You and I have very different definitions of “just fine.”
Simmons didn’t even finish the season. If Castle is as talented as Ben was and had his good attitude then you draft that guy 10/10 times.
Yeah I don’t do well thought out arguments… please. Those guys are doing about what they should as rookies. Amen has had a great run of games after an injury. Black plays on a very good team so he’s getting slow played. Ausar in a bad situation but has shown a ton. Castle is a better prospect than Black imo. I watched a lot of Black last year. Amen and Ausar are nuclear athletes and better than Castle there but Castle is way easier to project as a shooter.
He’s not getting talked about nearly enough. He’s falling under the radar due to not playing. He’s clearly the best prospect in this draft. So crafty and is such a damn good finisher.
I really would love to jump into the top-4.
I think the biggest problem with Castle's shot is his confidence in it. You know what he needs? He needs a Quin Snyder to scream in his face to take every even semi-open 3 he has or he's benched(half joking but yeah... he needs to build his confidence in it, even more than making any serious mechanical changes). I think a lot of his misses come off hesitation and uncertainty about whether he should take the shot or not, which is probably normal when playing on a team like UConn where you can get good shots relatively easily, so record-scratching a possession or two is no big deal... but this won't fly in the league. I won't act like this is not a problem because if he doesn't fix it this limits his potential in the league... but he still does SO MANY WINNING things on the floor... both offensively and defensively. I just don't see any other player in this draft that has better combination of positional size, bball IQ, vision, passing ability and willingness to make the right pass, unselfishness, skill, athleticism, defensive awareness and movement. He just does so many thing right. Now the question is can he take the next step with his shot.
53 attempts is not a meaningful sample. He misses like 3 more of those and he's at 34%. Also, what I'm seeing in the stats is 41 attempts not 53.
Castle has better shooting indicators than both Thompson twins and Black. When the sample is so small, I think FT% is better indicator for shooting touch and potential for improvement at the next level. But he definitely does need to improve his confidence in it and he needs to shoot it without hesitation when the shot is there for him. To me this is the much bigger problem right now.
If you draft Castle as high as he is likely to go you are not drafting him to surround him with shooters(not that you don't want to have shooters around him...). You are drafting him because you believe he can become at least average shooter in due time.
nt think he lacks confidence at all.
And it's not like he was a 3 star who was in his optimal individual role. He was a scorer/point guard in HS.
100% certain he won't return.
You draft him because he's good. Period. I think people are overthinking the shooting stuff. The indicators are good enough.
I'd be shocked. He came in and accomplished the goal.
