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Fox isn't going to the bench.
Wemby isn't going to the bench.
There aren't enough shots on the first team for all 3 to do their thing.
What edge of the triangle do you think breaks...
I don’t think Wemby will ever play down low on the offensive side of the ball barring a fast break it would be kind of interesting to see how they would work out. I have heard a couple people saying that he is trying to loose more weight and maybe looking to play more of a PF then Center but always comes down to shooting.
I can’t remember one YouTuber saying he thinks Queen could be possibly as good as Sabonis with the Kings a great player but not someone to take you over the top. But with a pick outside the 6th pick that would still be hitting Gold if that is even close to his outcome.
Fox isn't going to the bench.
Wemby isn't going to the bench.
There aren't enough shots on the first team for all 3 to do their thing.
What edge of the triangle do you think breaks...
There absolutely is because Castle is better as an opportunistic scorer/playmaker rather than the first option.
He'll also be the point of attack defender.
Devin is the one who should get benched because despite everyone's best efforts, he's not a spot up shooter, but your typical score first SG. He'd do way better as a 6th man.
Unless they think a guard is by far the best player available with our pick, we should really go for legit wings, can't have any more players under 6'8 unless someone gets traded.
Also, Castle will likely be an all-star. Needs to play abut 35 minutes.
How can you even find 30 min for him if bench him?
Manu 's bench role is to preserve his body.
Love Castle but think we should pump the breaks on the All Star talk
he’s a consistent jumper away. Tbh
I was thinking about Carter Bryant and feel like OG Anunoby might be a good comparison for his ceiling. High end 3-D role player who can defend wings and forwards and even some guards.
https://x.com/kirkgoldsberry/status/1920473253572657168
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/og-anunoby-1.html
The offseason is here and that means everyone is crazy optimistic about our players.
Castle is not yet a winning player.
I'm excited about his future but his shooting was terrible all year except for a very brief hot streak after visiting that shooting coach.
His defense also regressed as the season went on.
If he was on a good team he would have been coming off the bench and that might be what happens next year if we're lucky enough to be that good.
I really like Carter Bryant but I am hoping he'll be there at 14 for us.
Queen + Bryant would be an amazing draft.
-c
I can see Castle has that jumper in him by looking at his manner - calm yet confidence.
Where did you hear Victor is trying to lose weight?
What he showed after Vic and Fox went down, even with an efficiency dip, was pretty heady stuff for a rookie. He was basically the #1 option the last quarter of the season. I’m trying to imagine what he’ll be like with 90% of the attention Vic and Fox, and I can’t quite wrap my head around it yet.
I think he’s referring to Queen, who used to be a fatty.
He’ll either be like someone who really stands out as an efficient third option with the attention of defenses elsewhere… or he’ll be someone with 66% less usage and not take the statistical leap many are hoping for.
The reality will probably be somewhere in between. The good news is that he doesn’t need to take a huge leap in counting stats to be a winning player.
Queen appears to me the big that can punish other teams with inside scoring and rebound. Those are instant upgrades for us, especially since we don’t even have a legit backup C or even PF on the roster. Yes Sochan can play the 4 but he is a small ball 4. I think when we agonize about fit with Wemby that’s overthinking it. Yes we can reasonably agitate about fit using the example of Keldon Johnson, but I think that’s a real stretch to extrapolate that onto Queen not being able
to play with Wemby.
Castle can start and still lead a mostly bench unit when Fox/Wemby are subbed out. Saying Castle is a jumper away from being an all star is almost as bad as me saying I'm just a billion dollars away from being a billionaire. I love Castle but him becoming even a league avg shooter is a ways off at least and not a given.
With all the buzz around Bryant of late I think he won’t be there at 14. Plus he’ll probably crush the combine measurements portion which will justify the boost (while others will fall because of it). Spurs will probably have to reach at 8/9 to grab him if he’s the guy.
I wouldn’t hate it honestly.
A winning player is exactly what Castle is (as UConn well knows).
Forget about stats and jump shots and the rest.
Castle has a nose for winning.
That's exactly what the Spurs need.
Where will RC and his chair be?
1 Flagg2 Harper3 Bailey4 Edgecombe5 Johnson6 Knueppel7 Queen8 Carter9 Jaku10 McNeeley11 Demin12 Sorber13 Fleming14 MaluachJust spitballing there, but looks to me like the math is on our side when I weed out the players mocking higher that I don’t think are ideal choices for us based on need and/or have more flaws or question marks then those 14.If you diasgree, what is your top 14?Note: I put Carter higher but still thought letting him drop to 14 is a better approach. I’d also note that some players are likely mutually exclusive, like I don’t see us taking 2 of Queen, Maluach, Sorber.
edit: sorry for the run together when I posted that it had each of those 14 on a separate line.
At the 38 pick I’m eying Lanier or Kalkbrenner, though Markovic has raised my curiosity.
Or, trade 38 and a 26 SRP to MIN for 31 where Johnni Broome may be available anyone?
Though who we may target in the second round certainly seems interrelated with who we take in the first.
If it’s not just a stash I can see us taking and older player at this stage in the second who is more NBA ready.
I like our chances at getting any of Queen, Sorber… Maluach I don’t see a Spurs target though..
Then any of Bryant, Fleming and even Wolf for 14…. And a backup PG at SRP. Boogie Fland would be great but I doubt he drops that low. Two bigs, different games and a backup PG would be great.
If they prioritize a SF shooter like Kon, then Broome could be there. Kon, Fleming, Broome. Not sexy but looks Spursy.
queen slow unathletic sux. Bryant will be there at 20 so 14 too early
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