2024 NBA Draft Mega Thread
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Kentucky's two bench guards being in the top 5 while the starter, DJ Wagner, isnt even worthy of being a first is still the funniest **** in the world.
Reed Sheppard finally getting the national attention he deserves.
Anyone want to post first round?
I like his offensive game quite a bit more than Anthony Black and defensively he is a beast.
He's my current homer pick and so I've watched him more than most of the prospects. I don't think the Anthony Black comp is completely crazy, but I think he's a better ball handler and has more offensive upside. He is more offensively aggressive than I remember Black being. I don't think he's as good of a defender as Black. He's very capable, but doesn't have as high of defensive awareness, he's still very good though.
My pitch for Castle is that if he becomes a more confident shooter, and there are indications that could happen, he could be an all star caliber player in the league. If the shooting never comes around then he should still be a rotation level player in the league with everything else he does. He's a high floor and high ceiling guy in my opinion.
Juan Nunez is back to getting some love it seems. I think I remember him being talked about last year? I saw him #5 on someone's personal board recently.
If the Jazz are somehow able to draft Cody Williams, I'll do a little dance.
I'll have to watch some film on him. On paper, very similar production and it seems as though they both fill that connector archetype. From what I gather, it seems as though people are higher on Castle's POA defense whereas as Black was better off the ball. Black also seems to have gotten more talk as a gifted passer (although I personally though that might be overstated), whereas Castle has a more natural/smooth offensive game. They also share the same big question mark as shooters. I'm not interested in making a mountain of a mole hole with this comparison, but I'm typically a big fan of this archetype and I know there was a lot of Black fans here last cycle so I found the comparison interesting.
I haven't seen the upside with Castle that you're suggesting. I don't think his physical profile, athleticism or scoring chops are going to stand out at the NBA level. I think he projects to be a fairly solid 2-way player, but there are other big guards and wings with length, defensive impact and more offensive potential that I'd rate a bit ahead of him.