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Tom Orsborn: Spurs have upgraded Stephon Castle (migraine) from questionable to available for tonight vs. Minnesota.
Dylan Harper: "What was my favorite team growing up?" Stephon Castle: "Knicks?" Dylan Harper: "No. I was a Pacers fan because of Paul George."
Oh No He Didn't: Stephon Castle on the challenge of guarding SGA: "Really trying to be physical with him, but physical enough to where you don't bait yourself into a foul. That's probably the hardest part. But it's not really an individual thing, it's more of a team thing"
Darryn Peterson: I fell in love with basketball as far back as I can remember. I was surrounded by it at a young age. My dad was the coach. Older brother played. All of my family members played. I was always around it. It was something I always wanted to do. The point when I felt like I could be NBA player was probably my first time going to the NBPA camp in Orlando, Florida (as a high school sophomore in 2022). There were a lot of guys that were older than me there that were projected to go to the NBA. I felt super comfortable and cool with all those guys. So, I saw my confidence grow and I felt like I could play in the NBA. I remember guys like Stephon Castle being there, Matas Buzelis, Jared McCain, all the guys that were ahead of me.
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Spurs coach Mitch Johnson on Friday squashed any suspense going into the season by announcing his three-guard lineup will start in Tuesday's opener against the Oklahoma City Thunder. "We're planning on starting that same crew [in the opener]," Johnson said. San Antonio first deployed its three-guard starting lineup of De'Aaron Fox, Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper, alongside Devin Vassell and Victor Wembanyama, in a preseason win over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday, when the Spurs finished at plus-10 in the trio's 11 minutes together on the floor. The Suns rested most of their rotation players in that outing, which started with the Spurs shooting 1 of 10 from the floor.
Tom Orsborn: Devin Vassell on #Spurs' three-guard starting lineup: "You don't know who to pick up. It's Fox, it's Dylan, it's Steph. We have five ball handlers that can come down and attack the basket and make a play. I think it's going to be tough for other teams."
Maxime Aubin: Can De'Aaron Fox, Harper, and Castle function in the regular season? “Yes,” believes the Spurs coach: “They are our best players; they know how to dribble, pass, shoot, defend, and make game-changing plays. One point of attention? They’ll need to grab rebounds and run a lot, because we like to play at a very high pace.”
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NBA Courtside: LeBron James says you can’t count out OKC on making a championship run: “I think it’s very important that we as fans of the game and the casuals don’t write off OKC just yet. I mean, because you’re so intrigued with obviously Victor and rightfully so and what they bring to the table and obviously the young guys, Dylan Harper, you know, and Stephon Castle you love what they bring to the game. And I love watching those guys. They’re unbelievable, but we quick to turn the page a lot faster than we should.” This is definitely a thing in sports it’s what you do for me now and them not winning last year plus the Spurs having a young hungry team fans can quick to forget how good teams are.
Tom Orsborn: #Spurs will be without the following players tonight at Utah: Carter Bryant, Stephon Castle, De’Aaron Fox, Dylan Harper, Tobias Harris, Jayden Quaintance, Devin Vassell, Victor Wembanyama & Malik Williams. Team planned before preseason started to rest a lot of regulars in the 3rd preseason game. Bryant (ankle) is likely to return soon.
Tom Orsborn: Dylan Harper on the #Spurs' three-guard lineup: "We're going to be really hard to guard... Me and Steph get downhill, Fox has the same ability...There's going to be a whole lot of mismatches...We understand what we all have to do to win. It's going to be great."
NBA Base: The Spurs internally believe Dylan Harper is already their second-best player, per @WindhorstESPN "The Spurs internally believe Dylan Harper is their second best player. That’s not a slight on De'Aaron Fox or Stephon Castle. Harper is a stud."
