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.

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

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.

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.

San Antonio Spurs rookie Stephon Castle has garnered praise for his ability to defend all comers even Steph Curry