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since you asked... i'm not sure anymore he'll develop as a pg, he's now fully playing as a sga like combo guard.
Good thing that your concerns are completely irrelevant.
since you asked... i'm not sure anymore he'll develop as a pg, he's now fully playing as a sga like combo guard.
who runs point for OKC?
Pretty good in March so far
5 games
29mpg
23.6 pts
4.8 rebounds
4.6 assists
5.8 fta but still only shooting 65.5%
32.1% from 3, still his best month so far on 5.6 attempts volume
it's a good thing Vassell is "very good, consistently" - right?
beats me... why does it matter?
Another instance of Castle's straight bully-ball.
Like TD 21 mentioned in his thread, one of the most under-discussed topics about this roster is the general lack of physicality and strength at every position. The fact that a 20-year-old rookie has fastly become their most 'imposing' presence/threat off the drive is quite telling.
https://x.com/RealPjHoops/status/1899105496298353141
https://x.com/PaulGarciaNBA/status/1898956630659563605
Links aren’t working. Throwing a twitter error.
Hahah Steph caught some rookie hazing. No popcorn in the whip, his teammates legit jacked all 4 of the rims of his Supra. They ain’t even put the on blocks. Had his car sitting on on the rotors lolz
Stephon got this
This is a 23-games sample size by the way. I won't be surprised if Castle is an 18 ppg guy on better efficiency next season.
For what is widely considered the weakest draft class in more than 20 years, the Spurs really hit a home run with the 4th pick (the equivalent of 10-12th pick in a normal/strong draft)
He already looks like he‘ll average 20 in his sleep. If the shooting comes around watch out
that 55.5 TS% split up has him shooting 46.5/31.6/71.6 during that stretch
At this point, what is Castle’s ceiling?
It still depends on this shooting.
Even during this recent stretch of good counting stats he is shooting 32% from 3 and 68% on free throws.
If he learns how to shoot his ceiling is all star, maybe even all-NBA.
If he doesn’t he’s a Marcus Smart level role player which is nice but not great.
Jimmy was all-NBA while shooting less than 25% from 3PT.
Getting his FTs to ~80% should be his priority. He's great at getting to the line, can't leave so many free points there.
Since New Year, Castle is at 31% from 3PT on 150 attempts, I'm not worried about his shot.
His finishing in the paint will develop naturally with experience and strength, as will his passing. I wouldn't be too worried about turnovers because we have no consistency with our lineups and a lot of those are about communication.
If he gets the starting spot next season, he should easily average 18/5/5.
I was thinking the same thing - lots of Jimmy butler similarities
Jimmy Butler, Dwayne Wade, SGA
Castle's shooting has improved already, in front of our very eyes.
I have no reason to think that he won't continue to improve. Hitting a few more 3s (compared to earlier in the season) has opened up his driving game even more and he can get into the paint and outmuscle most players in the league. As a rookie. He's tough as nails.
ROY and an absolute home run for the Spurs. We need Mr. Wright to become the Reggie Jackson of bball GMs and get another home run (or two) in June.
SGA is different tier from D-wade and Jimmy tbh
Marcus Smart could never get to the hoop like Steph. His floor is higher than Smart.
IMO Stephon has already shown more in his rookie year than a lot of other great players did in their rookie years. I think Steph has been better than Butler (maybe even better compared to Butler's first two years), Kawhi (not on defense), SGA were in their rookie years.
Doesn't mean he will continue to progress to their levels, but it's a good sign that I think he has the potential to get somewhere close if he keeps working hard and improving.
LeBowen had at great point that one of the main priorities is to improve his free throw shooting as he gets to the line quite a bit, can't keep leaving points on the table there.
That’s why I mentioned them in that order. Low to high
While SGA looks like he's a better player than D-Wade overall (I can't remember the highest D-Wade finished in MVP voting in his best years), not sure how you can put him in a higher tier when D-Wade has led a team to a Championship (in a more physical era) and also been a 1b. in multiple other Championships. He's also been a playoff performer which SGA hasn't consistently shown yet.
Until SGA does more in the playoffs and wins at least one Championship, I can't rank him higher than a prime D-Wade.
I really dislike Wade, but he averaged 27/5/7 on 48% FG over his 5 peak seasons. And played even better in the playoffs.
SGA is at 31/5/6 on 52% over his past 3 years, I don't think there's much of a difference between them, you can attribute that 4% FG difference to different eras.
Jimmy isn't in the same tier offensively, but he was a better defender and a big game performer. Same could be said about peak Wade, I wouldn't rate SGA before we see how he does in these playoffs, because he's got only two series behind him as a first option.
Castle will hopefully never be the first option (it would mean either Wemby or him are gone), I don't see that many similarities with Wade, it's more of Jimmy/Jrue for me.
22/6/6 with elite defense at his peak would be amazing. Easily achievable considering his personality and work ethic, imo.
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