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You start him and his hamstrings are dead by November. You might as well just start Castle.
Best case scenario: Having him teach Castle, Wemby, hopefully Nunez and others some stuff while showing he can still ball. Then trade him at the TDL for some nice stuff to a contender.
You start him and his hamstrings are dead by November. You might as well just start Castle.
Nope. Start him but just play him like 20 mpg and the value added is really worth it tbh
48 minutes divided by 3 is 16 minutes each at PG. But Jones can play without being the primary ball handler also, when he plays with Castle. Many teams still play small Guards and as long as they are not main scorers Tre can guard those players some. Castle can play SG or SF also as a wing.
Now, I have seen some pretty weird depth charts, one had Keldon at PF and I think I have seen two that suggest Castle starts at the 2 and Devin the 3.
I saw this and thought it was hilarious (sorry if it's already been posted):
Of all those players your highest priority has to be Castle. He was the #4 pick and is the only player of those 3 that has a role in the forthcoming Spurs dynasty. That doesn't mean he gets all the PG minutes he wants. SG/SF time is still valuable for him - especially if he's playing next to Chris Paul at those times.
Assuming Tre isn't in the long-term plans, he's probably the least important of those 3 guys. If Castle actually is a PG long-term then that's especially true. It'll be curious how they use Tre, especially as good as he was for them last year, because this offseason has been nothing but bad news for him.
tre should definitely be the backup pg
As I mentioned a couple of times before, I believe the Spurs made roster moves that basically signaled they were planning to receive Paul in the trade. That's why they awkwardly still have cap space open now. I think the big reason why they were able to sign him so quickly is because they had already talked to him within the context to the trade. Because the Spurs wanted him, they were willing to take him without LAC or GS paying. Heck the Spurs probably were planning to throw in a pick. Because they were taking him into cap space, they didn't need to guarantee Graham or Bassey/Champ. LAC would've gotten Wiggins and only $2.8 in dead salary from the Spurs along with picks from GS and SA. GS would've gotten George. SA would've gotten Paul. So no buyout from Utah or anything like that.
Just like with the eighth pick, it seems like the Spurs had one idea of what to do with their cap space and are finding it hard to pivot once that idea became inapplicable.
Castle should start and CP3 off the bench as back up PG
You think electricity was discovered....in 2005?
What number is he going to wear?
3 like 3 months with spurs
Obviously Paul wouldn't have agreed to come here if he wasn't guaranteed to start.
Besides, if they did it your way, that would squeeze Jones, one of the three positive impact players they had last season, out of the rotation.
You don’t draft a player with the 4th pick to not start at this point Paul is 40 years old I think he will be cool to come of the bench.
If Paul wanted to come off the bench he would've signed with the Clippers.
yup. he's not coming here to sit. He's wanting to watch his assist numbers go through the roof with easy buckets for Wemby.
Start or not start Castle will and should get the majority of minutes as Paul is not long a Spur
Paul already came off the bench for GSW. Having Paul and Castle as part of the guard rotation is a much better problem than we had.
I'm sure they will find an awkward middle ground, like starting Castle and Paul, and then when Paul goes out at the 6 minute mark, Castle switches to the 1 and Tre comes in to do nothing.
Castle is a 4th pick. He should start and 40 year old cp3 should come off the bench.. i think cp3 come of the bench when he was with the warriors.
That doesn't mean much, especially in a draft like this. Amen Thompson, the 4th pick in '23 and a better (prospect, at least) version of Castle didn't start last season nor play much PG.
What I'd argue is the greatest pure PG of all time isn't coming to a bottom feeder to backup some rookie combo guard, who isn't exactly some all time prospect.
My gut is that as soon as Castle looks like he's ready, we'll see this lineup:
Paul
Castle
Vassell
Sochan
Wembanyama
The sg/sf positions can be labelled any way you'd like. I see Castle as facilitating more than Vassell, who will be more off-ball, so where they occupy and use the court matters in how I name them, with consideration for defensive role.
ing , social media team couldn’t take the 5 minutes to photoshop a Spurs jersey before posting this?
The Clippers are very likely not making the playoffs. Paul gets to go nearly anywhere he wants with this deal, if they work out a cut.
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