yes he is. lebron is also a SF/PF that runs the offense ie a point forward. these skilled 6'7-6'8 guys are all playing stretch 4 these days but castle isnt as big and strong. i see castle as more of a big guard like cade cunningham or jrue holiday or derrick white. not butler or lebron or kawhi.
Jimmy became this “SF/PF” 12 years into his career. He was a SG/SF his whole career before this. Thats fine that YOU see him as closer to Holiday/White, that doesn’t make it an apt comparison. He’s a lot closer to young Jimmy than either of those guys, like down to body, movement, shooting and strength.
Young jimmy was also a PF at Marquette and in HS and castle has always been a CG. Butler is not apt just because YOU think it is.
Garland as far as attacking the hoop. More like Jru Holiday though.
Bringing high school into it shows how little legs your argument has, lol.
Exactly, and he literally has for us.
But he can’t in the NBA. He can play ”small ball” SF in the NBA. He’s not like Butler. He’s a big point guard. By the way, Dan has correctly ended the Steph at 4 thing even in college. Stewart comes in now. Those were desperation lineups.
Exactly. I’d use the word versatility. He’s super appealing because he can do most anything you ask. I don’t want him on a bunch of NBA 4s as he’d get destroyed. But he can disrupt them getting the ball or dribbling.
He certainly could in the NBA if needed. I mean, Josh Hart has played the 4 for the Knicks and Steph has almost 3 inches on him. Again, the NBA is virtually positionless, at least the good teams are.
This is nba now.
Don’t really see him on Homgren or Wemby. Even Horford would destroy him. He wasn’t good guarding 4s. He was ok. The idea is it is just for a moment In a good defense.
Well Chet starts at the 5 so no issue there. He wouldn’t be guarding Wemby regardless and Horford rarely starts, and usually plays the 5 when he is on the court. So those are matchups you just really wouldn’t see.
lol. jimmy started at CENTER for marquette as a sophmore and at POWER FORWARD as a junior
Lazar Hayward played more down low than Jimmy did lol.
so jimmy was still PF as a soph then... and if you looked it up youd know jae only started 17 games and vander blue started 12 who was another guard, meaning jimmy at least started those games at PF.
Marquette was also incredibly perimeter oriented because they were always the smallest team on the court. Literally just look at Basketball Reference to see what position Jimmy ended up playing the first 10 years of his NBA career. It spells it out for you.
i said modern day 3/4s all have guard skills. i never said butler could ONLY play stretch 4. everyone knows butler has started at SG/SF/PF and that is why he's not a good comp for castle. castle might never start a game at the 4 so there have to be better comps. if i ever see castle starting a game at PF in the nba even if it takes 12 years i'll give you a shoutout.
And what i’m saying is why not? Again, Jimmy didn’t start playing some 4 WELL into his NBA career. It’s naive to project one way or another that way. But, Steph is pretty much the same size, equal athletically and projects to be a great defender in his own right. Just because Steph has more refined playmaking skills earlier in his career doesn’t mean he can’t play multiple roles.
Agree with Stewie displaying shades of Caron.
He reminds me of DWade. Maybe not as explosive an athlete but his build, the way he drives but not as explosive an athlete. But again im terrible at comparisons. I once compared Daniels to Tracy McGrady. :/
