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Cody's weight doesn't lower him that much in my eyes(but it lowers him relative to the other lottery wings I'm questionable on), like Sip said there are guys like Will Barton out there. Cody should be able to get to 190 comfortably in 2 years. Beyind that I don't think he has much growth potential. Buzelis is also skinny, but I think he has a better frame for muscle growth

But I struggle to see him hitting a high upside outcome at that weight given he's not a good shooter. Shooting is even more of a swing skill now in my eyes.
 
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Bawse Dawg said:
Would you give Kessler, Sexton, and #10 for Castle?

If that is unfair what do you add or takeaway to make is a good trade?
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I rethought this and I would probably say yes.

It would give way to a bit of an organic "tank" around Lauri.

I've become way more fond of Sexton so it would hurt to let him go, but it has to be done.

Keyonte
Castle
Hendricks
Lauri
Edey (you trade up!!!!)

Then next year you have a shot of drafting the "star" wing or guard.
 
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Castle also had a 37 inch max vert. That's probably the most surprising thing to me. His size is what I expected. I would have guessed his vert would have been sub 35
 
rippimpc said:
So we really think Danny is enamored with someone (bj armstrong video)? Any conspiracy theories? I’m gonna say reed sheppard or kyle filipowski
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Ainge clearly wanted into the top 10 of this draft at the deadline, and I’ve been convinced since then that there was at least one guy who he loved. I would agree with the above posters who think it’s Castle
 
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He is on an entirely different level than those guys defensively. I don't understand why you want to ignore the Dort comparison which is the correct one.
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You just decided for me that I ignored Dort lol. That’s not how it works. Not my problem you misunderstood the statistical comparison.

I think Castle will be a good defender, I’m not sure he will be top 1 perimeter defender (I don’t think Dort is top 1 but that’s why it seems you’re making the comparison). Like I think McCain is a great shooter, I’m not going to say his shooting is like Steph Curry. It’s not me ignoring anything I just think Castle is more likely to be very good defender than top 1-3 perimeter defender.

It’s not quite the same, but this is reminiscent of talking about TH’s shot blocking like he was Jaren Jackson. He’s good at something….but are we sure he’s going to be the very best at it in the league?
 
Based on his past drafting patterns, Ainge has clear and consistent drafting preferences. Most importantly, he drafts players with a good size for the position. If you are undersized you have to have at least the reach and strength (see Terry Rozier). He is not a big fan of pure shooters (like Dick ) and upperclassmen. Based on that, Sheppard, Dillingham and, probably, Knecht, do not exactly align with his previous drafting. Castle, Buzelis and Salaun are players who likely look good to Danny .
 
KqWIN said:
You just decided for me that I ignored Dort lol. That’s not how it works. Not my problem you misunderstood the statistical comparison.

I think Castle will be a good defender, I’m not sure he will be top 1 perimeter defender (I don’t think Dort is top 1 but that’s why it seems you’re making the comparison). Like I think McCain is a great shooter, I’m not going to say his shooting is like Steph Curry. It’s not me ignoring anything I just think Castle is more likely to be very good defender than top 1-3 perimeter defender.

It’s not quite the same, but this is reminiscent of talking about TH’s shot blocking like he was Jaren Jackson. He’s good at something….but are we sure he’s going to be the very best at it in the league?
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You have constantly said that you don't think Castle will be a stocks guy and question his value defensively when arguably the best defensive perimeter player in the league is Dort and he is not a stocks guy at all. Since you don't believe Dort is an elite perimeter who do you think is better than him?
 
sip said:
You have constantly said that you don't think Castle will be a stocks guy and question his value defensively when arguably the best defensive perimeter player in the league is Dort and he is not a stocks guy at all. Since you don't believe Dort is an elite perimeter who do you think is better than him?
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Again, not my fault that you misunderstand the comparison. I said that Castle's stocks are low as a prospect, Dort's stocks were higher as a prospect. Stocks aren't only an indicator of stocks at the NBA level. Pretty much every single good perimeter defender had higher stocks than Castle as prospects.
 
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