San Antonio Spurs rookie guard Stephon Castle has been on a tear over his last few games, recording his highest assist total of the season against the LA Lakers

After 19 games with the Spurs, Stephon Castle has emerged as one of the top rookies and is among the leaders in several statistical categories.

Castle learned the slow step after tutelage from Mike Noyes, the Spurs assistant who is the team’s player development coach. Noyes, like Castle, was a former UConn guard and joined the Spurs in July after spending six years with the Memphis Grizzlies, most recently as player development director.

It’s early, but Castle seems to bring the exact combination of skills the Spurs needed from a guard to round out their core.

The San Antonio Spurs rallied from a 17-point deficit to upset the Golden State Warriors ,104-94, on Saturday, and it was the stellar two-way play their two young building blocks that brought them home.

The discussion also covers the ambitious "Project Marvel," a proposed sports and entertainment district in San Antonio, and its implications for the Spurs' future. Key figures like R.C. Buford and Peter J.

Despite a greater-than-average share of rookie moments, Castle finished Tuesday with 10 points and a season-best eight assists. He was a necessary participant in the Spurs’ first-ever win in NBA Cup action. If Castle could pick one play to have back, it would have been the ill-advised, off-target lob to Collins.