Predicting Stephon Castle’s career ceiling and floor player comparisons

Predicting Stephon Castle's floor

If nothing else, Castle should be able to defend several positions effectively in the NBA. That's not nothing, but his two biggest swing skills are shooting and playmaking. In recent years, the Spurs have had a spottier record teaching players how to shoot, with Jeremy Sochan still working on that skill entering his third year. San Antonio can be patient and hope that Castle's shot comes around.

If it does, then the Spurs won't have to worry about him being a negative on offense with him being able to hit open threes and defend. Another route to him being a capable offensive player is his being able to be a primary or secondary ball handler.

If he can run pick and roll, then not being a knockdown shooter becomes less of an issue, so long as the Spurs can put four shooters around him, hopefully including Sochan. Castle already looks to be a better mid-range shooter than a 3-point shooter, so there is the possibility that he gets buckets off of pullup jumpers if he plays point guard or runs a pick-and-roll.

At the moment, I'd trust Castle to be a primary or secondary playmaker. One who can create for others, hit pull-ups, or attack the rim more than being able to do that and also be an above-average volume 3-point shooter. That player type isn't as valuable in today's NBA unless they are in the right lineup and system, but the Spurs may be able to make it work.

Floor: A bigger Cory Joseph