San Antonio Spurs rookie Stephon Castle gets a good grade for summer league

San Antonio Spurs rookie combo guard Stephon Castle may not have played very much in the NBA’s 2024 Las Vegas Summer League due to a scary fall and subsequently sprained wrist. But the University of Connecticut alum also played a decent amount in the Spurs’ handful of tilts in the California Classic Summer League.

Unfortunately for Castle’s summer league resume in the eyes of Bleacher Report’s Andy Bailey, the B/R league analyst graded the former Husky champ solely on how he fared in Sin City in a recent assessment of how each team in the Association saw their top 2024 NBA draft recruits fare in summer league play. “He only played in one game and shot 8-of-21 from the field in it, but … Castle showed why he was the No. 4 pick in that game,” he writes.

“His perimeter defense and ability to get to the paint were on display, and it looked like Castle would pretty clearly be the summer San Antonio Spurs alpha had he not been injured.”

The impact of No. 48 pick Harrison Ingram, meanwhile, has been a little harder to spot, though he’s hit 42.9% of his 3-point attempts in Las Vegas,” suggests Bailey.

“If that translates to the regular season, he could be a floor spacer for reserve lineups.”

Castle’s final grade? A solid ‘B’.

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