Very recently Steph had gotten to -180 with Jaylen Wells around +350. Wells has really had an awful stretch.
Sarr has narrowed the gap a bit in recent weeks, his counting stats are looking decent and his shot is falling more consistently...still rough efficiency overall like Castle. Risacher having some big games down the stretch this season could also make him an interesting candidate as he is a bit more efficient.
That being said, Castle is in the drivers seat and will have plenty of playing time to finish strong, up to him to capitalize.
Spurs just lost a couple of tight, compe ive games against the two best teams in the East (at full strength) with Castle essentially functioning as our #1 option. He will/should never assuming that role for us, but it is valuable experience for him as far as getting acclimated to a potential Ginobili role leading the bench mob or an amalgam of non-Wemby/Fox starters + bench unit.
Castle in March (16 games): 20.2/4.4/4.9 on 46.4 FG%/30.5 3PT%/68.7 FT%
^^ Free throw shooting needs to be addressed asap..So much is left on the table for someone who is likely going to feast at the line..
As much as he deserves it, I don't think he'll get it.
Wemby deserved DPOY last year.
Jokic is having the greatest season of all time this year and probably won't get it either.
We have AI now, screw the human bias.
Who will, then? Last year, Rudy was a clear DPOY second place, and would have cleanly won in other seasons.
No one else has been good from start to finish.
Steph is a pretty heavy favorite right now. Don't think he has it in the bag yet but he'd have to fall off hard these last nine games and Risacher would have to get super hot.
TNT was all crazy about Castle during the AS selling how good he is. He leads the major stats. He got it.
Bad day for his DPOY stock. Dud for castle and Risacher playing great in a win against a playoff team
DPOY? agree with everything else though. Risacher making trae young look like a bball player is quite the feat tbh
Meant ROTY obviously given the thread
Might come down to Castle getting ROTY or Spurs getting a better draft pick tbh.
timvp draft preview saying analytics had Risacher as a second round grade, supposedly he was a very poor athlete, etc etc
yeah castle has more upside but this version of Risacher for the last few months is basically the perfect complementary modern SF
not that we are disappointed by castle but if we had Risacher we would know we had our future SF and wouldn’t be a question of who he does or doesn’t fit with
Risacher really only showed he had a pulse after Jalen Johnson went down.
Would still rather have Castle tbh. At this point we're debating whether he's more like Butler or Holiday.
Yeah I’m glad we got castle as well. Just saying there were some really weird takes about Risacher. Mr body said he’d rather draft furphy than him
Yes, the 3 is by far the hardest position to fill in the NBA. That Atlanta team basically has a full squad when Johnson comes back next year.
He’s 19 and already playing at a good level for a starting 3. He’ll get better too. In a redraft i still think castle goes 1 but Risacher is the easy #2
I don't think he's an easy #2 given Sarr has been coming alive lately and still has the best upside of anyone in that draft. Honestly I could see Castle, Sarr, and Risacher going in any of the six possible orders on a redraft. Curious if you'd take Sheppard over McCain, Buzelis, or Ware given what we have seen this season.
You're all forgetting mccain...the likely roy if not injured n was available to spurs...what could we have done or been with him
No way I'm taking McCain over Castle and would much rather have Fox than have chosen McCain #8.
Why not mccain at 4? Castles defense? Can't wait to see them head to head next season
Castle's size, strength, athleticism, and defense give him way more upside than McCain IMO.
id still take him over Ware for sure. He didnt really have much opportunity this year tbh, didnt get a chance to play through growing pains. rockets were playing to win all year and had solid backcourt depth so they didnt have incentive to play him for the sake of playing him. but if he was as good as i thought, he'd have found a way onto the floor more i guess.
buzelis has really been on a tear lately.
I’m just glad Risacher, Sarr and Reed were all chosen before Castle, and not giving Wright the chance to mess up that 4th pick. I’d still pick Castle over anyone. The kid has natural dawg in him, much advanced for his age.
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