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An astonishing statement good Sir.......
Much better than Porker
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An astonishing statement good Sir.......
Parker was head of the snake during 2009 to 2014 before Nephew tookover
Let's see if Castle can be the head of the snake with Wemby as his teammate
TOO EASY
The Castle Doctrine
He is a good kid,
well-mannered, he is articulate (got a good vocabulary)
Listens well, also has a good sense of humor
And really has a depth of understanding......
If he was my student in school, i would say > he would do well........
I just have an idea guys
a researcher can actually do CODING on the post game interviews right?
come up with some sort of paper on behavioral correlates of players, hmmmmm
Was there someone who said Castle wasn’t quick enough? Staying on Curry is a pretty big deal… sure, maybe he won’t stick on electric point guards like the Westbrooks or the Ja’s of the world, but those aren’t championship point guards anyway
I said he didn't have the footspeed to be the lead PG on the team and I still stand by that. That comment had nothing to do with his defensive ability though tbh.
Neither SGA or Luka Are particularly quick. They do what they do in the same way: physicality, balance, and handle. There is actually a template out there for a big physical guard who isn’t quick.
Luka is bigger and (usually) a better shooter. SGA is more athletic and shiftier tbh. Different players for different rosters tbh.
I'm not saying Castle isn't gonna be a stud, quite the contrary. I just think long term, pairing him with a more traditional PG with a quicker first step and better shooting is what takes this roster to the next level. Like I think Boogie Fland would be a great pick even if he doesn't have the size that the FO usually drafts for.
there are situations where he can‘t turn the corner, but it‘s not a big issue. He can absolutely play point
Luka is not bigger. SGA is not more athletic. Castle ing roofed him face to face in the last game. SGA does his pretty much the same way Castle does, with better shooter spacing. He’s probably in the 60%tile in the NBA athleticism.
Thing about Castle's quickness is that he eats up space really well on defense and doesn't overrun his assignments. There's something different in how he operates. The Warriors run these long looping screens for Curry where he goes through the lane to bump his defender off. Castle has no problem with those. He's right with Curry and, what's super-impressive, comes to a halt wherever Curry comes to a halt. A lot of fast guards, like Wesley, will overshoot their assignments because it's hard to read the stop and then stop at such speeds.
It’s kind of wild to see how impactful he already is and isn’t even remotely efficient as a scorer yet.
He’s got some irving / curry style ball handling in his bag and i cant wait to see his highlight reels in the future. He’s going to be a household name because of his crossovers, tbh. Casual fans love that .
Spurstalk continues to show it's ass around basketball knowledge.
I think that result has more to do with trading away #8 than with getting Castle, tbh.
Spurstalk continues to show it's ass around basketball knowledge.
Doesn't matter. Spurs got, at worst, the 3rd best player in the draft. That's a ing win, and if someone wants to say that's less than 100% optimal, they are fine to do so, but to say we aren't happy after drafting a potential all-star level guy in a draft that every single person who pays attention to the talent level was downplaying as one of the three or four worst drafts since the early 00s is a massive W. They saw their guy and took it, then went out and plugged in Paul and Barnes and both are balling out. It's a A- draft at worst for the Spurs. Castle moved our timeline for developing this team into a contender up by 2 years. That's a grand slam of a pick.
I'm loving what I'm seeing from Stephon, but it's waaaay too early to be making all the claims you are making about him, tbh. Patience.
I did couch it with "potential". Like dude is showing insane upsides and few if any downsides. Great mind for the game. Honestly he's starting to feel like a better version of Derrick White with better athleticism. There's obviously a long way to go but he's been ridiculously good for a rookie and looks like he has crazy upside. Especially considering most teams saw him as a small 2 and the Spurs seem to have figured out a way to develop him as a combo guard at the 1.
I'd say his shooting is still a huge question mark. That airball on that wide open 15 footer was ugly as . If he fixes that, the sky is the limit.
This is an oversimplification though.
If they Spurs had picks 1 and 2 in the Wemby draft, and used #1 to take Wemby and took Sidy #2 overall, you'd expect some people to be disappointed. You could view this as people not being satisfied with Wemby, or you could view it as we passed up the opportunity to have Wemby and Brandon Miller. (This is also an oversimplification)
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