Its just a messy team build. Wemby being basketball god is hiding every issue with the roster.

You dont want 3 star guards. Its too much in one position

I believe he’s going to get back into form sooner rather than later.

With this 4 guard line-up, I see Mitch’s vision for him now: becoming our connector archetype ala Aaron Gordon, Draymond Green-lite, Derrick White, which I think best fits his playstyle. The playoffs exposed him as a so-so primary playmaker, but he’s a tremendous play finisher, and I believe he’ll settle nicely in this role.

When Tobias comes in, I think Vassell will be the one moving to the bench. I still think he’ll have the most minutes with Wemby but that’s for another thread.

He’s their best perimeter defender and don’t need him to score the ball as much as the other two.

This is because he’s on my fantasy team

I wouldn’t call it a slump because he’s not playing his role. I like him attacking downhill, he’s similar to Westbrook in that I want him being aggressive and pressuring the defense with drives and luring the help and he kicks it out or hand off to Wemby.

He’s not a natural shooter but can get hot. I wouldn’t want him shooting 6 3s a game.

He’s not in a slump. He went from being the main guard to being the teams #4 offensive option and main perimeter defender. His sacrifice offensively has been noted and has been one of the main reasons SA has ripped 9 straight.

People who don’t watch the Spurs think he’s in a slump. Rather it’s playing out of position and that can really, really mess with ur game (duh). What I find more interesting is that he’s willing to do this shit in a contract year

Skipped the sophomore slump, but has the junior jibblies.

His shot is off right now and he’s being played as a spot up shooter, he’ll be fine once he gets over the slump, what we really need is his defense and he’s been really fucking good on that end.

Does all the little things asked of him, my favorite Spurs player aside from Wemby

If he can shoot the 3 at mid 30s That’s going to be HUGE. He’s still a solid driver and finisher when need to be. I do think the issue with their 3 guard lineup is spacing in terms of consistent 3 pt shot. I’m still surprised people are playing fox and castle super straight and hinest

Still an elite PoA defender, our best perimeter defender. Absolutely essential. The offense will come back.

It’s a really weird deal. I had the same thought as you about struggling with the new roles, and the 3 guard lineup being to blame, but digging deeper into the numbers doesn’t really support that. He’s shooting 31% overall from 3pt, but when he’s out there with Fox and Harper, it’s 39%! Better assist/TO ratio with both, fewer fouls, more steals with both. One less rebound and one less assist per 100poss with both, but that doesn’t feel out of line being out there with Fox and another rebounding/playmaking guard in Harper. By most measures, he sure looks to be playing better in the 3 guard lineup than without it.

My theory is that when he’s out there as a tandem, or alone, he starts pressing and it’s not going well.

Going to be an interesting situation to track over the season.

Sneaky good sell high candidate. Good player, but Harper is better and if Castle isnt a shooter idk if he can play next to him.

It seems like most defenders stopped falling for his pump fakes under the rim. Multiple times during the game with the Bulls last night he would drive under the rim and pump fake 2-3 times with no reaction from defenders. They’d only contest once he’d finally jump for a layup.

It also looks like defenders have been sagging off whenever he’s got the ball behind the 3pt line, daring him to shoot. He also gets bigger defenders now compared to the last year, when he was able to bully point guards.

One could blame the 4-guard lineup, but Steph plays the point guard a lot during his minutes. Much more than Dylan. He’s not out of his element, he just hasn’t been able to convert reliably so far.

It looks like a slump but he’s a dog, so he’ll bounce back!

Dudes a menace on defense. Everything else comes with it. He’ll come around.

He’s not scoring at the rim or getting to the line like he used to. It’s probably because there is less space plus Wemby is rolling a lot more. He still has great chemistry with Wemby, he just needs lethal shooters out there to have the space he needs. Without it, he’s just running into defenders.

His shot isn’t broken either. Everything is short. I think he’s tired cause he defends like a mad man and is often running the offense. When Fox or Harper are out there, he should really just chill on offense. They should try putting him in the dunkers spot more.

He’s got to do something tho. It’s a contract year, Fox is looking better, and Harper is making things look easy. They can keep all 3, but the spurs need to start being brutal when it comes to Wemby. If you don’t fit right now you gotta go. This is coming from someone who loves Castle.

It’s been 12 games. I think it falls into “slump” category. He’s a beast he’ll be fine

He’s asked to do less with a healthy Fox and year 2 Harper improving day by day. Also takes the toughest guard to defend every game for us

He’ll figure it out

This is only Foxs second year with Wemby. Im not sure what his defensive number were last year. But I’d guess Wemby has a greater affect on foxs defense than coaching. The Thunder do the same thing, they csn play aggressive when they have 2 7 footers protecting the rim. You can play a lot tougher when you don’t have to get beat. Like Ajay beat Fox a bunch in the playoffs but then he had no where to go bc he ran right into wemby.

They are just not using him properly they turned a slasher into a jump shooter due to the lineups they have used and it has kinda ruined his shooting percentages

Castle shot 24% from 3 to open the season last year.

I think his shooting last year was more hot streak than turning in to a good shooter. I think this is what he is.

They took their shooters off the floor they are doing him a disservice