<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-stephon-castle-12-word-lebron-james-message-signed-jersey');   ga('set', 'title', 'Spurs’ Stephon Castle gets 12-word LeBron James message on signed Lakers jersey');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Stephon-Castle-and-LeBron-James.jpg"><figcaption>Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Spurs’ Stephon Castle gets 12-word LeBron James message on signed Lakers jersey</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-11T08:36:09-08:00">December 11th, 8:36am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-11T08:50:25-08:00">December 11th, 8:50am</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Antonio Spurs have had to play the past few weeks <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-miss-lakers-game-calf-injury">without their star Victor Wembanyama</a>, but it hasn’t been a problem for them, as they’re still winning games. They recently got a big win against the Los Angeles Lakers and have advanced to the NBA Cup semifinals, where they will face the Oklahoma City Thunder.</p><p>One of the big reasons for their win was the play of Stephon Castle, who finished with a team-high 30 points, 10 rebounds, and six assists. He laid the dagger in the Lakers down the stretch of the game with a big 3-pointer. With the stat line, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-stephon-castle-joins-spurs-legends-impressive-feat-lakers-nba-cup">he became only the third player</a> in the franchise’s storied history to have 30+ points, 10+ rebounds, and five or more assists in a game by the age of 21.</p><p>After the game, Castle received the ultimate praise from LeBron James, and was able to <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1999120876453683596" rel="noopener">get his jersey</a> that came with a message from the Lakers’ star.</p><p>“Love everything about you, Young King. Keep going up! Strive for Greatness,” James wrote on the jersey.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">LeBron James gifted Stephon Castle a signed jersey after Lakers-Spurs last night with the following message:</p><p>"Love everything about you, Young King. Keep going up! Strive for Greatness."</p><p>(📸: <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBA</a>) <a href="https://t.co/sxquAYFHFY">pic.twitter.com/sxquAYFHFY</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1999120876453683596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>At this point in James’ career, it is an honor to get a signed jersey from him. There’s no doubt that Castle deserved it, especially looking at the game that he had. With Castle and the rest of the team, they’ve been playing well enough to weather the storm without their best player on the court.</p><p>The good news is that Wembanyama <a href="https://x.com/JaredWeissNBA/status/1998994051836899434" rel="noopener">is making progress</a> to get back on the court, and it would not be a surprise if he returned as soon as the semifinals.</p><p>“(He could return) very much so. He had a very good day today. He had a good intent day this morning, and we’ll have to see how he responds and reacts tomorrow,” head coach Mitch Johnson said via Jared Weiss of The Athletic.</p><p>Having the Spurs at full health will be big for them as they face off against the best team in the league.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Spurs’ Stephon Castle gets 12-word LeBron James message on signed Lakers jersey

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-stephon-castle-joins-spurs-legends-impressive-feat-lakers-nba-cup');   ga('set', 'title', 'Spurs’ Stephon Castle joins Spurs legends with impressive feat vs Lakers in NBA Cup');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/San-Antonio-Spurs-guard-Stephon-Castle-5-reats-after-a-basket-and-a-foul-called-on-Los-Angeles-Lakers-guard-Luka-Doncic-77-during-the-first-half-at-Crypto.com-Arena.jpg"><figcaption>Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Spurs’ Stephon Castle joins Spurs legends with impressive feat vs Lakers in NBA Cup</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-11T04:40:56-08:00">December 11th, 4:40am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-11T04:40:56-08:00">December 11th, 4:40am</time><address><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@LedesmaHector">Hector Ledesma</a>Hector Ledesma has been covering the Spurs in San Antonio since 2005, but he has been following them for even longer than that. An award-winning journalist born and raised in San Antonio, Hector has worked across all types of television and radio platforms. His work extends online and through social media (@HectorLedesmaTV) where he continues that work with ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Move over, Tim Duncan and Victor Wembanayama. Make some room for Stephon Castle. The reigning Rookie of the Year joined the greatest power forward ever and a player who may go down as one of the absolute greats in the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-deaaron-fox-incredible-bucket-lakers-austin-reaves" rel="noopener">San Antonio Spurs’ 132-119 victory vs. the Los Angeles Lakers</a> in the quarterfinals of the NBA Cup.</p><p>Castle became only the third player in the franchise’s storied history to have 30+ points, 10+ rebounds, and five or more assists in a game by the age of 21.</p><p>The former UConn star’s 30 points, 10 rebounds, and six assists all marked team highs in the organization’s first trip to the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-dylan-harper-stephon-castle-nba-cup-quarterfinals-lakers">knockout round of the league’s in-season tournament</a>.</p><h2>Stephon Castle’s performance vs. Lakers continues great season</h2><p>The 21-year-old’s outstanding night came in only his second game back after missing three weeks with what the Spurs designated a left hip flexor strain. He played well in a victory vs. the New Orleans Pelicans on December 8 with 18 points, five assists and five rebounds. And he put up those numbers in just 23 minutes <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-stephon-castle-listed-as-questionable-for-pelicans-game">upon his return</a>.</p><p>He played just four more minutes vs. the Lakers in amassing the aforementioned numbers on his way to a 10/14 shooting night from the field.</p><p>For the season, Castle is averaging 17.4 points, 7.4 assists, 5.8 rebounds while shooting 48% from the floor in 31 minutes per game. Those numbers are all significantly up from a season ago when he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-makes-moves-victor-wembanyama-stephon-castle-contracts">nabbed hardware as the NBA’s best first-year player</a>. Then he averaged 14.7 points, 4.1 assists, 3.7 rebounds, and shot 43% in 27 minutes of action. A reserve for most of last year, Castle started as the season went along with the Spurs decimated by injuries. This season, he’s been in the starting line-up from the get go.</p><p>With the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/the-okc-thunder-reason-spurs-must-trade-for-giannis-antetokounmpo" rel="noopener">Spurs linked to Giannis Antetokounmpo trade speculation</a>, either Castle or <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-rookie-dylan-harpers-confidence-continues-to-grow-after-iffy-start-to-year" rel="noopener">rookie Dylan Harper</a> appears to be the player the Milwaukee Bucks would most target as the centerpiece of a possible package. Reports indicate San Antonio has deemed both of them untouchable.</p><p>Continued performances like the one he put up against the Lakers showcase why it’s not hard to see why.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Spurs’ Stephon Castle joins Spurs legends with impressive feat vs Lakers in NBA Cup

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-dylan-harper-stephon-castle-nba-cup-quarterfinals-lakers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Spurs’ Dylan Harper, Stephon Castle raise stakes for NBA Cup Quarterfinals vs. Lakers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Los-Angeles-Lakers-guard-Luka-Doncic-77-moves-the-ball-against-San-Antonio-Spurs-guard-Stephon-Castle-5-during-the-first-half-at-Crypto.com-Arena.jpg"><figcaption> Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Spurs’ Dylan Harper, Stephon Castle raise stakes for NBA Cup Quarterfinals vs. Lakers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-10T10:19:15-08:00">December 10th, 10:19am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-10T10:19:15-08:00">December 10th, 10:19am</time><address><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@LedesmaHector">Hector Ledesma</a>Hector Ledesma has been covering the Spurs in San Antonio since 2005, but he has been following them for even longer than that. An award-winning journalist born and raised in San Antonio, Hector has worked across all types of television and radio platforms. His work extends online and through social media (@HectorLedesmaTV) where he continues that work with ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Lakers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Antonio Spurs may not have Victor Wembanyama for their first-ever knockout round game in the NBA Cup, but what they’ll miss in his talent, they’re making up for in focus. Count <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-rookie-dylan-harpers-confidence-continues-to-grow-after-iffy-start-to-year">dynamic young guards Dylan Harper</a> and Stephon Castle among those who are very much looking forward to facing the Los Angeles Lakers.</p><p>“Try to go win it all,” Harper said of the Spurs’ prospects within the league’s in-season tournament.</p><p>“Big stakes game,” Castle added. “In LA, I mean, it doesn’t get any better than that. So, it should be fun.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"Try to go win it all"<br>-Dylan Harper<br>"Big stakes game in LA. It doesn't get any better than that…"<br>-Steph Castle<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Spurs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Spurs</a> set for their 1st <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NBACup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NBACup</a> knockout Rd game tomorrow when they'll face a familiar foe for the 1st time….kind of<a href="https://twitter.com/martinezlawsa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@martinezlawsa</a> Report⬇️<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoSpursGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoSpursGo</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PorVida?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PorVida</a> <a href="https://t.co/ezDRarBdW9">pic.twitter.com/ezDRarBdW9</a></p><p>— Hector Ledesma (@HectorLedesmaTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/HectorLedesmaTV/status/1998545641417617554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Though they were competitive in the NBA Cup’s pool play last year, the quarterfinal game in California will prove the Silver and Black’s first foray into its elimination stages.</p><p>And while it’s not the Spurs’ first meeting with the Lakers this season, it will be in several ways.</p><h2>NBA Cup Quarterfinal will feature different Spurs and Lakers teams</h2><p>San Antonio lost in Los Angeles on November 5.</p><p>Not on the court in the 118-116 outcome: Austin Reaves, LeBron James, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-de-aaron-fox-honest-admission-wild-ending-magic-game">De’Aaron Fox</a> or the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-rookie-dylan-harper-has-welcome-to-the-league-reaction-to-road-trip">rookie, Harper</a>. Wembanyama did play that night. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-miss-lakers-game-calf-injury">He won’t this time after the Spurs</a>, amid speculation that he may suit up, ruled him out because of the same calf strain that’s kept him sidelined since mid-November.</p><p>For <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-dylan-harper-breaks-pelicans-back-with-clutch-bucket">Harper, it represents his first shot</a> at one of the NBA’s two most storied franchises.</p><p>“Didn’t get to play in LA the first time,” the former Rutgers star continued. “So, I mean, going to play in LA is fun. But just excited to go out there.”</p><p>With James in the line-up, it also means a shot at one of the game’s all-time legends as well as one of its current premier players.</p><p>“Luka [Doncic] didn’t really come on the scene ’till, like, I was in middle school, high school,” the 19-year-old rookie said. “But, as someone who’s a big guard, you kind of watch him growing up, his film stuff, his pace, his height. He gets to his spots and moves and all of that.”</p><p>Harper then made sure to clarify.</p><p>“But now we’re competing, so just going out there with that mindset of we’re all the same.”</p><p>The Lakers sit second in the season’s Western Conference standings. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-mitch-johnson-real-loss-to-cavs-tough-streak">Spurs hover around the fifth spot</a>, though only a loss separates the two heading into their match-up.</p><p>“It’s the never-ending fight when you play a team sport,” Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson said. “And it’s my job to make sure that we win that battle and impose our will, that we are going to do what’s best for the team every single time, knowing that it won’t happen, ’cause no one’s perfect. But that will be the standard that we play to and strive to play to.”</p><p>The winner will face the winner between the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder and the Phoenix Suns in the semifinals of the West bracket in the NBA Cup. The final four of the tournament takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada. The loser will face the loser between OKC and Phoenix. The Spurs would host that game before their season resumes as scheduled vs. the Washington Wizards on December 17.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Spurs’ Dylan Harper, Stephon Castle raise stakes for NBA Cup Quarterfinals vs. Lakers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-stephon-castle-listed-as-questionable-for-pelicans-game');   ga('set', 'title', 'Spurs’ Stephon Castle listed as questionable for Pelicans game');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Spurs-Stephon-Castle-listed-as-questionable-for-Pelicans-game.jpg"><figcaption>Daniel Dunn-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Spurs’ Stephon Castle listed as questionable for Pelicans game</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-07T22:57:40-08:00">December 7th, 10:57pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-07T22:57:40-08:00">December 7th, 10:57pm</time><address><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@LedesmaHector">Hector Ledesma</a>Hector Ledesma has been covering the Spurs in San Antonio since 2005, but he has been following them for even longer than that. An award-winning journalist born and raised in San Antonio, Hector has worked across all types of television and radio platforms. His work extends online and through social media (@HectorLedesmaTV) where he continues that work with ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Antonio Spurs appear to be getting half of their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/3-takeaways-spurs-without-victor-wembanyama-stephon-castle">one-two Rookie of the Year punch</a> vs. the New Orleans Pelicans. The team lists Stephon Castle as “Questionable” on the injury report published the day before what’s set to be their third meeting against the Pels already this season. Every other injury report the team had put out since the former UConn star suffered a left hip flexor strain had the reigning ROY as “out.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-out-weeks-calf-strain">Victor Wembanyama is still listed as “out.”</a> San Antonio Express News Spurs Beat Writer Jeff McDonald reported that the generational big man participated in the team’s practice the morning of the aforementioned injury report and rated Wemby’s chances of playing in the Spurs December 10 NBA Cup Quarterfinal vs. the Los Angeles Lakers as “iffy.”</p><h2>Stephon Castle set for first game in three weeks</h2><p>On November 16, when the Spurs emerged from the locker room for the second half of a game against the Sacramento Kings, they did so with Castle. He just didn’t play the rest of the way, matching the team’s announcement at the intermission that he wouldn’t return because of a left hip issue.</p><p>The Spurs won that game as well as six of the nine contests they’ve played since then.</p><p>Coming off a season in which he gave the Spurs a second consecutive Rookie of the Year after Wembanyama captured it in 2023-2024, Castle was already eclipsing his own award-winning numbers. His 17.3 points per game compare favorably to 14.7, the assists have gone from 4.1 to 7.5, the rebounding has also improved, from 3.7 to 5.8 as have the steals, 0.9 to 1.7.</p><p>Castle is playing about six more minutes per game, assuming the starting point guard duties, especially since De’Aaron Fox started the season in the injured list.</p><p>Fox, who’s led the team in scoring since mid-November, returned earlier in the month, and the second overall 2025 draft pick, Dylan Harper, is back from a calf strain that sidelined him for about three weeks. The two of them, along with Castle and Wemby, have yet to play a game together.</p><p>With Castle expected back against a New Orleans team the Spurs have beaten twice this season, the Silver and Black are inching closer to that reality.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Spurs’ Stephon Castle listed as questionable for Pelicans game

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/san-antonio-spurs/3-takeaways-spurs-without-victor-wembanyama-stephon-castle');   ga('set', 'title', '3 takeaways from Spurs stretch without Victor Wembanyama, Stephon Castle');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/an-Antonio-Spurs-guard-Stephon-Castle-5-and-forward-Victor-Wembanyama-1-on-the-bench-during-the-first-half-against-the-Memphis-Grizzlies-at-Frost-Bank-Center.jpg"><figcaption>Daniel Dunn-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>3 takeaways from Spurs stretch without Victor Wembanyama, Stephon Castle</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-02T10:38:23-08:00">December 2nd, 10:38am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-02T10:38:23-08:00">December 2nd, 10:38am</time><address><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@LedesmaHector">Hector Ledesma</a>Hector Ledesma has been covering the Spurs in San Antonio since 2005, but he has been following them for even longer than that. An award-winning journalist born and raised in San Antonio, Hector has worked across all types of television and radio platforms. His work extends online and through social media (@HectorLedesmaTV) where he continues that work with ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After starting the first two weeks of the new NBA year without star De’Aaron Fox, the San Antonio Spurs have been without both <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-wemby-stephon-castle-get-injury-updates-after-win-vs-kings">Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle</a> for the last two-plus weeks. Throw in 2025 second overall pick <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-dylan-harper-upgraded-injury-nba-cup-blazers">Dylan Harper’s absence for most of November</a> and the Spurs have already lost perhaps their four best players (definitely their best three) to injury at various parts of this young season.</p><p>It sounds as though the Silver and Black will be without their back to back Rookies of the Year for a little while longer.</p><p>“The updates have been great in terms of they are progressing,” head coach Mitch Johnson said. “They’re on the court, they are doing well. They’re doing really well.”</p><p>The Spurs first year head coach stopped short of giving a timeline for their return though.</p><p>“I hope they continue to ramp up and then how do you feel tomorrow and continue that process that we always do. But, hopefully, those guys are going to be getting a little bit more alive and continuing to progress. They’re doing very well.”</p><p>With their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-stephon-castle-gets-tentative-injury-update-on-hip-flexor">dynamic duo out</a>, here are three takeaways from the Spurs time without two of their three leading scorers.</p><h2><b>De’Aaron Fox has picked up the slack</b></h2><p>Wembanyama hasn’t played since November 14 vs. the Golden State Warriors. Castle went out at halftime of the next game. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/deaaron-fox-spurs-special-season-injuries">After scoring 24 in that loss to the Warriors, De’Aaron Fox put up 28</a> in the aforementioned victory against the Sacramento Kings two days later. It’s a trend he’s continued, scoring at least 24 points in San Antonio’s six games since, with the exception of 15 in a victory at the Denver Nuggets and including 37 in a win at the Portland Trail Blazers.</p><p>An NBA All-Star in 2023, Fox is hitting the numbers the franchise envisioned when they traded for him in February. He looks very much like the player who’s averaged at least 25 points per game just about every season since 2020.</p><h2><b>The Spurs are getting surprise performances</b></h2><p>In a 135-126 victory vs. the Atlanta Hawks, the Spurs got 12 points, six assists and five rebounds from David Jones Garcia. While those aren’t earth shattering numbers in pro ball, they stuck out considering <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-summer-league-star-proves-dad-right-with-dream-come-true-moment-vs-hawks">Jones Garcia is already a journeyman at just 24 years old</a>. The organization’s Summer League star took that performance to the NBA for a night.</p><p>When San Antonio clinched the toughest group in the NBA Cup, Julian Champagnie poured in 25 points to help beat the Nuggets in Denver and win Group C. The former St. John’s standout averages 11 points per contest.</p><p>Though not surprising considering they’ve <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-harrison-barnes-sounds-off-surprise-move-clutch-vs-grizzlies">contributed over their NBA careers, Harrison Barnes</a> and Keldon Johnson have put up several performances that have propelled the Spurs.</p><h2><b>The Spurs are good</b></h2><p>Including the game in which Castle went out at the intermission, Mitch Johnson’s team is 5-2 without Wemby and Castle. That includes victories vs. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-devin-vassell-drops-truth-bomb-on-nba-cup-group-win">the Nuggets in a winner-take-all Cup game</a>, a Hawks team that had just lost a five game winning streak, and a Memphis Grizzlies squad that has since won five of the last six.</p><p>On December 10, the Spurs will play in the quarterfinals of the NBA Cup. In the meantime, they continue to rank among the top half of the Western Conference.</p><p>Not bad. Especially considering <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-3-players-primed-step-up-victor-wembanyama-absence">they have yet to field a complete team</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2025-26 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
17.3	5.8	7.5	0.4	1.7

2025-26 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
17.3	5.8	7.5	0.4	1.7

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