Stephon Castle has moved to the bench since the Spurs acquired De’Aaron Fox. However, he has still scored at least 15 points in two of three games since that change was made. That included when he scored 33 points against a bad team in the Hornets. Monday brings a matchup against another tanking team in the Wizards, who have the second-worst defensive rating in the league. With at least 25 minutes likely coming his way in this game, Castle has the potential to cruise past this line.

DraftKings. Very OK at o24.5 as well. Bilal Coulibaly has cleared this line in 13/19 games without Kyle Kuzma (traded) this season, including ten of the last ten. In fact, without both Kyle Kuzma and Jonas Valanciunas on the floor this season, it’s Coulibaly who sees the highest usage bump (2.8%), and he’s averaging 26.3 PRA per 36 minutes without both on the floor. And this is a plus spot for Coulibaly against the Spurs. San Antonio is below average against transition (19th), as well as both assists allowed (20th) and rebounds (27th). I also believe the Spurs will play faster with the newly acquired De’Aaron Fox, which we’ve seen already in the small sample size of three games.

Wizards can keep this close and make it a four-quarter game like they did in San Antonio. Wizards traded their experienced center at deadline and Alex Starr is still hurt. Wemby went for 50 with three blocks vs. these guys in first meeting and somehow only had six boards. WSH lacks length and strength to bang with him. I could see him chasing a triple double here and Wizards will miss a lot of shots. Wiz going with super young and small lineup. Jarrett Allen just grabbed 12 in 27 mins and Rudy Gobert snatched 16 in 37 mins. Wiz rebounding numbers to opposing centers don't look terrible on year but they are down a lot of size.