Stephon Castle: “I expect us to win the next 3”
“No actually I will lose all the next games. Knicks in 5”
Like what else was he going to say lmao
We win win one lose one win one win one and then the refs will let best team win
Win-lose! Win-lose! Win-lose!
You have no idea the physical toll that three back and forths have on a person!
So if the referees win, is it a number 5 style of resolution ? (Win-win-win)
Interviewer: “Can you guys guard them”
Kobe: “No”
Learning from Chris Paul I see
“Win, lose, doesn’t matter. Just have fun!”
Someone always says this as if there are only two possible ways to answer a question
I laughed too hard at this. I imagined the AI videos and Castle saying this š
What else would he say?
āWe had a good run, Knicks in 5ā ~ Stephon Castle, maybe
“I think we get close but disappoint our fans at home, Knicks in 7.”
-Stephon Castle, probably.
āThat Game 2 ending was hilarious!ā
- Stephon Castle, probably
āAnalytically weāve won all three gamesā
https://youtu.be/i7EMDoo-Qdk
Never forget.
āExpand upon thatā¦ā
“I’ve already written the story. I just need a quote where you say ‘Im confident we’ll win and be back here for game 7’ and then I’m good.”
Lmfao always and i mean always this is the first thing that comes to my mind when i read stuff like this. His face when he hears the question š
cmon man!
Lmao too funny.
The “what?” Is hilarious
https://youtu.be/6kS_qLzPWVg
Never š¤£
I hope that guy got fired. He obviously was check3d the fuck out.
āWeāre lucky we even won one. At least we wonāt get sweptā
that its going to game 7 so we all can enjoy more games.
That it’s going to game 7 so Mr. Silver, Mr. Dolan, Mr. Holt, and all the shareholders can make more money
āIām fine in the westā
Difference is that the Spurs are actually in the Finals.
The spurs were, in fact, fine in the west
For real. xD
āItās a wrap for us. At least hopefully Wemby will get a couple free flagrants and the Knicks fans will beat up some Spurs fans. But yeah 1-2-3 Cancun here we comeā
The thing is so many players say shit like this and then proceed to wet the bed when shit hits the fan. Every time I think the Spurs will get blown out, they respond in a big way. They responded after going down in the 4th of both game 1 and 2. They responded after blowing last night’s first half lead. They take punches but they will punch back. Their issue is figuring out a way to stop punching themselves in crunch time. Nonetheless, they are extremely impressive for a team who’s best 3 players are all 22 and under.
I’d say hitting those two free throws to ice the game definitely adds to Castle’s credibility.
I would expect him to say something more along the lines of “one game at a time”
He said that tooĀ
Didn’t exactly work out for the knicks or Brunson lately.
āThe next 5 years are mine.ā
Seriously lmao.
I think we lose game 4 but then win the rest!
“The King ain’t Bron, I only recognize one king and that’s my lord Brunson”
āWe got the refs on our side. They might just let us close it out tomorrowā
Why is it news every time someone says something like this
Player thinks his team is going to win. More at 11
And then thereās 50 people making the same comment in the thread patting each other on the back upvoting each other. Nothing is original anymore
Nothing was original to begin with, youāre just noticing it now is all.
the average person isnāt confident enough to say something like this so itās shocking
The below average person on the other hand…
The average person who comments online likes piling on losing teams and players and making fun of them. Fans of a team get butthurt when anybody suggests that their team isnāt the greatest of all time and when opposing players dare to think they can beat them.
Because news hasn’t been about “news” in a long ass time.
Clearly best player in his draft class.
The Sarr pick is at least defensible. I think heās going to be a multi time all star.
Iād have him on the All Sarr team at leastĀ
Was the a question after this year lol, i mean sarrs pretty good but castle has been the 2nd best player on a finals team
I think Sarr can still develop into the best one, but Castleās currently the best and will almost certainly end up top two at worst.
Not saying much that class is absolutely awful especially considering how high the talent level is sport wide.
Still credit to Castle though. Dude is playing super well against a rather stacked Knicks. Even if he was in the 2025 class heād still be up there with Kon/Harp/Coop
Heās played so much better than Kon thatās not a comparison
Arguably though if Kon was in Spurs he’d do just as well if not better. Hard to compare as Kon hasn’t gotten the chance to prove himself as much as Castle has
Castle is a way better ball handler, playmaker, and defender
Kon might be the most overrated rookie ive seen in years
Nah that Zaccharie takes the cake bro
This video alone probably made knicks fans vandalize an ice cream truck
A Knicks fan sent me a box via UPS. I opened it and got sucker punched in the face.
Turns out it was a delivery of a knuckle sandwich
How do ya like dem meatballs
Thanks magic
Not really a fan of 24⁄7 coverage man. We donāt need new sound bites every day. Game > post game, no more daily interviews
It feels like this year’s finals is more of a circus than usual, with NYC and Wemby being involved
Itās Social media managers 12⁄25. Next big phenom vs NY team
Then why are you here lol? It aināt a game day, you donāt have to be here. But you are bc you are actually desperate for more hoops content like the rest of us. Youāll scrape the bottom of the bowl for those soundbite scraps and like it damnit!
Player is confident. Thatās not allowed!!
Is anyone saying he isn’t?
Also, does anyone think you guys won’t win at this rate?
Every game is 50⁄50 really.
We’re a Wemby brainfart/game winner away from being 2-1 up.
We’re also a few dodgy flagrant calls away from potentially being 3-0 down.
Anyone claiming either side are favourites is silly.
Or a Stephon Castle lucky heave away from being down 0-3.
āHeaveā is crazy. Like the knicks havenāt hit flukey shots.
If making a shot you intend to make is luck then every missed shot is unlucky.
The Knicks and Spurs just shooting dice apparently
I donāt tbh, Knicks have looked like the better team to me in all 3 games
Knicks have looked like the better team to me in all 3 games
It appears we’ve been watching different series
Crazy to say when its 2-1 currently. Even if it changes, evidently they’ve looked the better team so far
Maybe 2 games, not game 3 though.
I mean, ya? We just won one game, barely.
I get that, but you also barely lost. Each game could have been a toss up going either way.
That said, the Spurs are getting better each game and the Knicks are getting worse. The energy of the series from the Knicks/NYC has been hijacked and feels awful now. You can literally feel the impending doom coming from them. It’s just too on brand, so I would feel fine if I were you.
I feel fine but not cause I think weāll win.
Just cause we already overachieved.
Knew we would be good. But thought we had another year or two to go before we were contenders.
Ā Is anyone saying he isn’t?
no
Ā Also, does anyone think you guys won’t win at this rate?
lmao. this series aināt going to seven and it might not even make it to six
This series could literally be 3-0 for either team with a couple different plays going the other way and youāre tryna say itās not going to even 6?
This shits going to 6, and probably 7.
The Heat had a similar series in 2012 v OKC where nearly every game came down to the wire and could have easily been a sweep either way, but Heat won in 5 and most people remember it that way. So anything is possible.
That said, Knicks will always Knick and it’s probably going to be Spurs in 6 and another 50 years of misery for New York.
Knicks are clearly the better team here, 5v8 every game and still 2-1
yeah it might not even be six. no shot at 7
What were your views when the Warriors were up 3-1 against the Cavs?
nice gotcha attempt
my view was that if anyone could do it, it would be prime Lebron.
What is pretty wild is that you could classify about half of LeBron’s career as “prime LeBron.”
I’ve seen enough basketball to avoid saying, “no shot at 7” in any series where the first three games have been this tight. Brunson could blow out his Achilles in the 1st quarter of Game 4. The hot Knicks roll players could revert to the mean.
Heck, if Wemby hadn’t had his brain fart pass, or had the Spurs not taken the foul on Brunson the play before that, the series could very easily be 2-1 in favor of the Spurs.
Iām shocked, SHOCKED to hear that a player thinks his team will win games
Heās a DAWG
As a Knick supporter (best friend is a Knick fan), I expect the Knicks to win the next two. Ā
If youāre on the team or even a fan of your team, you expect them to win every game at this point lmao.Ā
As a knicks fan, I do not expect them to win the next 2. I expect Knicks Spurs Knicks. My confidence on that is 50⁄50 because right now this series is very closely matched competitively.
I expect the Knicks to win the next two.
It’s the fucking Knicks man, come on be serious
Heās my favorite player on there. The amount of dawg we have on this team is crazy.
The spurs honestly have the most fun back court in the league (until tyrese is back)
Animals, the lot of em
Confident player expressing confidence.
Like Castle has built this image of hyper confidence at all times, it fits in there
IDK why some folks are upset over this, what do you want the guy to say? Spurs are a young, talented, confident team. He’s not saying it as some jab against the Knicks, that dude just legit believes they’re gonna win 3 in a row.
Iāve seen more comments in here talking about people being upset at his statement than actual people upset at his statement
Like I sometimes find hyper confidence like it offputting, but what else is he to say there
Reddit in a nutshell
Bro you are just making shit up lmao
Man go on twitter. Maybe it’s just Knicks fans upset or trying to hype themselves up but it’s been plenty of “dude hasn’t accomplished a thing and already talking like this!?”
Obviously that doesn’t represent everyone but I’ve seen a loooot of folks there saying it.
Your first mistake was going on twitter
Let’s not act like Reddit is sacred ground, though lol
Oh god no. Iāve been told at least 4 times to die in a fire over my 12 years on Reddit between my two accounts
IKR I think Spurs fans are losing their minds cause it happened during the OKC series where OKC fans were like “Wow Castle talking so fucking crazy even though we’re up 3-2” and it’s like he’s literally done that for every game and series in the playoffs win or lose lmao
No Iām just saying that literally no one here is saying they are upset by this statement lmao
Just making stuff up to be argumentative I guess
No I know, I agreed with you! I’m explaining why a Spurs fan might complain about nonexistent negative reactions lmao
Oh ok. Sorry about that.
The random OKC mention on a non-related OKC post, right on cue.
In year 2 already locking up dudes who will be washed by time heās in his prime
Stephon knows what’s up.
i believe it. they’ve convincingly beaten them down in the first quarter. though nyc claws back, it’s not a position they want to be in every game. it just means spurs got the right game plan going into every game. they just need to hold their lead.
Early leads don’t mean shit. Is this your first year watching the playoffs/finals? Multiple championship teams routinely came back from deficits early in the game. Not saying its ideal or guaranteeing a NY win, but its not as significant as you’re making it out to be.
The spurs were a Wemby mishap in game 2 away from leading the series right now. Cest le vie, gotta deal with being down 2-1 again.
Whether he ends up being right or not, I believe that he believes this. The kid is fearless and confident af.
as long as hes ready to get clowned if the spurs loses, then its fine for him to talk like this.
Yea bro, Iām sure the 21 year old multi millionaire that is the second best player on an NBA finals caliber team will be absolutely devastated if he gets clowned by knicks fans on reddit
To be fair if this was said about KD it might be true.
more like getting clowned by most of the NBA fanbase. I only say this because I know spurs players arent good taking Ls and tend to cry alot when things dont go their way (Wemby)
also you really got his dick logged in your throat, btw. yikes.
Nah you just sound goofy lmao, nice cope though. Also I know your not talking about crying, if I had a dollar for every time Jalen Brunson and kat made the constipated face at the ref screaming and pouting Iād be a millionaire by now
uhh huh you sure told me. go off queen
š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£. Go tell Jalen Brunson to call his daddy to defend him again kid
What do you want him to say?? We are going to lose
Not to Malika anyway.Ā
This is the least crazy thing anybody has ever said in an interview with her lol they damn near have to win 3 straight they can only lose two more before their season over
How dare he be confident and not expect them to lose
Click bait to think he meant championships
Is there tape of any athlete answering this with a no lol? I mean Iāve heard the āitās gonna be difficult, I believe we canā type of response but how about a flat out no?
Shit the Cavs are still saying they wonā¦ analytically
Cant think of one that blatant but as an MMA fan I really love Dan Hooker talking about his fight with Arman (which he did end up losing)
Basically said (paraphrasing): heās better than me standing, better than me on the ground, training harder, eating better, just more prepared all aroundā¦ but itās a fight. I can fight
Edit: found it
https://youtube.com/shorts/aFqStm1fGTM?si=Qz73bUoPzBbmk3T-
He got absolutely mauled by Arman but how do you not love this guy ?
It pains me to say that I think he might be right. I think the Knicksā carriage turned back to a pumpkin
This is exactly what he should be saying and believing. Itās the damn Finals, you HAVE to believe that youāre winning it all.Ā
If you ask any Knicks players theyād say they expect to win the next 2, anyspurs player would say they expect to win the next 3
What a stupid ass question
Love the confidence. Not many 2nd year rookies get to play in the playoffs let alone the finals.
I understand Castle, if Malika interviewed me I would claim to have the cure for cancer.
I would hope he believes that
Never mad when athletes say these things.
Even when it is pure comedy (Brandon Jennings talking about Miami,) I’m not really sure what other answer anyone wants.
Every Spurs or Knicks player should feel like they’ve lost the last game they are going to this season.
What a stupid question.
The second you step into any competition and not expect to win is the exact second you have already lost. I think people either are looking for controversy or don’t understand what ‘expecting to win’ means. Hint: it doesn’t mean he thinks we have the series in the bag and can just walk to the trophy ceremony.
How fucking dare he take it one game at a time and thinks he can win !!?!?
She asked about one game, he replied with confidence he expects the Spurs to win the next 3. It usually doesn’t turn out well for players who have made such bold predictions in the past
“Do you expect to win?”
“Nah, I mean I’ll do my best but like I don’t know.”
This is 100% the correct attitude to have as a professional competitor.
He gives me D-Rose vibes
I was expecting it to be Taylor Rooks with a statement like that š
Why are they giving this sit down private interviews in the middle of the series?
āIt was a tough run but weāre not ready yet. Knicks in 5, KAT FMVPā - Stephon Castle, maybe
Bucks in 6
With the reffing why wouldnāt he
And yet these people get paid six figures maybe even seven for such middle school questions
He shouldnāt feel any differently, but that type of line needs to stay in house.
Me wearing a spurs Jersey in New YorkĀ https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZT8VAwouwV/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
If that happens I’d be very very concerned about NYC.
Theyāre clueless they donāt even belong here and I fucking love it.
“Nah we suck”
Win or not New York won’t be a city anymore after the finals are over
Me too!
Yaā¦ focus on winning the first half for the first time all series maybe Step Hon
Stephon “big words” Castle
What a stupid fucking question. āNah weāll probably lose tomorrowā
Spurs are a talented team but their youth is really on display
Better not.
imma say any fucking thing in front of that lassie too
Why is this a post lol, it would be more noteworthy if he said the opposite, “yeah we’re gonna lose the next two games, it’s over.”
Right now: what is expected to for him to say
If it becomes true: legendary premonition
if both teams play with this attitude, we have an entertaining series. they took the last one, talk ur shit, man. i see no issue.
After the despicable behaviour from Knicks fans savagely beating Spurs fans and other fans in the street I hope heās right.
God I hope the Knicks don’t win a single game at home. They can win the series, but none in NYC.
Theyāre capable.
But I would be thinking about getting even before thinking beyond 1 game.
Lol i will say one thing, the spurs players conduct themselves with way more confidence in interviews than ours players do. i love how humble our dudes can be but i wish some of them would talk out their chest and talk about how much they belive or know they can win instead of glazing the other team 24⁄7
As someone who just parlayed Hurricanes and Spurs championships for $300, me too Stephon, me too.
Lose to easy east 3 more times if they play more games but only 2 will do
oh buddy ā¦.
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2 out of 3 in SA isnāt that big of a deal when Knicks fans make up a large portion of the Spurs home games too
The Knicks are deeper and have closed games better. Even last night it was a 2 pt game with 12 seconds to play.
I guess what I’m saying is I agree that the Knicks need to win game 4 rather than losing and the Spurs getting back HCA.
Lmfao and of course thatās from a top 1% commenter
Man I legit can’t stand any of the Spurs players. lol Knicks in 5.Ā
I hope at some point, in some future game, Castle throws the ball to Wemby’s back. Just one time, for the meme. It’s not too much to ask for, is it?
winning the next 3 games of NBA or WWE (Wemby Wrestling Entertainment)?
I feel like this is bad juju. Knicks in 5. Phew, that was close!
Especially if his braids keep earning them free throws
āNBA told me they would do better at fixing itā
I hate this smug bitch. Canāt wait to eliminate them