2 Minutes of Castle D

[QuickDraw]

Watching this makes me realize just how special he is.

 

[UCFan1513]

Thread title...

 

[ibleedhuskyblue]

Im sad now

 

[CardiacAndre7]

 

[HuskyHoosier]

Watching this makes me realize just how special he is.

Watching UConn basketball puts a smile on my face.

Wish they showed his defense on Floyd - had CFJ basically calling for his mother.

 

[Mr. French]

PAWS!

 

[dennismenace]

Thread title...

"In your face Castle D"

 

[WhereistheDove?]

His combo of physical ability, defensive instincts, discipline, and motor is something we're very unlikely to see again from a freshman. The kind of defense that is just demoralizing to an opponent.

 

[Durks07]

 

[Tenspro2002]

He completely took Terrence Shannon out of the game, physically and mentally. Shannon had been a terror, overpowering smaller defenders, and finally met his match.

 

[Staven]

That was a great clip! I know Calhoun would really appreciate that kind of tenacious defense. I'm also really happy for Steph and wish him all the success at the next level. He is a special kid.

 

[Inyatkin]

A 5-star sure-fire NBA guy doing this stuff is not normal

 

[bigknight3]

A-Yoo!

 

[Mr. French]

Bottom line the D gets soft after about 2 minutes.

 

[Rocktheworld]

That Illinois clip where dude has Castle in front of him and Clingan behind Castle and he still tried to go up with it lmao

 

[Scoe]

Castle Island.

 

[AllHusky]

Two minutes of Hell for opponents

 

[husky429]

Bottom line the D gets soft after about 2 minutes.

We have pills for that now

 

[c29328]

I always felt like watching him he has another gear. When he gets challenged or amped up its scary fast and physical. Another plane. He's a little like Milton Berle. He just uses enough D to win.

 

[MexicoHusky]

Kinda crazy that he didn't even know he was good at D until this year. I don't have the quote or a clip of the interview handy, but it was something like, I didn't really have to play D in high school. So I didn't learn I was good at it until this year.... or something like that.

 

[Waquoit]

I forget if it was a BET game or a mid-round tourney game (I do remember Raf was calling it) but Castle faked a guy so bad on a drive to the hoop the man looked like he was bolted to the floor. It was so subtle I had to watch it a couple of times. Anyone know which one I'm talking about? We were shooting at the hoop on the left. Anyway, that one move said pro to me. He's going to be good.

 

[HooperScooper]

I forget if it was a BET game or a mid-round tourney game (I do remember Raf was calling it) but Castle faked a guy so bad on a drive to the hoop the man looked like he was bolted to the floor. It was so subtle I had to watch it a couple of times. Anyone know which one I'm talking about? We were shooting at the hoop on the left. Anyway, that one move said pro to me. He's going to be good.

This one against Illinois? Or the one against Seton Hall where he buckled the knees of 2 guys on his way to the basket?

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[AllHusky]

I always felt like watching him he has another gear. When he gets challenged or amped up its scary fast and physical. Another plane. He's a little like Milton Berle. He just uses enough D to win.

Milton Berle???? Holy mackerel Andy, what an analogy

 

[Son of Robert]

Castle shut down the best player every game pretty much. That'll take whole teams out of their rhythm.

 

[ConnEd]

I cannot remember a freshman whose defense was as good as Castle's - and only a few upperclassmen too. Maybe Ricky Moore as a frosh? But he didn't have the positional versatility of Castle.