Game Thread: San Antonio Spurs vs Blazers @ 8 PM CT - Summer League Game #4

[Biggems]

I wasn’t able to catch the game. What’s the injury.

How did castle look? I saw the stat line, but just in general how did he look?

About halfway through the 4th, the Spurs were on defense. Castle went up to contest a shot and Harrison Ingram accidentally undercut him. Castle fell hard on his right side. He got up and shook it off. I was worried that he might have injured his wrist, forearm, elbow, or shoulder. However, I didn't notice him favoring any those those parts of his arm as the game wound down.

[TD 21]

Have players been overhyped before and amounted to nothing? Yes.

On the flip side, there are players sometimes people can spot a mile away and predict they become a star. You insist so much that since you read a few scouting reports that said he didn’t have a ceiling as a star that it must be unlikely for it to actually happen. There were several scouting reports out there that you ignored that did say he would become one, so why must it be that the few you read be the accurate ones?

Not every prospect ever has to have a label on them “THIS PLAYER WILL LIKELY BE A STAR” for people to comment on them the way they are doing with Castle. Sometimes you can see it in the way they move on the court. You separate out the fandom in watching a guy play and one with a good eye can spot the talent there. It’s not all about numbers, no wing or guard will ever become as efficient as Kawhi was.

Hypothetically if Castle was trending to become a true star in these coming years, I already know it will take you until the very last year, month, week, or day before he’s officially announced as a star by mainstream media to acknowledge that he is one. That’s what happened with Murray at least— a player who, while not really a true star in this league, reached a ceiling you never thought would happen as evidence by your numerous posts that said he didn’t have the adequate tools and there was nothing in scouting reports that indicated he would be anything close to what he eventually became. Sound familiar?

You don't know what or how much I read/watched, you supposedly watching countless hours on every prospect off of YouTube doesn't make you an expert and resorting to this condescending, attempted bullying routine every time someone disagrees with your assessments (which consistent of how deep of a "bag" you perceive one to have) is childish.

When did I ever say I was guaranteed to be right? I said he's a high bust rate archetype and then backed it up. You've decided because he can somewhat handle, "shooting can be improved" (a vague term that is irrelevant if it's not to the extent where defenses respect it, which is rarer than many seem to realize) and he's a Spur that he's destined for s om.

The S bag comment is ludicrous and Murray is a false equivalency. I always acknowledged the "catch all" metrics painted a picture of a relatively high ceiling, I just wasn't a fan because he was so flawed and still is today (mediocre IQ and efficiency on/off ball).

Nor should every miss be followed by a proclamation of mediocrity or doom.

Obviously.

[BackHome]

Man why is it all the people who wanted Willy Dilly now taking shots at my man Castle?

[exstatic]

Man why is it all the people who wanted Willy Dilly now taking shots at my man Castle?

Because people here can’t support a player without tearing down someone else.

[J_Paco]

Because people here can’t support a player without tearing down someone else.

Ding, ding, ding, ding!

And I don't want any parts of this dumb, hyperbolic (on both sides) argument.