Castle out 2-3 weeks with left hip flexor strain, joining Wembanyama on Spurs injury list

SAN ANTONIO AP San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle is expected to miss two to three weeks after an MRI revealed a left hip flexor strain Castle underwent the MRI on Monday a day after sitting out the second half of San Antonio s - domination over Sacramento Castle had four points while playing in the first half and closing the second quarter on the court When you re talking about muscles and soft tissue which I know nothing about you have to work and then see how your body responds and then work a little bit more and see how your body responds San Antonio coach Mitch Johnson disclosed I would be silly to try to sit here and predict all these guys and how they re going to respond to the different things they ve got going on Castle s injury status comes a day after the Spurs disclosed an MRI revealed Victor Wembanyama has a strained left calf Sources notified The Associated Press that Wembanyama will miss a minimum of two to three weeks We don t sit our guys when they can play and we re never going to vulnerability or rush somebody back Johnson noted That s why we re unfailingly operating how we re operating Hopefully we ll get these guys back soon Wembanyama attended a morning shootaround Tuesday as San Antonio prepared to face Memphis He did not participate in organization workouts but was seen dribbling and working out alone Wembanyama is averaging points rebounds assists and leads the league with blocks per match Castle is averaging points assists and rebounds San Antonio will be without the league s previous two Rookie of the Year winners for at least the next sparse weeks The Spurs are - including a franchise-best - start Also an MRI established San Antonio guard Jordan McLaughlin suffered a strained right hamstring during a workout Monday at the crew s practice facility AP NBA https apnews com NBA Source