Reading · Stephon Castle

San Antonio Spurs · G

Inference

Stephon Castle: Ball in hands: touches and time of possession, the series chosen to illustrate the reasoned reading (2 points, 2024-25 → 2025-26).

67.8

Touches · 2025-26

5.0

Time of possession (min) · 2025-26

Ball in hands: touches and time of possession

▸ See evidence · 8 pieces of evidence

Ball in hands: touches and time of possession · 2024-25 → 2025-26 · 2026-04-12
2024-25 regular season · SAS · 81 GP (33-48 in his games) · 26.7 min · 14.7 pts · 3.7 reb · 4.1 ast · 0.9 stl · 0.3 blk · 2.2 tov · +/- -3.0 · FG 42.8% (423/988) · 3P 28.5% (95/333; 3PA share 34% of FGA) · FT 72.4% (249/344) · usage 25.3% (league pct 86 among 295 players with ≥40 GP and ≥15 min) · TS 52.2% (pct 11) · eFG 47.6% · PIE 8.7 (pct 35) · on-court net rating -4.7 (pct 25) (off 111.8 / def 116.6) · AST% 23.1 (pct 80) · REB% 6.6 · pace 101.9 · age 20 · SportiveWorld impact metric -1.94 (own calibrated metric; 81 games) · season value in the own historical model 0.3 (league rank 127 that season)
2025-26 regular season · SAS · 68 GP (51-17 in his games) · 29.9 min · 16.7 pts · 5.3 reb · 7.4 ast · 1.1 stl · 0.3 blk · 3.2 tov · +/- +6.0 · FG 47.1% (385/817) · 3P 33.2% (81/244; 3PA share 30% of FGA) · FT 73.4% (282/384) · usage 24.3% (league pct 84 among 305 players with ≥40 GP and ≥15 min) · TS 57.5% (pct 44) · eFG 52.1% · PIE 11.7 (pct 77) · on-court net rating +9.8 (pct 92) (off 118.2 / def 108.4) · AST% 34.4 (pct 97) · REB% 8.4 · pace 102.3 · age 21 · SportiveWorld impact metric +1.89 (own calibrated metric; 68 games) · season value in the own historical model 1.0 (league rank 55 that season)
2024-25 tracking (per game, regular season, 81 GP) · touches 55.0 (pct 80/411) · time of possession 3.70 min (pct 83/411) · 4.01 s per touch (pct 82/411) · 3.35 dribbles per touch · 0.267 pts per touch · front-court touches 24.6 · drives 9.4 (pct 86/411) · drive pts 5.1 · drive FG 43.1% · passes out of drives 36.7% · drive ast 0.90 · drive TOV 7.4% · passes 37.3 (pct 79/411) · potential assists 7.8 (pct 82/411) · points created by assists 10.6 · secondary ast 0.70 · pull-up FGA 3.2 (pct 78/411) (2.2 pts, eFG 35.1%, pull-up 3PA 1.4 at 25.2%) · catch-and-shoot FGA 2.8 (pct 54/411) (2.5 pts, eFG 45.4%, C&S 3PA 2.7) · paint touches 1.9 (pct 62/411) (1.5 pts) · post touches 0.1 (pct 53/411) (0.1 pts) · elbow touches 0.7 (pct 56/411) (pass 46.7%) · distance 3.22 km per game (pct 60/411) (offense 1.77 / defense 1.61) · average speed 6.81 km/h (pct 35/411) (offense 7.30 / defense 6.32) · 26.7 min · rim shots defended 2.3 (pct 50/411) at 69.9% allowed · rebound chances 7.3 (pct 48/359) converted 53.5% · contested rebounds 1.1 · avg rebound distance 8.4 ft
2025-26 tracking (per game, regular season, 68 GP) · touches 67.8 (pct 91/414) · time of possession 5.00 min (pct 94/414) · 4.41 s per touch (pct 91/414) · 3.68 dribbles per touch · 0.246 pts per touch · front-court touches 27.6 · drives 12.9 (pct 95/414) · drive pts 7.0 · drive FG 48.8% · passes out of drives 38.3% · drive ast 1.60 · drive TOV 9.9% · passes 48.8 (pct 93/414) · potential assists 12.7 (pct 97/414) · points created by assists 19.6 · secondary ast 0.80 · pull-up FGA 2.5 (pct 69/414) (1.7 pts, eFG 34.3%, pull-up 3PA 0.7 at 17.0%) · catch-and-shoot FGA 3.0 (pct 62/414) (3.3 pts, eFG 55.9%, C&S 3PA 2.9) · paint touches 2.4 (pct 72/414) (2.2 pts) · post touches 0.1 (pct 50/414) (0.1 pts) · elbow touches 1.3 (pct 79/414) (pass 51.8%) · distance 3.54 km per game (pct 79/414) (offense 1.77 / defense 1.77) · average speed 6.89 km/h (pct 34/414) (offense 7.45 / defense 6.39) · 30.0 min · rim shots defended 2.1 (pct 46/414) at 69.3% allowed · rebound chances 9.6 (pct 75/385) converted 57.8% · contested rebounds 1.6 · avg rebound distance 7.4 ft
2024-25 passing network (per game): passes made most to Chris Paul 6.9 per game (19% of them, 0.16 assists), Devin Vassell 4.3 per game (12% of them, 0.43 assists), Harrison Barnes 4.0 per game (11% of them, 0.60 assists) · passes received most from Chris Paul 8.5 per game (19% of them, 0.88 assists), Keldon Johnson 5.4 per game (12% of them, 0.19 assists), Harrison Barnes 5.0 per game (11% of them, 0.20 assists)
2025-26 passing network (per game): passes made most to Victor Wembanyama 9.5 per game (20% of them, 1.85 assists), De'Aaron Fox 7.7 per game (16% of them, 0.71 assists), Julian Champagnie 6.5 per game (14% of them, 1.18 assists) · passes received most from Julian Champagnie 8.2 per game (16% of them, 0.19 assists), De'Aaron Fox 8.1 per game (16% of them, 0.68 assists), Victor Wembanyama 8.1 per game (15% of them, 0.59 assists)
2025-26 team context · record SAS 62-20 · playoffs: no playoff series on record · top teammates by scoring: Victor Wembanyama 25.0 ppg (64 GP), De'Aaron Fox 18.6 ppg (72 GP), Devin Vassell 13.9 ppg (67 GP), Keldon Johnson 13.2 ppg (82 GP)

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Revision 6ac0afdf · reasoned reading · 2026-04-12