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Castle's improvement at UConn

Castle showed at Providence that he can get to hoop whenever he wants. He’s such an unselfish team guy. Steph would be averaging 18+ per game if he was on a team that needed his offense more
 
giddyup said:
He’s making out of the world plays that only special players make. He’s a hustler and gets after it on D. That said he’s got plenty of work do on his outside shooting. I guess the G league will clean that up. I wish he’d stay and develop his next level but that isn’t happening.
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I think if he drops out of top 13 he should come back for 1 year. Work on his game so he doesn’t end up riding the bench or G League in NBA.

I was watching that kid from UCLA who was 4 year player who is getting tons of minutes / looks like he belonged from Day 1. A case could be made to work on game with NIL $ for another year. Castle’s good enough he‘s not going anywhere in terms of his draft stock falling w/ another year.
 
Some all-time bad and disrespectful takes on one of our own players in this thread. At least 3 so far worthy of hanging.

Some folks just don't know ball. Castle is a stud and he's going to be a top 10 pick, making millions in the league for many years, with all-star potential. Reminds me of Jimmy Butler.
 
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UChusky916 said:
Some all-time bad and disrespectful takes on one of our own players in this thread. At least 3 so far worthy of hanging.

Some folks just don't know ball. Castle is a stud and he's going to be a top 10 pick, making millions in the league for many years, with all-star potential. Reminds me of Jimmy Butler.
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Saying he needs a reliable deep ball is not heresy. Nobody is saying he isn’t ultra talented.
 
First 13 games:
  • FT: 72% (3.5 attempts)
  • 3PT: 20% (1.5 attempts)
Last 12 games:
  • FT: 79% (3.3 attempts) (15/15 in the last 4 games!)
  • 3PT: 38% (2.4 attempts)

His improved shooting has been the big difference. He's an actual threat from deep now on moderate volume. Improvement in his FTs bodes well for his draft position too. Looking like an earlier pick every game.
 
giddyup said:
Saying he needs a reliable deep ball is not heresy. Nobody is saying he isn’t ultra talented.
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Amen and Ausar Thompson are shooting 16% and 18% respectively from 3 and both of them went in the top 5 in last year's draft. Anthony Black shot 30% in college and he went 6th.

Castle, despite a very slow start, is shooting like 31% on the year now. He is a lottery pick who could contribute to an NBA roster today, and will be expected to contribute basically the second he is drafted.
 
The thing I find most impressive is how humble he's been. The other day he commented on the help he's had from the older guys and how much he appreciates it.
The fact he's embraced his role on defense and gradually added to his offensive game tells you he's a very mature kid who wants to learn and is not above being coached.
He's not a primma donna who thinks the world revolves around him even though he's so skilled and would surely be hyped to death if he were on Duke or some other "more high profile national programs".
 
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giddyup said:
Saying he needs a reliable deep ball is not heresy. Nobody is saying he isn’t ultra talented.
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They draft on potential. He doesn't need to be a great three point threat now, he just needs to show he has the potential to be a good shooter and he has done that. He will be a lottery pick and so will Clingan.
 
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