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Stephon Castle

San Antonio Spurs · #5 · Plus starter
PG6'6"215 lbage 212 yrs expUConnCovington, GA
4th best of 15 on SASworth +2.4 wins to the rotation
OFF78DEF80
Elite rebounder & playmaker
SAS
San Antonio Spurs
Western · Southwest · proj. 48-34 (▲+2.2)
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Rookie of the Year

A big, downhill 21-year-old guard who has already become a primary creator — 7.4 assists and a 95th-percentile knack for drawing fouls — while defending up a position with real bite (73rd-percentile perimeter D). The two things holding him back are the jumper (33% from three) and the turnovers (a brutal 6th-percentile ball-security mark), but the size, burst, and feel point straight at a long-term building block.

16.7
PPG
5.3
RPG
7.4
APG
1.1
SPG
0.3
BPG
GP 68MPG 30FG% 47.13P% 33.2FT% 73.4TS% 57.5USG% 24.9PER 17.4BPM +1.9VORP 2EPM +1.4
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Rebounding93
Playmaking87
Scoring84
Perimeter defense83
Inside finishing80
Rim protection71
Shooting62

Skill ratings are 2025-26 per-game and advanced stats (Basketball-Reference) ranked 0–99 within position (guards vs guards, bigs vs bigs). Overall is anchored to EPM impact on a non-linear curve, nudged by these skills; Offense and Defense come from box plus-minus. A player who missed the latest season is shown from his most recent one.

Career

2024-25 to 2025-26 · 2 seasons
15.6
PPG
4.4
RPG
5.6
APG
149
GAMES
Points 2,323Win Shares 6.9Starts 114Best season 2025-26 · 16.7 ppg

Regular season, 2003-04 onward (Basketball-Reference). Averages are weighted by games played; honours count awards won, not finishes. “Current players” means the 802 who played in the last three seasons.

Trajectory

2024-25 → 2025-26 · age 20 → 21
▲Rising

Stephon, at 21, is on a clear upward trajectory — 0.1 → 4.9 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▲ Ahead of curve
Developing faster than a typical player his age.
2026-27 forecast▲ 5.8 wins (+0.9)
Age should add a little at 22. Range 5.0–6.6 wins.
Production (BPM)-3.2 → +1.9+5.126-27 forecast +0.5
His per-possession game has clearly sharpened.
2024-25: -3.2 · 81 games2025-26: +1.9 · 68 games2026-27: +0.5 (forecast)24-2525-2626-27
Value to team (wins)0.1 → 4.9+4.826-27 forecast 5.8
He's worth more wins to a team than he was.
2024-25: 0.1 · 81 games2025-26: 4.9 · 68 games2026-27: 5.8 (forecast)24-2525-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $24.2M vs $10.0M salary+$14.2M
His play is projected to be worth more than he is paid.
$10.0M salary2024-25: $1.6M · 81 games2025-26: $15.9M · 68 games2026-27: $24.2M (forecast)24-2525-2626-27
Current deal: $10,015,920 cap hit · through '28. On the contract row the flat dashed line is this salary, so the gap to the 2026-27 forecast is the surplus.

Seasons from Basketball-Reference (2024-25 → 2025-26). Production is box plus-minus, a per-possession measure. Value is VORP-based wins, so it also counts games played. Contract value is what each season’s play would fetch on the open market. The dotted 2026-27 point is a forecast: his established level, a year older, assuming a normal season.

Contract

2026-27
$10,015,920Team option
4% of the club’s payroll · 9th of 14 priced deals
Runs through2 seasons
Est. market value$24,176,000 /yr
Surplus+$14,160,080
BARGAINworth more than he is paid

Market value is an estimate, not a reported figure: what his play is forecast to fetch on the open market in 2026-27 — his current rating, a year older. Cap thresholds are projected for 2026-27 until the league sets them.

Plays like

same position

Nearest skill profiles across the seven rating axes — who he plays like, not who is as good. The rating beside each name answers that second question.