Castle driving to the basket time and time again shouldn't be the go-to move for this team offensively. I hope the coaching staff will tell/teach him that.
Players like Caruso and Hartenstein have already fulfilled their destiny for OKC, so to speak: They've helped win a championship and might help win another one this season. That doesn't mean they are a big part of OKC's plans two years from now or even one.
Not to take anything away from the Spurs' defense, which indeed looked both different and better than last season, but the Mavs in their current iteration are a seriously challenged team on offense.
That was an almost terrifyingly good game from Wemby. The two things I probably liked best about it was that he seems to handle NBA physicality better than before and that he played in an impressively controlled and focused manner. If this is the level we can expect on a consistent basis from...
I just listened to the "Dunc'd On" Spurs season preview: https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/282436/Duncd-On-SAS-Season-Outlook-with-Jared-Weiss
Jared Weiss said that his understanding is that Pop isn't much involved at all with the team right now. If true, that would be encouraging to me...