Castle ROTY watch

[couchman]

Would you still take Sheppard over Castle?
Would you still take Castle over McCain?
Would you still make fun of people who think Edey will be a good player?
Would you take Jaylen Wells #1?

Honestly it’s still too early to make major decisions.
Sheppard is barely getting playing time. 11mins a game.
Despite a recent improvement Castle is still has bad shooting numbers on the year 39/29/68. Has he figured it out or just in a brief hot streak?
Edey has translated his offense to the NBA seamlessly, even making 3pointers, and he hasn’t been played off the floor on defense either, but that will be tested more eventually.
Meanwhile Clingan, who some of us saw as the 3rd best prospect, just had a 17pt 12rb 8block game and is second in the league in block rate just behind Wemby but he’s not been impactful most of the time.
Rissacher is underwhelming so far.
Just too early to know how everyone will turn out.

I am very happy w Castle so far but let’s be honest about confirmation bias.

[Raven]

I think everyone would take Castle number 1 at the moment.

[Dex]

Castle is bringing that Kawhi-like presence even faster than Kawhi did as a rookie. That's the best way I can describe it.

[DAF86]

I think everyone would take Castle number 1 at the moment.

Nah, most teams are still fine with the picks they made. Hawks and Wizards wouldn't change their picks, Blazers and Grizzlies probably wouldn't. The Sixers definitely wouldn't. If anything, McCain is probably the player most teams would choose in a re-draft. We love Castle, but his numbers don't really jump off the page. If you haven't been paying close attention, you don't know how good Castle has been.

[John B]

Still easily the best 2-way player on this draft.

[Uriel]

I think everyone would take Castle number 1 at the moment.

Is this the general consensus or just the biased take of us Spurs fans on this forum?

[spurs10]

Castle is bringing that Kawhi-like presence even faster than Kawhi did as a rookie. That's the best way I can describe it.

Good take, he's adapting very quickly. Love watching this guy!

[Russ]

Dalton Knecht might be making a move in the ROTY race.

First, he's a Laker.

Second, he's scored 60 points in his last three games, all Laker wins (self-evident 20/game).

Third, for the season, he's hitting 48.4%, 40.4% from 3 and 100% from the line.

Fourth, he seems to be starting (at least for the short term).

People didn't seem to like his chances because he didn't fit some formulaic pedigree/paradigm. But he can play.

[RC_Drunkford]

Dalton Knecht might be making a move in the ROTY race.

First, he's a Laker.

Second, he's scored 60 points in his last three games, all Laker wins (self-evident 20/game).

Third, for the season, he's hitting 48.4%, 40.4% from 3 and 100% from the line.

Fourth, he seems to be starting (at least for the short term).

People didn't seem to like his chances because he didn't fit some formulaic pedigree/paradigm. But he can play.

but does he smile a lot like Branham?

[Chomag]

Dalton Knecht might be making a move in the ROTY race.

First, he's a Laker.

Second, he's scored 60 points in his last three games, all Laker wins (self-evident 20/game).

Third, for the season, he's hitting 48.4%, 40.4% from 3 and 100% from the line.

Fourth, he seems to be starting (at least for the short term).

People didn't seem to like his chances because he didn't fit some formulaic pedigree/paradigm. But he can play.

Gee, if only Spurs have had a 8th Pick they could have drafted Knetch as well

Oh wait...

[Chomag]

Or Edey, or Carrington and the list goes on.

[Russ]

Gee, if only Spurs have had a 8th Pick they could have drafted Knetch as well

Oh wait...

Personally, I wanted Nikola Topic at 8 or, secondarily, Knecht (although both would have been considered reaches).

[DAF86]

My pick at 8 was Knecht, tbh.

[Mr. Body]

Everyone was on Kentucky guard knob or Cody Williams or Buzelis and all those players suck so far. It's been about McCain and Knecht.

[couchman]

Castle’s atrocious shooting tonight won’t help his cause.

[ismael-robert]

Knecht with 9 3s 37pts

[DAF86]

Knecht with 9 3s 37pts

It was a pretty safe bet this guy was gonna produce at the NBA level, tbh.

Still would rather have Castle, though. Much higher upside on both ends of the court. We could have had both if I was the GM, tbh.

[The Truth #6]

I was high on McCain and Knecht.

[Obstructed_View]

Nephew is erased from Spurs history tbh. Even the commentators Sean and the other guys won't even mentioned his name while they may referenced other Spurs great like Tony, Manu, David etc.

Lmao fair enough. I'm not really angry about what he did, but I'm definitely bitter. Happy to pretend he doesn't exist. Also, his rookie year wasn't that great.

[Obstructed_View]

Knecht looks like a solid player. He's almost 24 so he should be the most developed rookie right now. No excuse for the Spurs trading away 8, IMO.

[spursparker9]

What happened to the other older rookie Devin Carter? Did he even played 1 game yet?

[Mr. Body]

Knecht and McCain are exploding and that's great for them. A big issue for both of them will be their defense. I don't think either will ever be a good defender.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

We ed up not picking someone with the 8th pick. Knecht would've been unreal.

[Pauleta14]

Castle’s atrocious shooting tonight won’t help his cause.

He definitely needs to put some numbers for the medias who only value offence, but just listening to 99% of observers, they're impressed.

He's by far the best 2 way player of the draft.

[couchman]

I said before the draft that Knecht’s game reminds me of Devin Booker.
He takes a lot of the same shots, has similar form and moves, is the same size, and when they get hot they can pour in a ton of points.
I still see Knecht’s floor as a poor man’s Booker