Stephon Castle Joins Q + D | NBA Draft Edition | Knuckleheads Podcast | The Players’ Tribune

Draft week continues on and we got the No. 4 overall pick and new Spur, Stephon Castle on the show. Q and D talk with the national champion about his draft experience, his thoughts on Coach Hurley turning down the Lakers job, and who he’s trying to go at in the league. San Antonio got a winner - tune in!
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00:00 Intro
00:37 Championship Feeling
00:51 Committing to UCONN
01:47 Family at the Draft
02:18 Declaring for the Draft
02:47 Teaammates in the Draft
03:16 Tournament Winner Prediction
03:41 Telling Coach Hurley About Decalring
04:48 Draft Workout Process
05:32 GM Questions
06:20 Draft Fit
07:37 NBA Matchups
08:15 Favorite NBA Team
09:14 Georgia Ballers
09:56 Draft Day Excitement
10:42 Siblings
11:21 Knucklehead Trivia
13:07 Coach Hurley Declining Lakers Offer
14:08 Outro

[@ed8018]

He's going to be awesome for the Spurs. Perfect match of player and organization. I think he could be a star.

[@safedangerband]

I’m an OKC fan and you’re 1000% correct. Hes gonna be great with Wemby

[@prod.snqwfall1347]

Wemby seems genuinely hyped for this pick

[@ed8018]

@@safedangerband thank you. OKC scares me I'm not gonna lie. You guys are so loaded with talent congrats on a great roster.

[@ed8018]

@Goo_FYLoC Nice. I'm definitely gonna have to research Nunez if he's getting Manu comps.

[@Mr.Strickland-21]

​@Goo_FYLoC 6'6 to be exact!!! Spurs4Life baby!!! 💯😎🤟💕

[@ziplockbaggies8707]

Hyped as hell for this dude to be on my Spurs!!!

[@mclaingarrett8456]

Welcome to the spurs,future star helping to bring us more rings.

[@Buckets2321]

UConn so proud of this stud!!! So awesome he already made an appearance on the pod 🏆Officially League made.

[@AnthonyLuna-my2ni]

GREAT HUSKY!!!!!!!! 4SURE

[@luigivampa5362]

"Looking like us again." Haha Steph is going to have a long career in the league. He's a rare breed. It was an absolute pleasure getting to watch him at UConn. That SA defense is about to get nasty.

[@mediamannaman]

Coach Hurley sounds like a good man. Castle is going to fit right in, and he will be a leader on the Spurs. You can just tell.

[@jmc2491]

Kid is humble and has a drive you can’t teach. Him and Wemby are gonna get along like PB&J

[@kooob81]

he and vasell is going to be crazy

[@Vengeance_Codm]

+ wemby too

[@kooob81]

@@Vengeance_Codm i feel like vasell and him got the same personality and vibes it would be a great chemistry for both of them.

[@davidpekarsky2977]

I’m not liking how people are forgetting about Devin. He’s a laser. They’re gonna be good together

[@taylorslagle5927]

Excited to welcome Stephon to the Spurs; the future is bright and I am behind you! Welcome #5

[@michaelbetts8379]

Best player of the Draft

[@vintagepimpage6049]

Lol u sure bout that

[@michaelbetts8379]

@@vintagepimpage6049 oh I'm sure

[@luigivampa5362]

High floor, high ceiling. Easily the smartest draft pick. His work ethic will set him apart from the rest of the class.

[@TheLink22]

The Spurs got them One 👍🏿

[@bigpimpinpimp7666]

Spurs develop players unlike the rest of the nba castle brings a winning mentality to the spurs and being a youngn helps fits arounds the spurs time line can’t wait to see Brodie hoop💪🏽

[@2ClutchCee]

Welcome to the spurs youngen! 🏰x👽

[@supremo8199]

Lets go spurs our future pg 🎉

[@BigL21053]

Man my spurs building with calm competitive and confident youngins. Cant wait to revive OKC Rivalry!

[@ricardoherrera4042]

very mature and resilient

[@jaranameer2882]

Those white& green 4’s D Miles got on are tough!

[@khareemcdaniel2096]

Great pick for the spurs. UConn plays underneath a system so it shouldn’t be hard for him to fit in with the spurs. Over time I think he’ll develop a pull up jumper from the midrange area which would help him because he’s a bigger guard

[@ricardoherrera4042]

i think hes going to be the best player in this draft

[@BattleTruth]

His game remind me of Jimmy Butler

[@johnhefter3815]

"Storm" Castle is going to be great!

[@Mr.Strickland-21]

We drafted both players i truely wanted, but unfortunately they traded Dilly, honestly i was upset about that, but we'll probably flip those picks down the road, maybe!!! Well its time to start building our Castle now 🏰!!! Spurs4Life baby!!! 😎🤟💕💯

[@vinpaz2379]

Both those picks gonna be lottery, KAT will be 35, gobert will be retired, they have no draft picks. Spurs are one knee Injury away or ant wanting to play for a contender away from being one of the biggest robbery’s ever people really not seeing the other perspective

[@timduncan1422]

He seems super stoic. We got some good mentalities on this spurs team

[@Mr_Jonestha3rd]

We needed a big point guard to deal with the likes of SGA, Luka, and others. Dilly is just too small, and his defense is an issue. The reason why folks don't like Trae Young... all offense, no defense.

[@chuchurasai4623]

💯

[@Spinz18]

Kawhi vibes!

[@directedbyjoey2776]

GO SPURS GO

[@NBAWORLD101]

Every "Castle" needs its "Flagg"

[@jhonviel7381]

bro the spurs get flagg would be nutz, rip league 2026-2030

[@jramostt86]

Go Spurs Go!!!

[@sportgeek2028]

Elite

[@EusebioBermea]

UConn!!!

[@jermaineknowles87]

Welcome to Texas!

[@iSniffFumes]

the echo killin me

[@kdill4189]

🗣#GoSpursGo 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@realcoachescorner3503]

When yall gona get MJ on the show???

[@aaronhutchinson885]

#UCONN

[@andysantana6536]

Yo Q need a beard or a mustache my boy need some hair

[@vintagepimpage6049]

Hopefully he learns to shoot ...im not super pumped as a spurs fan ...but im hopeful

[@charlesokereke4297]

We needed a big, athletic defender to deal with the guards in the west . If his jumper gets better he could be one of the best players in the draft

[@BattleTruth]

The rockets stole reed Shepard

[@ThrowDaLobHun23]

going to be a terrance mann type for them.

[@BattleTruth]

He's better than that

[@kghallcaptures]

These dudes talk like 3rd graders

[@Starling285]

Wemby's an exception

[@Richard-Reloaded]

Traded R Dilly 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@vintagepimpage6049]

Ya that stings ....I think that's going to be a massive mistake

[@Richard-Reloaded]

@@vintagepimpage6049 indeed. If they wanted to trade him they should've waited at least a year.

[@lakeshoresubtleties]

Wolves and Spurs fan here. Hyped for wolves, shocked because I think the Spurs messed up. For what? Picks that come up when Wemby is 26, 27, 28, and that team better be built up and contending already by that time. Then again, Gobert and KAT will be aging out and possibly traded/retired by then, and who knows who they get back to help. Ant could miss a year or leave by then, and that ends up being a high pick going to the Spurs on a team already over the salary cap with Wemby and others on max contracts or near maxes, and they could end up with an elite, cheap talent. Edit: also those 1st round picks could be used as trade assets for key supporting players to fill out a contending Spurs team in Wemby's prime.

[@davidpekarsky2977]

Chess, not checkers.

[@MichaelSevilla97]

spurs didn't need another guard wolves will most likely be non contenders by that point dilly is an undersized guard with no defense anyways ✌️

[@64charlie73]

I like the podcast but Q need to STFU let the guest speak we know you played damn😂

[@gregorydeleon8394]

GOSPURSGO!!!! 🤍🖤🤍🖤