Jazz fans favorite prospect seems to be Castle. I am not nearly as high on him as the majority. He’s not a better prospect than Black or Wallace were last year in my opinion.
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Jazz say they want positional size/length, athleticism and shooting. If that's the case, I question whether Castle is really a priority for them inside the top 10. I could see the Jazz going for Sarr, Topic, Risacher, Buzelis, Williams and Knecht before taking Castle. Ron Holland possibly too if they think they can fix his shooting.
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I can see it now. The Jazz bus rolls up to Golden Corral, DJ Burns and Kenny Lofton walk out and shut down the buffet.
"Open the door! Open the door! Open the door!"
More like Hodor
The only player on that list who is a great shooter is Knecht. Maybe Risacher, but the FT% is sus and he has been cold from 3 lately.
Castle has just as much positional size as anyone on that list when you consider mass/strength. Everyone else is long and skinny, Castle is long and built.
As far as athleticism goes, Holland/Sarr are clearly at the top, but I dont see Topic/Knecht/Williams/Buzelis being anymore athletic than Castle.
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When you look at the recent success of Sam Hauser and Duncan Robinson, I think Payton Sandfort can be on that level.
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This guy is a G-League rookie (19 years old) from Trinidad. He was the 1st overall pick in hte G-League International draft.
He's had a solid year, more efficient than the Ignite rookies and the Capitanes are a decent G-League team by record.
He's averaging 8-6-1-1-1 in 25 MPG.
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That guy looks like one of the attorneys in a 30 and older league. Just in the face… not like the way he moves.
Are we sure he doesn't play for BYU?
The Ringer/KOC updated their big board. First big site to put Knecht in their top 5.
I don't see big difference between his conference numbers and the overall numbers. What am i missing?
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Yeah he is kinda reactive but I appreciate he is a little different. Risacher at 10 seems low, Castle at 2, and he is high on Sears.
Glasses apparently.
The efficiency is wildly different. All very small sample size, but they are large differences.
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I want Dalton Knecht.
He's the first person I've seen to actually have Sears in the top 60. Definitely one of the most overlooked players of the year until this point.
Also dont think Knecht top 5 is really reactionary. He's been heat all season. I think it's more just realizing the other prospects arent on his level.
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His shooting. Another way to look at this:
First 16 games: 27% 3FG - 68% FT - 52% TS
Last 16 games: 46% 3FG - 85% FT - 66% TS
I didn't realize his shooting had picked up that much. I thought he was a complete non shooter early on in the season.
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His TS% is higher on lower volume(and huge majority of it is his 3p% going from 37 to 50%... which if I had to bet I would bet on not being sustainable)... but other than that I don't see a big difference.