San Antonio Spurs’ Stephon Castle on how coach Gregg Popovich has boosted his game

Popovich has evidently already taken a shine to the Georgia native’s game.

Former champion University of Connecticut combo guard Stephon Castle has not long been with the ball club that drafted him at No. 4 overall in the 2024 NBA draft. But legendary San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich has evidently already taken a shine to the Georgia native’s game.

And after seeing what he can do for the Spurs in the California Classic and Los Vegas Summer Leagues, it is not hard to see why that is the case. “With the talks that I’ve had with him already, he seems to speak very highly of me. I have a lot of respect for him,” said Castle via Uproxx’ Robby Kalland.

“He just wants me to come out here and play with confidence,” he added. “So, I’ve been doing that, and for a coach like that to tell me that, it instills a lot of confidence in me too.”

“Just to be able to play for him in my rookie year and learn from a coach like that super early on is super exciting for what my future will look like,” said Castle.

And for those of us waiting to see him in live NBA action, that future can’t come soon enough.

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