At #4 i have conflict between Castle and Cody Williams, and at #8 i want Saluan but i doubt he stay till then
Maybe the Spurs should just get some basketball players and let their opponents try to figure out what positions they play. (Or maybe not.)
At #4 i have conflict between Castle and Cody Williams, and at #8 i want Saluan but i doubt he stay till then
luka is in no way a guard lol and castle can't be projected to defend him
Agreed. I know the lack of shooting combo is scary but I take Castle + Holland or Holland + Dillingham
Just trade pick 8 + CHA their pick back for pick 6 and you dont have to sweat as much
Disagree big time. Draft the best player available at 4. Always. You dont draft for position. Then if you fear a PG you like wont be there at 8 you simply make a trade to move up and get him.
We all know the Spurs are gonna take two players projected in the second round at 4 and 8 tbh.
I don’t like Salaun at all at 8.
We dont need to factor in Blake or Branham IMO. If they make huge leaps and show out in camp fine, but at this point they should be already on chopping block unless they prove they don’t belong there.
Gross
A guy who is stating clearly he will play point guard and is adamant about it - and has zero shooting skills to boot...at #4
and a 2nd PG who wont be there at 8!
Brilliant!
Hope timvp is wrong...
The best talent in the top 8 (that FITS the spurs!) is Dilly at 4 and Buzelis at 8 to my eyes. Hope I am wrong also.
I would be fine with this draft tbh…
Replacing Branham/Blake/Graham (who really didn’t get minutes anyways) with Castle + Dillingham is a big upgrade at this point in terms of potential and ceiling. It’s not like drafting Castle with his shooting concerns is any worse than Blakes shooting or even Branhams 3 ball
But I think then you need to obviously add some wing talent via FA/Trade (Patrick Williams?)
Adding Castle/Dillingham to replace Branham/Blake minutes and adding someone like Williams to the rotation for shooting/size/defense makes sense
But I guess you still have to view Castle as a PG. Start him at PG, shift him to 2 guard when Dilly comes in. Basically like letting Derrick White be your PG in Castle.
buzelis can shoot?
I really think Castle is the right pick at 4. UConn's offense is at least as complex as the Spurs, but, they ran it to perfection. He will have no problem transitioning. His shot will improve, that's his only job.
Salaun could be a genius move in 3-5 years. Maybe sooner. Just his presence on the team should add a bit of pressure for Sochan to improve.
What happens in the highly unlikely event that the draft goes something like this?
1) Risacher
2) Topic
3) Castle
Spurs undoubtedly take Sarr or trade to someone who will.
My personal statistically unsupported feeling is that Buz might be kind of soft. This raises a much larger point for me, which is to me a contrast, perhaps a huge contrast, in what type of player the Spurs seek, versus the type of player that will succeed in the Spurs system. Good character people, with good intelligence, with good senses of humor and outside interests etc, but to make it on the Spurs they have to also be able to turn that off and be completely professional and intense. Manu was amazing in that regard in that he could be super chill and super intense when needed, but I don't think most people or players are that way. So I'm actually leaning Castle over Buzz purely for this reason, because I think Castle already acts like a grown ass man who will fit in fairly easily, at least from a maturity and professional level, and no, I don't have any concerns about him wanting to play point guard as far as him stating what he wants.
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castle is telling everybody who will listen that he sees himself as a PG and wants to play PG. didnt see a lot of playmaking from him in college, though i imagine point castle has a better chance of working out than point sochan if we want a supersized defensive PG
if we do take castle at 4 i'd probably lean Cody Williams or knecht with the other pick.
i don't see a scenario, where at least 2 pgs don't last until #8
Give me Castle + Holland! Shooting be damned (for now). Dillingham + Holland
Castle and Knecht I can live with, both are mature and seem like professionals, so to speak.
O god please let this happen!!! Great write up!
If the Spurs draft Castle they're going to at least try him at the point; it's inevitable. Castle/Dilly seems kind of underwhelming initially but that's what this draft is. At least they get one guy who can shoot.
to me not coming away with one of the kentucky guards is the catastrophic version of this draft. my top combinations are risacher + kentucky guard, or holland + kentucky guard
as chump said, if castle is drafted its going to be for him to run point. at that point i think dillingham makes less sense though, which is why im not keen on this scenario. if they go castle, it makes more logical sense to try to come away with a wing who can shoot or at least as reasonably projectable shooting (knecht, williams... salaun)
Ya - Im fine with it mostly because they are both highly ranked players anyways and there’s plenty of long term and short term minutes for multiple guards with losing Graham, Cedi and having no real compe ion with Branham/Blake/Tre long term at this point.
Plus, you are just hoping one of Castle/Dillingham is a star-ish so getting both gives you a chance to hit on one doing that a little better too
Agree on the shooting, but I like Castle and Holland upside enough to over look that and try to solve it elsewhere short term while hoping one or both of them figure out their shooting
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