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TA reporter: Mickey advocates space and three-pointers & pays attention to player development. Castle s progress is indestructible

7:47am, 13 May 2025Basketball

May 7th, reporter Kelly Iko of The Athletic wrote an article introducing the new Spurs coach Mickey Johnson.

mentioned in the article that Mickey is a staunch admirer of space and three-pointers. Not only under the traditional Spurs system, Mickey has enough presence, but under his own system, Barnes, Paul and Wenban also have better projection performances.

In addition, Mickey has long been committed to player development. It is understood that even if there are veteran defenders like Paul and Fox in the team, Mickey still allows Castle to realize his potential, which has always been one of his most prominent characteristics. Mickey made a great contribution to Castle's progress in winning the Rookie of the Year. Mickey gave Castle a more important role and allowed the latter to continue learning as he made mistakes.

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