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Will Castle Start Friday?

Waquoit said:
Weren't people saying this about Ball just a couple weeks ago?
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Forget what us idiot fans think. The coaches all along have said solo is a great shooter whereas with castle they said shooting wasn’t as big of a weakness as they had thought coming in.
 
husky429 said:
The only thing I disagree with is shooting here. His shooting blows.
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His TS % is like 60%+ given all the free throws he racks up! Say what you want that's a tremendous offensive efficiency. Not everyone is gonna be a knock down shooter at 18 years old. why you so negative.
 
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bmayuc said:
His TS % is like 60%+ given all the free throws he racks up! Say what you want that's a tremendous offensive efficiency. Not everyone is gonna be a knock down shooter at 18 years old. why you so negative.
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His true shooting % is excellent because he's fantastic in the lane and at the rim. If you actually read the thread, you'd notice I've written that. Couple times actually.

Not negative--honest. He's not a good shooter. Teams are going to play way, way off him until he proves he can shoot. Never has been a good shooter, but did improve in the last year.

He's proven effecient vs 3 cupcakes and UNC. Friday will be a big opportunity to show out for scouts. I suspect we have a big game from him coming.
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
Maybe no one saying that isn’t correct. Let me clarify to say I didn’t say that. Lol
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Actually, you did

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navery12 said:
Actually, you did

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I understand how that seems, but the general train of thought was that he should just take less 3s. Not stop them altogether.

You gain confidence by watching the ball go in, which comes from starting off games taking easier shots. Which is what happened vs UNC. His first few shots should typically be drives to the rim and even some mid range pull ups before firing away from 3. That’s it.
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Solo's role is not to be a knock-down shooter this year.It's to play solid ball-not turn it over. and know your rotations. 50/50 balls. He's doing that while keeping the seat warm for Castle. His minutes early in the year will make him much more valuable/effective during the BE season and Tournament.
 
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HuskyWarrior611 said:
I understand how that seems, but the general train of thought was that he should just take less 3s. Not stop them altogether.

You gain confidence by watching the ball go in, which comes from starting off games taking easier shots. Which is what happened vs UNC. His first few shots should typically be drives to the rim and even some mid range pull ups before firing away from 3. That’s it.
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This is a grade A hedge & I respect it
 
husky429 said:
Can't shoot well, so they're playing off him. He's not getting the extra space he needs to do his work at the rim.
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He doesn't look very confident shooting the threes. I'm sure he'll be working on that and be better. Those spin moves though.....He's got that down.
 
auror said:
Still Ball for now
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But I was called a conspiracy theorist for suggesting he wouldn’t start? Ball and Castle both played 19 minutes, so it’s clearly a Hurley preference not to mess with what’s working.
 
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Huskyforlife said:
But I was called a conspiracy theorist for suggesting he wouldn’t start? Ball and Castle both played 19 minutes, so it’s clearly a Hurley preference not to mess with what’s working.
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Except we have no idea if that's the reason or if it's because Castle was on a minutes restriction still, which was the consensus opinion of why Ball would still start tonight
 
I think his minutes restriction tonight had more to do with not being one of our five best players.

I’m sure he’ll have a breakthrough in the next couple games, but right now he’s a liability on offense. Good thing is that his defense will keep him getting consistent minutes until the light goes on.
 
Umami Zen said:
Solo's role is not to be a knock-down shooter this year.It's to play solid ball-not turn it over. and know your rotations. 50/50 balls. He's doing that while keeping the seat warm for Castle. His minutes early in the year will make him much more valuable/effective during the BE season and Tournament.
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It’s great to see that he’s not looking to “get his”. Staying within himself and providing what the team needs
 
Hard to believe a freshman can take out the other team’s best player 1 through 4. I rewatched the unc game (I know, I have a problem) and he did a great job on Ingram when he was on him.
 
navery12 said:
Except we have no idea if that's the reason or if it's because Castle was on a minutes restriction still, which was the consensus opinion of why Ball would still start tonight
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They played the same amount of minutes. Nobody thinks ball is better than castle, so why else would ball start?
 
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Huskyforlife said:
They played the same amount of minutes. Nobody thinks ball is better than castle, so why else would ball start?
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Because Castle was on a minutes limit, and if you know you have him for 20 minutes you'd rather have those available at the end of the game over the beginning. So until you know you can play Castle as much as needed, it makes sense to shelter those minutes to specific situations.

That might be the case, it might not be the case. But nobody knows, so taking a victory lap is weird. Especially when it wasn't even a minority opinion
 
navery12 said:
Because Castle was on a minutes limit, and if you know you have him for 20 minutes you'd rather have those available at the end of the game over the beginning. So until you know you can play Castle as much as needed, it makes sense to shelter those minutes to specific situations.

That might be the case, it might not be the case. But nobody knows, so taking a victory lap is weird. Especially when it wasn't even a minority opinion
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I’d argue starting the game strong is a higher priority than worrying about what will happen if the game is close late. But we’ll agree to disagree.
 
Huskyforlife said:
They played the same amount of minutes. Nobody thinks ball is better than castle, so why else would ball start?
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When a starter (Castle) is on a minutes restriction, it it's pretty common to bring them off the bench so you can save their minutes if needed for a close game.

Castle wasn't at his best yesterday, so it didn't really matter. But I suspect that's the idea.
 
Huskyforlife said:
I’d argue starting the game strong is a higher priority than worrying about what will happen if the game is close late. But we’ll agree to disagree.
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It might be, but imagine a 5 point game with 3 minutes left and you have to take him out because he hit his max minutes
 
husky429 said:
When a starter (Castle) is on a minutes restriction, it it's pretty common to bring them off the bench so you can save their minutes if needed for a close game.

Castle wasn't at his best yesterday, so it didn't really matter. But I suspect that's the idea.
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It’s possible. I’m not sure I buy this mutually exclusive idea that he couldn’t start, and keep plenty of his 20 minutes for the second half. Would subbing Solo or Diarra at the under 16 make any difference, especially when he must’ve played at least 4 first half minutes anyways? Unless we’re treating Castle as a 6th man/momentum keeper until he’s 100% off restrictions?
navery12 said:
It might be, but imagine a 5 point game with 3 minutes left and you have to take him out because he hit his max minutes
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That would stink, but I also think it’s the best course of action when you’re dealing with a minutes restriction. You might only be in the close game to begin with because you refused to play your 5th best player until the final stretch.
 
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