The floor is a little more crowded now than last year, with the Spurs starting all three of Castle, De’Aaron Fox, and Dylan Harper—swapping the latter in for a spot-up ace in Julian Champagnie. That lineup is undeniably working; the Spurs are a ridiculous plus-69 in 105 minutes with their starting five on the floor. The three point guards play together only when Wembanyama is also on the court, and he can make any lineup soar.

That’s Zach Lowe, doing his thing.