Your point makes a lot of sense, but I view things a little differently.I like Castle, not sure he's a guy I would trade a ton up to get. The shooting concerns are obvious and I don't think people should just dismiss it. While I do think he is a great defender and will be in the NBA, prospects with such stocks who went on to become great perimeter defenders pretty much don't exist. The only perimeter guys to get votes all defense votes in the last 10+ years with this low of stocks were Austin Rivers and Devin Booker. Both guys got a single vote and didn't deserve it anyways.
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Your point makes a lot of sense, but I view things a little differently.
In my opinion, Giving up #10 is a given to get him. Throwing in a good player that is unlikely part of our team in 3 years is reasonable too. It gets us value and helps with developing the guys that might be here in few years all while likely getting us a good draft pick in a good 2025 draft. If I have to throw in #32, so be it. We might get a decent player at that spot but how many young guys can we develop at once. This consolidates picks a bit to add talent. I see Castle as a guy with great size, defensive skills, great motor and court awareness. His shooting % at UConn was lower than I'd like, but I don't think that was his primary role on that team and I see a decent shooting touch that can get him to be an average outside shooter for a starting guard in the NBA. Average shooter with everything else he offers would be a really nice player.
You are just going to ignore arguably the best perimeter defender in the nba in Luguentz Dort? Castle is a taller Dort defensively and that is going to be pretty special.I like Castle, not sure he's a guy I would trade a ton up to get. The shooting concerns are obvious and I don't think people should just dismiss it. While I do think he is a great defender and will be in the NBA, prospects with such stocks who went on to become great perimeter defenders pretty much don't exist. The only perimeter guys to get votes all defense votes in the last 10+ years with this low of stocks were Austin Rivers and Devin Booker. Both guys got a single vote and didn't deserve it anyways.
If we want Castle then the deal to make is Lauri for Jabari Smith and the 3rd if the rockets would it. If we can somehow pry away a future pick then that would be a nice bonus. I would have a lot of fun next year watching a starting lineup of Key, Castle, Hendricks, Smith and Kessler develop. Probably a struggle offensively at times but the defense would be near elite. Plenty of player development to be excited about while still being near the bottom of the west and fighting for a top 5 pick next year.Your point makes a lot of sense, but I view things a little differently.
In my opinion, Giving up #10 is a given to get him. Throwing in a good player that is unlikely part of our team in 3 years is reasonable too. It gets us value and helps with developing the guys that might be here in few years all while likely getting us a good draft pick in a good 2025 draft. If I have to throw in #32, so be it. We might get a decent player at that spot but how many young guys can we develop at once. This consolidates picks a bit to add talent. I see Castle as a guy with great size, defensive skills, great motor and court awareness. His shooting % at UConn was lower than I'd like, but I don't think that was his primary role on that team and I see a decent shooting touch that can get him to be an average outside shooter for a starting guard in the NBA. Average shooter with everything else he offers would be a really nice player.
You are just going to ignore arguably the best perimeter defender in the nba in Luguentz Dort? Castle is a taller Dort defensively and that is going to be pretty special.
I did, born in COMO, but you do you. Regardless, I like your focus in on sallis. He could be a sleeperShocker, they aren't the exact same player. It's not a lazy comp and you probably didn't follow Clarkson at Mizzou.
His size and athleticism gives him the potential to be a lot more than those players.If Castle develops his shot a bit, I think he’s a lot like Nembhard/Bruce Brown. Really nice player to have.
I lived in COMO for two years (2020-2022) and still have a property there. It's a cool town. A bunch of people told me Michael Porter Jr. is a super nice guy.I did, born in COMO, but you do you. Regardless, I like your focus in on sallis. He could be a sleeper
Fun college town! Actually a pretty quick growing city these days. Poor Missouri bball. The optimism the program had followed by his college career ending injury before he even got going was devastating. That’s the kind of luck NBA teams need to be great.I lived in COMO for two years (2020-2022) and still have a property there. It's a cool town. A bunch of people told me Michael Porter Jr. is a super nice guy.
His size and athleticism gives him the potential to be a lot more than those players.