Stephon Castle Houston Rockets 2024 NBA Draft Prospect Profile: Strengths, Weaknesses, Fit & More

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  • Опубликовано: 3 дек 2024

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  • @LockedOnRockets
    @LockedOnRockets  6 месяцев назад +3

    COMMENT: How would you feel about the Rockets taking Stephon Castle with the #3 pick?

    • @chrisbaldock5785
      @chrisbaldock5785 6 месяцев назад +3

      i think he would be a good replacement for brooks, once his contract runs out. I think Topic is a better player. As we have pick 3, that kid can really play. clingin will go 2 as wizards literally dont have a centre.

    • @jonobot_
      @jonobot_ 6 месяцев назад +1

      Love the podcast, but I was wondering if there is a way to get locked on sports today from being forced on me, by dropping it into my podcast feed? It's been happening for about a week now. I realize that it may be out of your hands. It'd be one this if it happed once or even a couple of times, but it's starting to get pretty annoying. Maybe show this post to the higher ups at Locked On and let them know its intrusive and rude.

    • @judarod1
      @judarod1 6 месяцев назад

      It just make you wonder how much a fan these podcasters are. I never believed Gatlin is a Houstonian because he suggest the worst acquisitions and players that doesn’t make any sense for us. Not only him, but just about all these podcasters that do contents on the Rockets are not even from Houston.
      It make you wonder how vested the NBA media is to destroy the Rockets organization by posing as fake fans and suggesting the worst players. I was screaming at the top of my lungs last season to draft Cam Whitmore with the 4th pick while fans like Gatlin was so many in numbers drowning out the voices of real Rockets fans wanting Amen over Cam, and Stone, like a stupid idiot, drafted Amen with the 4th pick.
      Cam clearly outshined Amen and it’s not even close. But the Media did him dirty by denying him a spot on the all-Rookie. Now the Media moving in on trying to suggest the Rockets trade Cam Whitmore -- they have Gilbert Arenas on a podcast talking about Cam don’t fit with the Rockets. And then have KJ Martin’ Dad (Kenyon) talking about the offense need to go through Sengun more.
      These guys were PAID to say that crap. Nobody in their right mind would say the offense need to go more through Sengun after we just went on a 10+ game winning streak, the biggest we ever had since Harden. And it started right when Sengun went down. It gave us a clear hint that the offense need to go through Green the Guards like FVV and Cam Whitmore. Sengun need is the one that need to be trade. Anyone with a basketball sense can see that. He doesn’t fit. And never will. His style take the ball away from guys that are better offensive threat than Sengun.

  • @Htowndude1000
    @Htowndude1000 6 месяцев назад +9

    I would be happy to get Castle. Today’s NBA game is position-less, plus injuries happen.

    • @bobyoung3857
      @bobyoung3857 6 месяцев назад

      But you still need to be balanced. The best teams still follow a mostly structured system.

    • @josh-vi8fk
      @josh-vi8fk 6 месяцев назад +4

      @@bobyoung3857 You go bpa. Drafting based on fit is how you pass on luka for ayton "due to fit". Castle is 2nd on my big board and if he drops to 3 I'll be happy.

    • @Htowndude1000
      @Htowndude1000 6 месяцев назад

      Imagine the defensive lineup
      Castle
      Thompson
      Brooks
      Eason
      Adams

    • @Wasif408
      @Wasif408 6 месяцев назад

      @@josh-vi8fk Who's your first and third on your big board?

  • @stevenbfine
    @stevenbfine 6 месяцев назад +7

    Rockets need more scorers in my opinion.

  • @stufatotv1567
    @stufatotv1567 6 месяцев назад +26

    We Already have Thompson. We need shooters. That’s it

    • @noahschott578
      @noahschott578 6 месяцев назад +4

      Amen

    • @Htownbj
      @Htownbj 6 месяцев назад +2

      Same thing I was gonna say we already have that kinda guard/player. We should either draft RISACHER or SHEPPARD if we even keep the pick the injured he second I would strong recommend a back defensive rim protecting type of center.

    • @bobyoung3857
      @bobyoung3857 6 месяцев назад +1

      A rim running athletic big and a shooter.

    • @karimw.9954
      @karimw.9954 6 месяцев назад +1

      The Rockets can add shooting through free agency. Another playmaker in the rotation will improve the shot quality for the entire team, especially someone who can attack the rim. I would bet on Stephon staying on the court against the Mavs, Nuggets, Thunder or Wolves over Reed Shepherd as an example. And he elevates their defense, which is the foundation of their defense
      Stephon is the pick.

    • @razkable
      @razkable 6 месяцев назад +2

      Meh while you do have brooks amen and cam you do need a backup pg and castle can pass....

  • @robertomaldonado2723
    @robertomaldonado2723 6 месяцев назад +6

    Would've been the perfect pick if Amen wasn't picked last year. Will he even work out for the Rockets? He said he's not working out for anyone who has a starting PG. He seems to be trying to avoid the situation that Amen had where he was converted to a 3.

  • @robertomaldonado2723
    @robertomaldonado2723 6 месяцев назад +1

    Your comment about who ever Houston drafts is not playing this year stuck with me. It had me thinking that most of the prospects to the Rockets are really going to struggle to fit or find a role on the team. This made me think of a draft prospect that many people don't think would be a fit with Houston. Rob Dillingham. I don't love the fit for several reasons but I do love the idea that the Rockets might be drafting their 6th man electric scorer off the bench. In that regard, I think he has a clearer path to minutes and a defined role as opposed to a lot of other prospects.

  • @BossNerd
    @BossNerd 6 месяцев назад +3

    I have Castle & Sheppard absolutely equal on my "big board". For the Rockets I might put Sheppard ahead of Castle because of duplication of skills. He does remind me of Amen, so to broaden the skills on the team(we need shooting), I think the Rockets pick Sheppard over Castle. If you go by the "swing for the fences" philosophy you pick Castle but I think the Rockets are desperate for shooting and take Sheppard. If we somehow clear the roster a bit AND pick up a shooter then you draft Castle. I would prefer to trade the #3 pick but I doubt that is happening.

  • @pleswalker
    @pleswalker 6 месяцев назад +6

    Pass

  • @bboyizzy
    @bboyizzy 6 месяцев назад +8

    If he can't shoot then it's on to the next

    • @josh-vi8fk
      @josh-vi8fk 6 месяцев назад

      Terrible way to draft a team to right a guy off because he can't shoot. His ceiling is probably one of the highest in this draft.

  • @Trader-B-z2h
    @Trader-B-z2h 6 месяцев назад +1

    We need Clinigan…we need more size….rim runner and shot blocker

  • @josh-vi8fk
    @josh-vi8fk 6 месяцев назад +1

    This is the guy i want. You always go BPA who cares about fit right now you can always sign shooters through free agency.

  • @jojowicaksana9419
    @jojowicaksana9419 6 месяцев назад +2

    Greetings, keep going Houston, I hope and the club's accuracy, don't trade J. Green or C. Whitmore or draft no. 3, if you choose Red Sherppard, it's best to trade with,amen thompson&jabari smicth jr,and jack landalle &j,tae'te ,t.easonplus draft pict 1 for d.mitchell, and j.allen ,also move trade player like jeff green,nate williams,j.samuel jr,b.marjanovic, don't miss out on taking free players malik beastley ,malik monk, better move j green to small f position, if d.mitchell comes in, and important don't miss out on draft picks Red Sherpard

  • @hunggiang1475
    @hunggiang1475 6 месяцев назад +3

    Is he better than Amen? If trade the #3 for Portland #7 and #14 take a pg and big.

    • @llGzUsll
      @llGzUsll 6 месяцев назад +1

      Exactly....This would be perfect.

  • @mindofzyzz8805
    @mindofzyzz8805 6 месяцев назад +1

    Dalton Knecht is especially after the combine

  • @slickrick8046
    @slickrick8046 6 месяцев назад +11

    We already have Thompson. Would be like drafting the same player two years in a row. I thought the Rockets said shooting was a priority. Why is Castle being profiled…???

    • @JeffreyAllen-sy2ti
      @JeffreyAllen-sy2ti 6 месяцев назад +3

      You not going to solve your shooting problems by drafting one shooter in a draft. This guy is a playmaker on both ends and has high potential. We can getting shooting via trade and free agency

    • @slickrick8046
      @slickrick8046 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@JeffreyAllen-sy2ti
      That’s the same draft profile as Thompson. They may not can solve their shooting problems in the draft…but they can definitely help their shooting problems with the draft.

    • @JeffreyAllen-sy2ti
      @JeffreyAllen-sy2ti 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@slickrick8046 Having shooting issues is not always about needing shooters. Many times players like Cam, Jabari, Jalen, and Fred were shooting highly contested threes. I think the Rockets need more play creators to make the defense have to rotate to lead to more open shots. Jabari can shoot but it difficult to catch a rhythm when every shot there is a hand in your face. I like Amen but he hasn’t learned to how to playmake yet. he is a slasher/ dunker spot. Castle is more polished as a ball handler and creating shots in the lane something Amen is not good at yet

    • @slickrick8046
      @slickrick8046 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@JeffreyAllen-sy2ti
      If you look at the Synergy Offensive Play Type Rankings...the Rockets are 29th in Isolation, 25th Off Screens, 23rd in Transition, and 21st in Spot Ups. They are 4th in Hand Offs which is great, but they only do that 4% of the time.
      *Those numbers are SCREAMING that the Rockets need a shooter.*
      Having a point guard whose shooting isn’t respected, like Castle, isn’t going to solve those issues. Defenses will just back off him, stick with their man, and dare him to shoot. Which isn’t going to help the other players because most of those dudes have issues with their handles (especially Jabari).

  • @louisconner5036
    @louisconner5036 6 месяцев назад +1

    Can you give us a predicted roster for 2024

  • @josh-vi8fk
    @josh-vi8fk 6 месяцев назад +2

    Year and year again who becomes the stars of the draft? It's always a combo guard. Not the 6'2 undersized shooting guard or the rim running big or the lanky shooter who can't self-create his own shot. IT'S ALMOST ALWAYS THE COMBO GUARD. We can always figure out the fit later but not drafting him because we have Amen, who hasn't even shown to have the ball-handeling capabilities to take over as our starting point guard would be stupid. I want this guy with the 3rd pick! Not clingan or sheppard.

  • @theechillface5380
    @theechillface5380 6 месяцев назад

    Came here to glaze Cadtle (pause) and realized that's what the whole video was about

  • @johntexas2798
    @johntexas2798 6 месяцев назад +1

    Light 🚨 the fuse 🚀

  • @zerolop6595
    @zerolop6595 6 месяцев назад

    I like Castle a lot.

  • @samueldeblaw9677
    @samueldeblaw9677 6 месяцев назад +1

    Good pod guys. Madison that was a high powered sales pitch. I gotta stop listening to you on this guy because you are slowly winning me over Lol. I think we need shooting, however we don't necessarily have to get it from the draft. FA and trade remain options. if we are looking at taking a swing for high upside this could be the move. plus we don't have to rush him. we have time to groom and develope him at PG. this could be a perfect heir to Fred. a guard rotation of Amen, Jalen and Castle could be top shelf in a couple of years. its unlikely any rookie will crack our present rotation unless he blows us away with his play. that's what makes this pick so great for us.....we don't need it all that badly. we can use it in a lot of ways. the more I think about it we should seek shooting in trade talks. we need someone with a track record of good shooting and not relay on a rookie to fix that for us. we have the non taxpayer mid level exemption, plenty of tradeable contracts and draft picks. we don't have to rely on the draft. that's what makes Castle intruging to me. stash him now to make it greater later?

  • @susansponheimer8503
    @susansponheimer8503 6 месяцев назад

    We need more scorers and shooters....

  • @calfowler6838
    @calfowler6838 6 месяцев назад +1

    We need a power forward

  • @MoKnows89
    @MoKnows89 6 месяцев назад +1

    Good player, but we already have multiple guys with similar skill sets. Don’t really understand why this is your pick for the “Rockets” Madison…. And we don’t need ANYMORE non shooters on our team.

  • @AERrJORDAN
    @AERrJORDAN 6 месяцев назад

    JG everything allright? No new Podcast episode?

  • @jalenjohnson0339
    @jalenjohnson0339 6 месяцев назад +3

    Castle is a Ime player his upside for me is Jimmy Bulter a guy that can defend and he a has a nice mid range.
    But I’m going to have to pass on him. We just can’t afford to have another non shooter on this team it’s going to take time for him to develop that shot. Don’t necessarily have the time for that.
    I could definitely see him going to the Spurs with one of their picks or like the Blazers they need a wing that can defend.
    A good player but he just not the right player for us with the number three pick

  • @MrBooey23
    @MrBooey23 6 месяцев назад +8

    Castle is intriguing but we can't get non shooter. I predict the spurs will grab him

    • @razkable
      @razkable 6 месяцев назад

      Imagine not taking the best player because of fit...it's so dumb

  • @lonmaranadeo5187
    @lonmaranadeo5187 6 месяцев назад

    Same player profile as Amen Thompson, tall PG can defend and who cant shoot. not unless u trade Amen Thompson go get him.

  • @-Yu_Tsugami
    @-Yu_Tsugami 6 месяцев назад

    draft profile on Zaccharie Risacher or Reed Sheppard already. cmon

  • @tolgag6245
    @tolgag6245 6 месяцев назад +1

    alpi in rim de ve içeri sürüyor, amen içeri sürüyor ve atıyor ve ikiside asist çıkıyor, jaylen green sürüyor ve dış şut var ama istikrarsız, cam içeri sürüyor, fred içeri sürüyor ve dış şut fena değil, herkes içeri sürüyor ne yapıcak bu takım castle ı da alırsa herkes drive mı edicek? saçma ve gereksiz, 3 lük %40 ve orta mesafe %50+ sağlam bir wing lazım, yada fred e yedek guard. bu takımın bu şutları atamayan birine yada. guard kanat dışında bir şeye ihtiyacı yok bence. bir ton açık 3lük atılamadı geçen sene...

  • @a.k.infinity1502
    @a.k.infinity1502 6 месяцев назад

    Marcus Smart

  • @VictorSanchezVS13
    @VictorSanchezVS13 6 месяцев назад +3

    No. Enough none shooters

  • @hpqletdoitchannel6611
    @hpqletdoitchannel6611 5 месяцев назад

    I will be disappointed if rockets dont piak Reed if he is still there at 3

  • @mirisarawak1931
    @mirisarawak1931 6 месяцев назад +3

    Rockets is going to select Risacher at number 3 overall, trust me.....

    • @juniorgarcia9292
      @juniorgarcia9292 6 месяцев назад

      hope you are right ....who you think the wizards are picking at 2 ??????....i feel like the wizards are gonna make a mistake at 2 so we are pretty much picking 2

  • @kingmoz
    @kingmoz 6 месяцев назад +2

    Too similar to amen and amen is better. Doesn’t make sense on this team

    • @JeffreyAllen-sy2ti
      @JeffreyAllen-sy2ti 6 месяцев назад +2

      Actually Castle is a better player. He is more under control and more of a combo guard. He has various skills in getting to the rim. Amen doesn’t have that yet. Castle is more ready to be a pg.

  • @djmill8000
    @djmill8000 6 месяцев назад

    I want edey

    • @juniorgarcia9292
      @juniorgarcia9292 6 месяцев назад

      edey plays like yao

    • @djmill8000
      @djmill8000 6 месяцев назад

      @@juniorgarcia9292 is that a good or bad thing