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PATFO gotta thank their lucky stars this guy got selected at 3. I doubt they would have drafted him if he was available at 4.
He seems to be way more than a set shooter, if you ask me.
PATFO gotta thank their lucky stars this guy got selected at 3. I doubt they would have drafted him if he was available at 4.
timvp’s final Big Board had intel saying they had him ranked over Castle and would have taken him at 4 if both had been available.
I’m still gutted that PATFO didn’t move up to get Risacher or Sheppard, who were the clear top tier in this draft on my board.
Either one would have started for us from day 1.
Castle might be good eventually and I’m rooting for him, but he wasn’t even a top 4 prospect on my big board.
Why do you make it sound like that was such an easy thing to do? Like really? How do you know that they didn’t try? Other teams can easily just refuse an offer or request a steep price. You do know that right?
Yes I’m aware.
I still think Wash accepts 4+8 for 2 but maybe not!
He'll be even better with better players around him. He'll be a max guy after his rookie deal.
Oh how lovely this would have been
I hate that he went to HOU tbh…so annoying. HOU been very good drafting overall lately.
Since these games are the be all end all, he's already proven what I said months ago, which is that he's the best player in this draft.
It's amazing what happens when you focus on a combination of outlier talent and/or physical tools as well as analytics instead of concerning yourself with archaic, rigid ideals.
People should try to value guys who actually know how to play basketball more instead of clowns who don't even like basketball but have good measureables with no actual bball skills
writings were on the walls. he almost eclipse the steals record of rondo in UK, freshman of the year etc. Now the skills he showed in UK is what he is showing in SL plus upgrades.
Reed is gonna be a stud on offense, wish the Spurs had a chance to draft him, damn it Houston
So, now they get bashed on what you THINK they might do? Haterade at its finest.
Still rather have Castle.
To get over the sting, I just remember that Houston says the same thing about us with Wemby.
He plays for the rockets now close the book.
Mr. Body tell us again how bad Reed Sheppard sucks
Reed Sheppard has definitely looked the part but I still think the spurs choose Castle over him. Size and Versatility is what the spurs seem to target.
Will be interesting how the rockets handle Reeds growth tho because they have Van Fleet, Green, Thompson, and Brooks on that team already
Had him 1b on my final board with Castle 1a, so not the least bit surprised Sheppard is killing given and he should be a perfect fit in Houston's lineup. Seemed obvious from the second they moved up to the #3 pick that Sheppard would be their guy, especially since they have someone a lot like Castle already in Amen and have Whitmore and Smith for the 3/4 so Risacher wouldn't have made much sense either.
VanVleet was just brought in for the couple of years until they were ready to hand PG duties off to Amen. But with Sheppard there now they have two high-quality young initiators and might as well trade VanVleet now if they get an interesting offer. Can't imagine they won't move Green for future draft capital too if Sheppard plays like this in the season. Rockets are setup nicely to be a contender for years.
So you are gutted that the Spurs didn't effectively trade Castle + '30 Top1 swap & '31 unprotected (both from a historically bottom tier franchise after Ant retires who currently has the 2nd worst cap situation and will have to blow it up) + '31 swap from a bottom tier franchise that is likely to be bad + Barnes who is likely to be a Day1 starter providing similar (maybe better) production than a Rookie Zach for Zach and NOP's #2 (likely around 50 overall).
That seems like a high price to move up 2 spots for a projected medium floor/medium ceiling role player rather than just keeping the medium floor/high ceiling potential future PG.
Keep in mind that #2 pays $2.2M more than so they can't do Paul + Barnes without cutting Champ whose contract alone is a valuable asset, especially in the Apron Era.
That wouldn't make your evaluation of Sheppard being unable to do anything other than catch and shoot 3's any less wrong, tbh.
Im picking Sheppard 10 times out of 10 over Castle. The fact that rascal doesn't want him only strengthens the case lol
After watching both Sheppard and Castle during the Summer League, I would still pick Castle.
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