2024 NBA Draft Mega Thread
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BTW, shout out @youngwizzyDFS on twitter. His site is great for physical/statistical similarities.
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.
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I don't mind trading up if it doesn't cost much....I just don't identify him as a guy we must have and I'm not sure I like him better than the other guys who could be there at 10. A lot of people talk about his role as an excuse for his shooting, but his role at UConn actually allowed him to survive without being able to shoot. I'm not sure NBA teams will cater their entire offense to him like UConn did to mask his non-shooting. He's going to have to shoot it better, straight up. Not saying he can't, but if we give that optimism to the other guys who can't shoot suddenly everyone is an amazing prospect.
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.
Trader Danny wants someone(s) in the draft.
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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.
Yeah, well I've been comparing him to Cody Zeller and Kelly Olynyk. Those guys have had long careers and have to be considered fairly successful. They're complementary players though. Also, Kyle is a better passer and shooter than Zeller. So there's a potential fit there if the Jazz can get him in the mid-1st or later 1st round.
But take Troy Murphy and Luka Samanic off that list, lol.
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zags422
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I did, born in COMO, but you do you. Regardless, I like your focus in on sallis. He could be a sleeper
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SoberasHotRod
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I wouldn't think Jared McCain would be a good defender with his short wingspan, but when you watch him in games he's actually really solid. It will be more difficult in the NBA with his physical deficiencies, but I actually think he'll be ok on that end.
I was just reading that he played on ball in high school and was good in that role, but had to take on an off ball role at Duke. I think he has a lot of balance to his game and is a smart player which should help him get minutes as a rookie.
The more I look in to him the more I like him.
I was just reading that he played on ball in high school and was good in that role, but had to take on an off ball role at Duke. I think he has a lot of balance to his game and is a smart player which should help him get minutes as a rookie.
The more I look in to him the more I like him.
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His size and athleticism gives him the potential to be a lot more than those players.
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.
zags422
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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.
Nuggets get MVP IN 2nd round. MPJ at like 9 when he was the #1 prospect and a have a seriously undervalued PG in murray
Stinking thunder get Chet Holmgren then he is out for the whole year so they get another top draft pick the next year.
Potential…sure, but I would expect him to be about that level of player and fill that role. I don’t buy into him as a shot creator or big time PnR initiator. Maybe the size allows him to guard a wider variety of players but I don’t think his offensive outlook is much different.