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I dont even want him if he were healthy so no from me lol
yeah, i was hoping for a little more than that. it might have been what sold me on rooting for the spurs to grab castle at # 4 if he's there. i'm still leaning towards him though.
I dont even want him if he were healthy so no from me lol
i always hated hollinger's PER. it was the same metric that made bruce bowen out to be worthless.
6'7 in shoes with a 6'9 wingspan is niceee
Like I said; I like Castle. My observation was just my biggest question on him. Answering that question I think is key to where you draft him or if you want to.
Hollinger's take doesn't have any impact on my personal rankings though. Still have Risacher at the top of Tier II.
Eh. It's 3.5.
You are correct. My calculator broke for a minute.
Shooting issues aside, can Castle even be a full-time point guard in the NBA?
We need someone to run the team, no more experimenting with players who aren't actually point guards.
I'm gearing up for Point Barlow to start the season, personally.
The data is back on the NBA's official combine website after pulling it due to the Castle mix-up: https://www.nba.com/stats/draft/comb...onYear=2024-25. Two players that jumped out are Knecht with some really good athletic measurements (2nd in lane agility, 12th in max vert, 12th in 3/4 sprint) and Karaban shooting absolutely lights out on movement 3s (90% off the dribble, 84% on the move). Knecht at 8 wouldn't upset me depending on who's left, and Karaban could be a potential replacement for Cedi with a second round pick.
Sign him to the super max already, my mind is made up.
I like Knecht but that's a real fluff video. Feels like his agent produced it.
Castle (4th), Vassell, Holland (8th), Sochan and Wemby should be smothering defense.
Sure. This team doesn't need a ball dominant point. The issue has always been defense.
Castle sounds like he’s auditioning as the starting PG for Wemby… hope to be a All-Defensive?. Pop would love this kid.
I like the buzelis, knecht current draft stock, i don't think there's any chance we pick them and to me they have the highest bust potential. In fact i wouldn't be surprised buzelis falls out of the top 20 if he doesn't convince teams. He has, to me, the most mercurial stock of anybody as his measurables are deceptive dog . Given that, and given the drafting style of the three teams above us, I sense there is a chance one of sarr and risachet falls to us at number 4. Not sold on either but if it happens, we better pounce. Castle seems a bit of a mistery to me, not sure he'd be any better than Wesley as a prospect and I don't like picking a pg in this draft anyway. Also wtf is up with those Edey numbers, they are impossible to pass outside the lottery.
True, but we need someone to steady the ship when needed and reset everything when sets fail.
Tbh, if you ask 20 of these prospects about their preferred destination, I bet that at least 15 would say they'd want to play with Wemby, who wouldn't?
With almost zero shooting. This lineup would be horrendous offensively. Don't think we take both Castle and Holland. Just guessing here, but unless a second wing is clearly BPA, I think PATFO take one wing and one guard (assuming we keep both picks).
Anyone who wants a max contract after his rookie one?
As I said before, it feels like this new CBA is built for two max contracts per roster.
Supermax for Wemby and then a regular max for his running mate. With a few more elite players on great deals. Then we fill out the rest.
ESPN injury update (sorry if already posted).
Rob Dillingham, PG, Kentucky: Dillingham, a projected top-five pick who ranks No. 4 in our Top 100, wasn't able to fully participate in the draft combine Monday. He sprained his ankle in a workout two weeks ago, Klutch Sports agent Lucas Newton told ESPN, and is expected to be out for another two to four weeks. Even with a more conservative timetable, Dillingham should have enough days available before the June 26 draft to conduct workouts with teams as needed, though he may not need to do more than a handful given his draft projections. -- Givony
Nikola Topic, PG, Serbia: While players in Chicago were going through shooting drills, NBA executives could be seen nearly simultaneously pulling up their phones and witnessing a scary sight via social media as Topic went down with what appeared to be a serious injury in Game 1 of the Adriatic League finals in Belgrade, Serbia. In early January, Topic suffered a sprained left knee ligament, which cost him nearly 3½ months of action. Monday, he appeared to reinjure the same knee, looking unable to put any weight as he limped off the court in obvious distress. A postgame examination revealed Topic avoided serious injury, sources told ESPN, and will not require surgery. His injury is being described as a left knee sprain. A source told ESPN that Topic "froze up" after feeling pain in his previously injured knee, but recovered quickly in the locker room.
While this injury will keep Topic, who is ranked No. 5 in our Top 100, out of the remainder of the Adriatic League finals, he is still expected to be a full participant in a Global NBA pre-draft camp that the league is organizing in Treviso, Italy, from June 4-6. NBA teams will be taking a close look at the medical examination that will be conducted at this NBA combine equivalent in Treviso, which will be dispersed to teams picking in the top-15 portion of the draft according to new rules that were put in place in the CBA signed in 2023. -- Givony
Based on interviews, Ron Holland doesn't seem like Spurs personality to me tbh. I'd bet the Spurs are much more intrigued by Risacher and Buzelis in terms wing players.
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