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Will Castle Start Friday?

When Castle is back showing that he can do what he did in game two this season he’ll start.

The past two games coming off the bench he hasn’t approached that level.

My expectation is that he comes off the bench until he plays like he did in game two. If that happens during the Gonzaga game then I expect him to get 25+ minutes and start the next game.
 
MuchoDogYears said:
When Castle is back showing that he can do what he did in game two this season he’ll start.

The past two games coming off the bench he hasn’t approached that level.

My expectation is that he comes off the bench until he plays like he did in game two. If that happens during the Gonzaga game then I expect him to get 25+ minutes and start the next game.
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He's already doing that and back to that level. He should start against Gonzaga and the only reason he won't is if he's still on a minutes restriction
 
MuchoDogYears said:
When Castle is back showing that he can do what he did in game two this season he’ll start.

The past two games coming off the bench he hasn’t approached that level.

My expectation is that he comes off the bench until he plays like he did in game two. If that happens during the Gonzaga game then I expect him to get 25+ minutes and start the next game.
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Are you sure you're watching the basketball team?
 
husky429 said:
Are you sure you're watching the basketball team?
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What did you see that Castle did in his two games back that was comparable to his 2nd game of the season? Outside shooting looks ugly. His drives to the hoop look good, his “D” has been good.

Hey, I want him to be great too. Just has been an extremely small sample size so far. I’m not ready to declare him “The Answer” yet based on 2 games starting and two with limited minutes off the bench, with three of the games against crap opponents.
 
MuchoDogYears said:
What did you see that Castle did in his two games back that was comparable to his 2nd game of the season? Outside shooting looks ugly. His drives to the hoop look good, his “D” has been good.

Hey, I want him to be great too. Just has been an extremely small sample size so far. I’m not ready to declare him “The Answer” yet based on 2 games starting and two with limited minutes off the bench, with three of the games against crap opponents.
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I don't think he's the "answer" either, just an important piece.

You said he looked better his first two games. Actually that he hasn't "approached that level" of the first two games. I said that is false.

Honestly, it's a pretty ridiculous thing to say if you watched the games. What skills did he show those first 2 games that made him so much better then? He's NEVER been a consistent shooter, so that ain't the answer.

Driving at will, finishing, IQ, passing and defense. That's what he's shown before and after injury.
 
husky429 said:
I don't think he's the "answer" either, just an important piece.

You said he looked better his first two games. Actually that he hasn't "approached that level" of the first two games. I said that is false.

Honestly, it's a pretty ridiculous thing to say if you watched the games. What skills did he show those first 2 games that made him so much better then? He's NEVER been a consistent shooter, so that ain't the answer.

Driving at will, finishing, IQ, passing and defense. That's what he's shown before and after injury.
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Actually, I said he looked really good in the second game of the season. The first game of the season he was inconsistent at best. I think everyone who watched those first two games had the same opinion that he was much improved in the second game from the first.

Anyway, I’m not dumping on him. Like everybody else I think he’s going to be great. My point was that I don’t think he’ll be starting until Hurley sees him playing at the level that he played in that second game of the season. It was a major leap forward from the first game.

These two games with limited minutes that he’s played in since coming back from injury have looked more like the first game of the season than the second. Not sure how some people aren’t seeing that, but at the end of the day it’s just my opinion.
 
It's not clear that Castle is any better a shooter than Jackson, but one thing that won't happen is defenses laying back and inviting him to shoot, as they did AJ. Give Castle that first step and he is gone, next to be seen on the foul line shooting an "and one."
 
Its really hard to know what you have with a player like castle in games like Stonehill and Northern Arizona but so far its seemed like pace and the speed of the game are not an issue for him whatsoever, which is where a lot of freshman struggle early. Start or not as long as he is able to get some solid minutes in this one to get ready for big east play the team will be alright. Its not like Ball is some scrub either, the luxury of this recruiting class is being able to take care of guys and ease them into scenarios so they are ready for Big East play.
 
AntG168 said:
We shouldn’t want him to either
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Oh, I want him to. I just realize the likelihood of that happening is something approaching zero.
 
MuchoDogYears said:
What did you see that Castle did in his two games back that was comparable to his 2nd game of the season? Outside shooting looks ugly. His drives to the hoop look good, his “D” has been good.

Hey, I want him to be great too. Just has been an extremely small sample size so far. I’m not ready to declare him “The Answer” yet based on 2 games starting and two with limited minutes off the bench, with three of the games against crap opponents.
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His defense and passing are excellent.
 
AntG168 said:
He does more for us as a one and done lottery draft pick
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How so? Most people on this board are saying we should stay away from one and done players. Yea it’s good to get players to the league but it’s not like it hurts us if he stays two years (I know it’s not happening).
 
JohnnyJr said:
How so? Most people on this board are saying we should stay away from one and done players. Yea it’s good to get players to the league but it’s not like it hurts us if he stays two years (I know it’s not happening).
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This is a legitimate question. But my interpretation of the comment was that if he's here for a second year, it probably means something went wrong this season.
 
JohnnyJr said:
How so? Most people on this board are saying we should stay away from one and done players. Yea it’s good to get players to the league but it’s not like it hurts us if he stays two years (I know it’s not happening).
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Because most people who think we should stay away from one and done players are dumb. If we get Castle into the league in one year it opens up the pipeline of top recruits to start coming here
 

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