Stephon Castle's third year starts with a 24-point night and a picked-up option
Stephon Castle is in his third season with the San Antonio Spurs, playing guard at 6-6 and 215 pounds. He is not on the injury report, and he just put up 24 points in a loss to Oklahoma City on Oct. 20. The Spurs exercised his 2027-28 option on Oct. 17.
By the Spurs Nightly Desk · updated 11 h ago01The story of the nightWhere things stand right nowCastle wears No.
Castle wears No. 5 for the Spurs and is listed as a guard out of Connecticut. He is 21 with two seasons behind him, which makes 2026-27 his third year. He is healthy. The only recent injury note was a rest-related day-to-day tag on Oct. 12, and he was cleared on Oct. 14. He missed the Oct. 12 game against Utah and has played in every game since. The front office picked up his 2027-28 option on Oct. 17, alongside Harper and Bryant. That is the routine move for a young player the team plans to keep, and it settles his status through next season. Nothing in the rumor mill suggests anything else is in play for him. The focus is on his role in a backcourt that reporters have described as a three-guard look.
02Last season's numbersLast season Castle played 68 games for San Antonio and averaged 30.0 minutes.
Last season Castle played 68 games for San Antonio and averaged 30.0 minutes. He put up 16.7 points, 5.3 rebounds and 7.4 assists per game, with 1.1 steals and 0.3 blocks. The turnovers were real: 3.2 per game on a 24.3 usage rate. He shot 47.1 percent from the field, 33.2 percent from three and 73.4 percent from the line, good for a 57.5 true shooting percentage. His plus-minus was a positive 6.0. The assist number is the one that stands out for a player his age. It shows the Spurs trusted him to run the offense for long stretches. The three-point shooting is the swing skill. If it climbs from 33.2 percent, the rest of the profile gets a lot easier to build around.
03The last four gamesCastle has been productive in a short burst.
Castle has been productive in a short burst. Against Phoenix on Oct. 14, his first game back after the rest day, he scored 18 points with 4 rebounds and 3 assists in 23.8 minutes, and the Spurs won. Two nights later against Sacramento he had 13 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in 23.4 minutes in another win, with a plus-minus of 32.0. Then came Oklahoma City on Oct. 20. The Spurs lost, but Castle scored 24 points with 7 rebounds and 1 assist in 28.4 minutes. That is his biggest scoring night of the stretch. The assist total was low, which is a change from his usual line. The minutes have crept up from the low 20s toward the high 20s as the games have gotten more serious.
04Early October and the playoff tailThe first two games of the stretch were losses.
The first two games of the stretch were losses. Against Atlanta on Oct. 8, Castle had 14 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists in 17.9 minutes. Against Phoenix on Oct. 10, he had 13 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists in 20.8 minutes. Then the Oct. 12 game against Utah shows no minutes, which lines up with the rest day. Before that, the last games on his log come from June against New York. The Spurs went 1-3 in those four. Castle's best outing was the Oct. 8 win, when he scored 23 points with 5 rebounds and 5 assists in 38.0 minutes. The other three were quieter: 14 points on June 5, 13 points on June 10 and 6 points on June 13 in 32.1 minutes. Those four games ended the Spurs' run.
05What the reporting saysMichael C.
Michael C. Wright's Spurs notes from Oct. 18 covered a three-guard lineup, along with Fox, K. Johnson and Harris. That is the item most relevant to Castle, since a three-guard look changes who he shares the floor with and how often he has the ball. Jared Weiss's Southwest notes on Oct. 10 touched on Harper, the Spurs and Vassell. Cam Wolf's Sept. 28 notes covered Harper, Wemby, Harris and Quaintance. An And-Ones roundup on Sept. 11 looked at rookie deals and breakout candidates across the league. None of these items reports a change in Castle's standing. The only hard news on him is the option pickup, which is done, not rumored.
Castle16.7 ppg
White16.5 ppg
