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Castle is running away with it:
https://www.si.com/nba/draft/newsfee...-year-favorite
If you recall last year Sochan proved highly capable of checking SGA 1 v 1.
Castle is running away with it:
https://www.si.com/nba/draft/newsfee...-year-favorite
Had an opportunity early last season to get Castle at +1800 when I was in Vegas... had a $100 bet queued up but decided against it at the last minute
Reminder: never take any betting advice from me
I did the same with Wemby +2500 to lead the league in blocks last season.Had an opportunity early last season to get Castle at +1800 when I was in Vegas... had a $100 bet queued up but decided against it at the last minute
Reminder: never take any betting advice from me
Castle with game high 25 points in 26 mins, 2-5 from 3 in a losing effort
Seriously, though, why can't he get more minutes. Under 30 minutes just isn't right. And why can't he start? Your best players should be starting (unless you're overloaded with good players and trying to balance out the team, which the Spurs are not).
I am fine with him not starting but his min should be at least 28, 29 mins+
I have to say I don't quite get some of the hand-wringing here regarding Castle supposedly not having a big enough role on this team. He is sixth in minutes per game among all rookies this season - sure, he could and maybe should play a bit more, but his playing time is not egregiously low.
Also, Castle has by far the highest usage in his rookie class. Per statmuse, he is at 25%, much much higher than the second-placed Jaylen Wells, who is at 16.1%. As of now, Castle also tops the list of most FGA per game with 11.3, narrowly edging out Sarr (11.2). So even though Castle is still a really inefficient player overall (his TS % has been ticking upwards since February, though), I would say the Spurs are already giving him quite a big role on both sides of the court.
Ever since Wemby went down, Castle has stepped up his game to the point he's looking better than our other players who have years of experience. I expect Castle to have an even more prominent role next year, possibly being a full time starter. That's how much he has impressed. A ROY award will just be a feather in his cap. Well on his way to being a top 3 spurs player.
During the championship window,both Bruce Bowen and Danny Green started over Manu.
He woulda had more minutes last night but he fouled out from playing lazy matador defense. I am expecting Fox to be shut down any day now that he got some legit home games in and his Sacto return, that should open a spot for Castle to start (watch Mitch troll and start Champ or Sochan lol).
Already my favorite player.
Every time he goes 40% from 3, it feels like a kid just showed me their report card with straight 'A's.
It actually started with this cancelled fire game with the Lakers. He went into the gym, and put up hundreds of 3 s each day, and he shot better afterwards, step #1.
That should be a normal occurrence. If you are averaging 5 shots per minute (which is pretty slow) it takes an hour to put up 300 shots. With the importance of the 3 in today’s game why isn’t this the norm for almost everyone on the team?
You rarely get 3-4 unexpected unscheduled days during the season. Most young guys would have used the opportunity in LA to party.
You didn't highlight the last bit of my post. I said unless you're overloaded with good players or trying to balance out the team, he should start. I do not think that applies to this current team at all like it did with a lot of the teams Manu played on.
The Spurs had much better rosters when Manu played, and the balance was better with him coming off the bench. It was better for him to come off the bench where he could get more touches and run the offense more. It would have cancelled out the effectiveness of TD, Manu and Tony if they all started together as there wasn't enough touches to go around between 3 high level players like that. Another reason, I'm sure you'll remember is that Manu always played all out, so bringing him off the bench limited his minutes a little bit to try and save some wear and tear on his body. It was actually pretty smart bringing him off the bench as most player's egos wouldn't have allowed that, but fortunately, Manu cared about winning more than anything else. He was also the closer and had the ball in his hands a lot at the end of games, so again, for anyone coming off the bench, I don't think you can ask for more than that.
Big, big difference between this current Spurs team and the ones Manu played on. This current Spurs team without Victor, Castle is either our best or second best player. I stand by what I said. He should not be coming off the bench getting less minutes than inferior players on a team lacking talent and high BBIQ players. It doesn't make sense to me at all. This is nothing like Manu coming in off the bench. This team is nowhere close to a championship team or filled with high BBIQ players. Castle some games hasn't gotten crunch time minutes or had the ball in his hands at the end of the game to learn what to do in those situations. Why not give him those opportunities to learn now that he's shown he's legit (I can understand at the start of the season not giving him those touches and minutes, but what about now with Steph showing what he can do and Victor out? Why isn't it the number one priority?)? Some of the guys on the team that are/were getting those minutes ahead of him may be lost causes due to all the bad teams and possible tanking of previous years (I don't know if they ever outright tanked or just didn't have the talent to win games previous seasons), and also not being coached up hard (I believe the coaching was pretty lax with hardly any emphasis on defense). I don't see why the Spurs are wasting time on those players. They've had long enough to prove themselves, so why not give the minutes to someone that is looking like a stud/someone that can become an all-star level player?
Why not give him those minutes now that the season appears to be lost with Victor being out for the rest of the season and De'Aaron possibly being out soon too if he gets the surgery on his finger.
Maybe the Spurs are still trying to make the play-in, and if so, I guess I can understand them wanting to go with the more veteran players, but if they're not trying to make the play-in, what are they trying to do?
I think he’ll absolutely get the minutes when Fox gets shut down. I’m sure one of the reasons he wasn’t starting was spacing. He and Sochan kind of that all up.
Castle has a strong work ethic and a strong desire to win. He'll sacrifice his stats for the best of the team. That's what he did at UCONN.
I think that might for sure have been a legitimate reason earlier in the season, but as you said, NBA players don't normally have time to work on their shots, and/or some would have spent those extra days off partying in LA, but thankfully Castle isn't one of those guys. With that work he's put in, I feel like his shot has really improved enough for him to start. I just want to see him have more repe ions with it and get more confident in-game with it.
He definitely has had a few bad games these past few weeks, and as mentioned, his defense was poor in the Sacramento game, and I'd be fine with benching because of that, but it's mostly that I see other players get a pass for bad defense, turnovers, bad play overall, I wonder why he's not treated to the same standards. Maybe they believe in him more and are holding him more accountable to try and get him to become a better player, and the other guys that are getting passes are eventually going to be traded or let go?
Jeremy on the other hand, like I said earlier in the season, I still feel those one handed free throws are re ing his overall progress (it helped a little bit by getting his left hand off the ball - you did mention this earlier this season, but I think it's had diminishing returns anywhere outside of the free throw line), as when he shoots a two handed jump shot, it just does not look good at all. I am glad some have gone in just for his own confidence, but going forward, his shot needs to get much quicker and without that hitch if he ever wants to start and be a valuable player in crunch time. He seems like a good guy and a hard worker and I can't help but feel they've done him a disserve with the shooting coach and program they've put him on. I believe someone like Chip would have helped Sochan get much better results if he were the one teaching him to shoot.
Castle getting minutes, with great result! He'a dawg!
Castle has the spirit of Manu
A fighter's fighter!
The Black Ginobilllllllll
why are 21 year old millionaires spending their weekends in LA enjoying beautiful s and cinematic nightlife lifestyles?
when you were 21 what would you have chosen?
Considering how much he's been getting to the line, improving his FT% should be the priority.
Just 72% for the season, 67% over the past 6 games, 22/33.
It doesn't really matter this season, but we'll need him to shoot 80%+ when we actually start competing.
Considering his ability to draw fouls, he can't be leaving so many points on the line.
i'm not sure about his long term development anymore..
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