Stephon Castle Spurs teams teammates on “definitely” rookies of the year chance

As San Antonio Spurs Star Rookie Stephon Castle still impresses the NBA world, even more there is the impression of those closest to him. The 20-year-old Novak from UCONN appeared as a clean front runner for a newcomer in the year of the year. Those in their team becomes synonymous with a reward.

“I feel like definitely a newcomer of the year,” Devin Vassell says.

“Yes,” as the main coach Mitch Johnson starches his answer to the question of whether Castle’s Roy Season was worthy.

“I’m obviously biased, but I think it’s pretty easy, Vassell added.

Moving in Second games in the background vs. Dallas Mavericks In mid-March was the castle On average 22 points, nearly five rebounds and five assists per game of the month.

Stephon Castle continues to impress with teammates

The recent representation of Castle also served as a bit resource. Games Back Back to New Orleans Pelicans saw him The result of six points in combination in two losses. Spurs stopped with four games in which the 6-foot-5 instantaneous failed to achieve the average of their season in any of those outputs. At 13.4 points per competition in the middle of March, the NCAA National Champion was poured out in 22, 24, near her career – 32, 25 and 20 in five of eight games since the end of February.

“His potential; it’s out of this world,” Vassell said. “There’s no limit to him. What does he currently do, whether it’s a defense, whether it’s to match it at the best team player, and what will be bought. He asks many questions, his teammates, if he doesn’t understand things.”

His main coach of most of this season Ochoes Wassell’s feelings on the castle.

“I think that one thing is interesting about him probably the widest spectrum of responsibility from his team in the role of decent size,” Johnson said. “If you’ve seen all the things that he asked him to do with the ball, with the ball, I don’t know if someone asked her to have a wide range of roles and he occasionally beating the field. It’s a most impressive thing except independent amount of production.”

Johnson took over after Gregg Popovich suffered a mild gait Five games in Castle’s NBA career. It is a career that began as their Fourth general selection this summer.

“I think we all had expectations in this season, and he annoyed him out of the water,” Vassell discovered.

Rookie in the castle of the year would give Spurs other direct such winner after Victor Vembania. Would become the fourth in the history of the franchise, although the first was not appointed David Robinson, Tim Duncan or Webi.

Although no one else will put such awaits expectations yet, Vassell divides what they think so much.

“We just come to the beginning of what Steph really can be, which is actually very scary.”