Four times in three games over the last week, Spurs rookie Stephon Castle has used the “slow step” to make defenders look foolish.
The game will slow down someday. That’s what people tell rookies. That’s what they told Stephon Castle . He just had no intention of waiting for it to happen. So, he figured out a way to slow the game down on his own. To bring it to a screeching halt, even. If you’ve watched any of the Spurs ’ last few games heading into their Wednesday night meeting with Washington at Frost Bank Center , you’ve probably seen Castle do it. It's the darnedest thing.
The best Spurs coverage in Alamo City, delivered to your inbox “He said, ‘Better get used it now – I’m not gonna be here for long,’” Clingan recalls. “We all said, ‘Yeah.’” Victor Wembanayama, Castle’s elder by all of 10 months, knows the feeling. Three games into the kid’s first preseason, Castle told him the game was finally starting slow down for him. “I was like, ‘It took me 50 games,’” Wembanyama says, grinning. “We’re going to see some exponential progression from him.
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