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Message: [QUOTE="ToolzieFan, post: 5321352, member: 7018"] Sam Vecenie at The Athletic did a 2024 re-draft, with Castle at #1 and Clingan at #5. The rest of the top 5 had Risacher, McCain, and Sheppard. A few of the lines about Castle: [I]If you made me bet right now on one player reaching any sort of All-Star ceiling from the class, it would be him. His basketball IQ is very high, and even if the jumper doesn’t come along, I’d bet on him being the kind of non-shooter who impacts a playoff series.[/I] Clingan: [I]Clingan gobbles rebounds and is incredibly sharp positionally. He held opponents to just a 49.5 percent mark around the rim on shots that he contested. He has a chance to be an All-Defense-caliber center, especially given the Blazers’ decisions to focus on the defensive end this offseason.[/I] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6547791/2025/08/14/nba-draft-2024-stephon-castle-zaccharie-risacher/?source=user_shared_article[/URL] [/QUOTE]