{"id":583644,"date":"2026-04-14T12:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T12:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/583644\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T12:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T12:59:08","slug":"spurs-stephon-castle-joins-magic-johnson-lebron-james-luka-doncic-in-exclusive-nba-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/583644\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs’ Stephon Castle joins Magic Johnson, LeBron James, Luka Doncic in exclusive NBA history"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spurs’ Stephon Castle joins Magic Johnson, LeBron James, Luka Doncic in exclusive NBA history<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It can be easy for any other basketball happenings in San Antonio to be overshadowed by Victor Wembanyama.<\/p>\n

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Don’t let that distract you from the fact that Spurs<\/a> guard Stephon Castle is off to a historic start to his NBA career.<\/p>\n

This was Castle’s second NBA season, and he pretty much increased his averages across the board.<\/p>\n

In 2025-26, Castle put up:<\/p>\n

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Those were all increases on his rookie season numbers. And they also helped him join a rare group in league history.<\/p>\n

Before Castle, just three players in NBA history had averaged 16 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists on 45% shooting in a season before turning 22 years old, according to The Lead<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The first to do it was Magic<\/a> Johnson — he actually did it twice (18\/7.7.7.3 as a rookie, 21.6\/8.6\/8.6 the next season).<\/p>\n

LeBron James did it himself in his second year in the league at 27.2\/7.4\/7.2.<\/p>\n

And then Luke Doncic did it twice, first with 28.8\/9.4\/8.8 and then with 27.7\/8.0\/8.6.<\/p>\n

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Yes, Castle is on the lower end of these averages by a bit compared to the all-time greats, but he’s still joined this club.<\/p>\n

He certainly seems like the ideal running mate for Wemby. And now into the postseason as the West’s No. 2 seed, the Spurs could make some serious noise.<\/p>\n

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