense was a mess in a blowout loss, but Castle got better as the game wore on.
www.poundingtherock.com www.poundingtherock.com
 
Waquoit said:
These games are more about the eye test than stats. He looked like the best player in the game by a wide margin.
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This morning I enjoyed checking out the discourse on Draft and Spurs Reddit and this was the consensus. A lot of “his handle looks much better than I expected” and “wow he actually looks like a point guard.” I only caught the third quarter but apparently he got to the rim at will (didn’t finish well) and looked very comfortable running the pick and roll.
 
runner11 said:
This morning I enjoyed checking out the discourse on Draft and Spurs Reddit and this was the consensus. A lot of “his handle looks much better than I expected” and “wow he actually looks like a point guard.” I only caught the third quarter but apparently he got to the rim at will (didn’t finish well) and looked very comfortable running the pick and roll.
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The pick and roll is a lot easier than what UConn runs. He's not a great ISO player because his first step isn't great but PnR shouldn't be a problem against most teams with Castle's handle and ability to make reads, not to mention a lot of the PnRs will be with Wemby and the defense will be keyed on Wemby way more than Castle.

Spurs should be much better next year with their off-season and Wemby entering his second year.
 
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Cam and Steph not giving up on the t-shirt under the jersey
 
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So different watching this game compared to the SL the Spurs were in. Mostly NBA players (if bench guys).
 
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