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Will Castle Start Friday?

He’s a great weapon no doubt. Let’s hope he becomes a good shooter.
 
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.
 
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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.
 
In personel matters like this, Dan always seems to find the right way to handle it. Whatever he does will probably be the right thing to do.
 
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).
 
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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
 
navery12 said:
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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Right but we definitely need a blend of top recruits and upperclassmen.
 
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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"Most people"? I'd be interested in seeing how many people you've identified as being anti-one and done to support this statement.

More than a few members have criticized Kentucky (and more lately Duke) for only recruiting one and done players, but unless I missed a bunch of posts I don't remember more than one or two of the rabble here arguing against having a few select one and dones to supplement our longer term players.
 
Samoo said:
"Most people"? I'd be interested in seeing how many people you've identified as being anti-one and done to support this statement.

More than a few members have criticized Kentucky (and more lately Duke) for only recruiting one and done players, but unless I missed a bunch of posts I don't remember more than one or two of the rabble here arguing against having a few select one and dones to supplement our longer term players.
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Well maybe loud people seemed like more. But if the point of getting Castle out in one year is to get on the radar of those types of guys, we’d end up with more one and dones eventually. Hopefully we don’t ever end up like Duke or Kentucky even though I think Hurley would get more out of the players.
 
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I just see Bart Torviks UConn page and laugh. Look at these 5. Steph Castle analytics are insane. He passes as well as our All American PG, Rebounds as well as our All-American Center, and shoots with basically the same efficiency as our best perimeter shooters. Oh and he leads our team by a mile in Steal % and Free Throw Rate and Box Plus-Minus.

I think we are highly underrating how ridiculous this team is going to look when he gets integrated and playing 70% mpg. Newton gets better cuz he has to handle and create less, Donovan gets easy dunks, shooters get open 3s, Defense he fills our biggest gap of forwards just torching us. Its going to be silly.

And good luck to any team with smallish guards. Newton and Castle will just bully them into the paint all game to crush the defenses.

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husky429 said:
No one disagrees with this. Good grief.
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My original reply was to the statement that he does more for us as a one and done lottery pick which if it leads to better recruits is true. Without that context the statement is ridiculous.
 
bmayuc said:
I just see Bart Torviks UConn page and laugh. Look at these 5. Steph Castle analytics are insane. He passes as well as our All American PG, Rebounds as well as our All-American Center, and shoots with basically the same efficiency as our best perimeter shooters. Oh and he leads our team by a mile in Steal % and Free Throw Rate and Box Plus-Minus.

I think we are highly underrating how ridiculous this team is going to look when he gets integrated and playing 70% mpg. Newton gets better cuz he has to handle and create less, Donovan gets easy dunks, shooters get open 3s, Defense he fills our biggest gap of forwards just torching us. Its going to be silly.

And good luck to any team with smallish guards. Newton and Castle will just bully them into the paint all game to crush the defenses.

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The only thing I disagree with is shooting here. His shooting blows.
 
husky429 said:
The only thing I disagree with is shooting here. His shooting blows.
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Has he shot enough to make any conclusions? He's 12-22 overall, which were mostly layups and a few short jumpers. He's 1-5 on threes. Tough to take anything away from a sample size that small. But I get your point. The stats to date are the stats.
 
HooperScooper said:
Has he shot enough to make any conclusions? He's 12-22 overall, which were mostly layups and a few short jumpers. He's 1-5 on threes. Tough to take anything away from a sample size that small. But I get your point. The stats to date are the stats.
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I'm thinking more about how he plays than the makes/misses. He's turned down plenty of opportunities to pull from deep, and I think that's probably indicative of his confidence and the what kind of green/yellow light coach has given him.

I'm very happy with his work at the rim and mid-range.
 
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JohnnyJr said:
Right but we definitely need a blend of top recruits and upperclassmen.
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A single statement about a single player does not connotate that someone wants all 1 and done nor does it serve as a plurality amongst the BY and the preference for any type of tenure for players.
I've been on this board for a while and can't remember a ton of folks saying to stay away from 1 and done players.
 
gtcam said:
A single statement about a single player does not connotate that someone wants all 1 and done nor does it serve as a plurality amongst the BY and the preference for any type of tenure for players.
I've been on this board for a while and can't remember a ton of folks saying to stay away from 1 and done players.
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You must have missed all the debates during this recruiting season
 
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