{"id":563254,"date":"2026-01-27T03:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T03:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/563254\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T03:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T03:26:15","slug":"spurs-stephon-castle-dylan-harper-headed-to-2026-nba-rising-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/563254\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs\u2019 Stephon Castle, Dylan Harper headed to 2026 NBA Rising Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">SAN ANTONIO \u2013 The NBA announced Monday that San Antonio Spurs second-year guard Stephon Castle and first-year standout Dylan Harper will take part in the 2026 Castrol Rising Stars Game during NBA All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">It\u2019s the fifth time in franchise history that San Antonio has placed more than one player in the event in the same season, and the Spurs remain the only team to achieve multiple Rising Stars selections in each of the past three years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Castle will make his second appearance after earning Rising Stars MVP honors and advancing to the All-Star Game last year in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Harper has played in 35 games this season, posting averages of 10.2 points, 3.5 assists and 3.3 rebounds in 21.2 minutes per contest. He is one of five rookies to reach those marks, and the only one without making a start. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Harper also ranks as one of eight to drive past 300 points, 100 rebounds and 100 assists, standing alone as the only player to reach those totals in under 800 minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The accolades for the Silver and Black don\u2019t stop there. Taking a trip down to Austin, the Spurs\u2019 G League two-way guard David Jones Garcia was selected as one of only seven NBA G League players to play in the Castrol Rising Stars Game at NBA All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">He\u2019s only been with the Spurs organization since July 23, 2025. In that time, he\u2019s made an impact.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Recently, in nine regular-season games with Austin, Jones Garcia led the league in scoring at 26.8 points per game as of Jan. 25.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Currently, across the Tip-Off Tournament and regular season, Jones Garcia is averaging 27.2 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.8 assists in 14 games. He also scored a career-high 45 points against the Texas Legends on Dec. 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Read also: <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 The NBA announced Monday that San Antonio Spurs second-year guard Stephon Castle and first-year standout&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3797],"tags":[7,226,6537,6,969,474,4075,4074,66,534,930],"class_list":{"0":"post-563254","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio-spurs","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-dylan-harper","10":"tag-ksat-sports-now","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-san-antonio","13":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","14":"tag-sanantonio","15":"tag-sanantoniospurs","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-spurs","18":"tag-stephon-castle"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115964935150498523","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}