Steph Castle declares

[UconnU]

As I said in the other thread, this is a mistake, there are way too many teams at the top that have PGs. I see no reason why he can’t play the 2 or the 3 at 6’7 in shoes. Street ball PG, all-star 2/3 If he can develop a consistent shot.

 

[pj]

As I said in the other thread, this is a mistake, there are way too many teams at the top that have PGs. I see no reason why he can’t play the 2 or the 3 at 6’7 in shoes. Street ball PG, all-star 2/3 If he can develop a consistent shot.

The odds are he's got a deal with San Antonio, he's discouraging other teams from drafting him, there may be an arrangement where San Antonio which has picks 4 and 8 wants him to fall to 8 so that they can get a second top player at 4, and will make up the salary difference with endorsements or other side arrangements. With this kind of deal San Antonio can get two top five players with its two top 8 picks.

Agreeing to that is not a mistake if you want to end up at San Antonio and have a stronger team around you.

 

[Huskyforlife]

If San Antonio wanted him so bad, they'd draft him at 4.

 

[Samoo]

I find that to be strange.

First, he could hurt his draft position. Which means $$$.

Second, he could have gone to college somewhere he could play PG but instead played off ball at UConn because he wanted to win and be challenged.

People learn from experience, even good ones. Maybe he feels like he's been there, done that, and doesn't want to do it again.

 

[Umami Zen]

Steph will be a Top 5 pick. As will Donovan

 

[NJHusky]

If San Antonio wanted him so bad, they'd draft him at 4.

San Antonio is the luckiest franchise in the NBA. In a year with a generational talent they win the lottery. Same with Duncan. In a year without a generational talent, they get 2 top 10 picks.

 

[ctbro1999]

San Antonio is the luckiest franchise in the NBA. In a year with a generational talent they win the lottery. Same with Duncan. In a year without a generational talent, they get 2 top 10 picks.

I'd of course like to see Castle go as high as possible, but teaming up with Wemby with Pop helming the team....sounds like a great place to begin a career.

 

[HuskyFich]

San Antonio is the luckiest franchise in the NBA. In a year with a generational talent they win the lottery. Same with Duncan. In a year without a generational talent, they get 2 top 10 picks.

Teams have tried to structure their future like this before (Philly, OKC).

At the end of the day, you still need a competent front office to make it work out. Making trades that give a higher likelihood of future lottery picks, trading current value for future value when you know the current value might help you win sooner, drafting the right prospect that fits into the growth of the team vs. best player available, etc....

Look at the opposite, the Clips spent the farm for Current Value(2019), and they're now boned for the next 8+ years.

Hard to call the Spurs or OKC lucky.

 

[NJHusky]

Teams have tried to structure their future like this before (Philly, OKC).

At the end of the day, you still need a competent front office to make it work out. Making trades that give a higher likelihood of future lottery picks, trading current value for future value when you know the current value might help you win sooner, drafting the right prospect that fits into the growth of the team vs. best player available, etc....

Look at the opposite, the Clips spent the farm for Current Value(2019), and they're now boned for the next 8+ years.

Hard to call the Spurs or OKC lucky.

U can be both lucky and good. They won the lottery last year with a 14% chance. How do u plan for that? The year Duncan came out they were #1 because Robinson only played 6 games…..did they injure him or were they lucky he got hurt the year Duncan came out.

 

[HuskyFich]

U can be both lucky and good. They won the lottery last year with a 14% chance. How do u plan for that? The year Duncan came out they were #1 because Robinson only played 6 games…..did they injure him or were they lucky he got hurt the year Duncan came out.

Your point is 100% valid. Luck of opportunity absolutely plays a big role. I think the point I was trying to make is there are Organizations that have extremely strong developmental programs, and those who don't. Curious to see what ATL ends up doing, but I firmly believe regardless of the prospect chosen, SAS or OKC would get more out of them than ATL will.

 

[NJHusky]

Your point is 100% valid. Luck of opportunity absolutely plays a big role. I think the point I was trying to make is there are Organizations that have extremely strong developmental programs, and those who don't. Curious to see what ATL ends up doing, but I firmly believe regardless of the prospect chosen, SAS or OKC would get more out of them than ATL will.

Agree…but I would posit that Pops legacy would have been very different without Robinson injury/Duncan draft

 

[HuskyFich]

Agree…but I would posit that Pops legacy would have been very different without Robinson injury/Duncan draft

Yeah, there's def some luck when you look at successes of coaches.

Phil Jackson and the Kobe Trade
Spoelstra entering as Lebron chooses Miami
Pop and the Robinson Injury
Brad Underwood and the piss poor drafting of the 76ers lol.
Pat Riley getting promoted to the coaching staff because of injury to the Lakers head coach during Magic's rookie season, and later receiving the HC job because Jerry West turned it down.

etc.

It's actually crazy.

 

[Waquoit]

Yeah, there's def some luck when you look at successes of coaches.

Spoelstra entering as Lebron chooses Miami

Luck, and having a godfather. LeBron wanted Spoelstra fired and Riley said no. Maybe the Bucks owner should have stood up.

 

[husky429]

As I said in the other thread, this is a mistake, there are way too many teams at the top that have PGs. I see no reason why he can’t play the 2 or the 3 at 6’7 in shoes. Street ball PG, all-star 2/3 If he can develop a consistent shot.

Surely, you know better than his agency, Steph, our coaches, and his family. If only they had reached out to you!

 

[david]

I was watching this video: Stephon Castle: The True Best PG in the 2024 Draft Class? and it reminded me of some of the talk here when he was a freshman coming into UConn. Does anyone else remember how excited we were for him but the main concern was he looked disinterested on defense? Crazy how in a year the narrative has changed and he's the best on ball defender in the entire draft class.

 

[caw]

I was watching this video: Stephon Castle: The True Best PG in the 2024 Draft Class? and it reminded me of some of the talk here when he was a freshman coming into UConn. Does anyone else remember how excited we were for him but the main concern was he looked disinterested on defense? Crazy how in a year the narrative has changed and he's the best on ball defender in the entire draft class.

I think a lot of the "disinterest" in defense at the time was just because of how much his high school team asked of him offensively, especially once Jakai Newton got injured for them.

I don't care what anyone says, Castle can be a star in the NBA. I think it's just a matter of when.