The San Antonio Spurs are allowing rookie guard Stephon Castle to learn on the job, and it is paying off
If Zach Collins had been Victor Wembanyama , maybe the play would have worked out. If Collins were only a couple inches taller, or at least had access to a step ladder or a trampoline or a half pint of Flubber , he could have brought the Frost Bank Center house down with an alley-oop dunk. Instead, rookie Stephon Castle ’s lob pass sailed over the 6-foot-11 Collin’s outstretched arm Tuesday, ruining a Spurs five-on-three fast break in a key fourth-quarter spot against Oklahoma City .
Spurs label Wembanyama, Vassell day to day with 'minor' injuries Whether he makes a good play or bad play, he is already moving on to the next play. “There’s a lot of plays that make up a game,” Castle said. “You just try to not get overworked about one possession.” That even-keeled approach was on display Tuesday during a fourth quarter that could have been a disaster for both Castle and the Spurs. The Spurs led by 21 points early in the frame.
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