Welcome Caleb Houstan!

The Real Dalic · Post #1 » by **The Real Dalic** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 3:17 am

I have high hopes on this kid being a great shooter!

Happy with our draft tonight!

DiplomaticMagic · Post #2 » by **DiplomaticMagic** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 3:23 am

Not bad but what is the deal with all the Michigan players?

zaymon · Post #3 » by **zaymon** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 3:26 am

Christie or Houstan who will be better ? We will see.

RookieStar · Post #4 » by **RookieStar** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 3:34 am

Yeah i was thinking of Chrisitie when i said MICH players but.. hey can't complain.

Is he really 6'8? He didn't go to the combine after all rigbt?

Post #5 » by **Knightro** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 3:42 am

RookieStar wrote:Yeah i was thinking of Chrisitie when i said MICH players but.. hey can't complain.

Is he really 6'8? He didn't go to the combine after all rigbt?

Most people suspected that he had a promise at the bottom of the 1st round.

RookieStar · Post #6 » by **RookieStar** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 3:44 am

Knightro wrote:
RookieStar wrote:Yeah i was thinking of Chrisitie when i said MICH players but.. hey can't complain.

Is he really 6'8? He didn't go to the combine after all rigbt?

Most people suspected that he had a promise at the bottom of the 1st round.

Well that's completely false seeing as we picked him up.in the 2nd lol

MoGrAdY · Post #7 » by **MoGrAdY** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 3:47 am

https://www.maizenbrew.com/basketball/2022/6/23/23180026/michigan-wolverines-basketball-caleb-houstan-2022-nba-draft-scouting-report

Post #8 » by **Knightro** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 3:47 am

RookieStar wrote:
Knightro wrote:
RookieStar wrote:Yeah i was thinking of Chrisitie when i said MICH players but.. hey can't complain.

Is he really 6'8? He didn't go to the combine after all rigbt?

Most people suspected that he had a promise at the bottom of the 1st round.

Well that's completely false seeing as we picked him up.in the 2nd lol

I was simply saying that's why most people speculated he didn't do the combine. A promise that ended up unfulfilled.

RookieStar · Post #9 » by **RookieStar** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 3:50 am

Knightro wrote:
RookieStar wrote:
Knightro wrote:
Most people suspected that he had a promise at the bottom of the 1st round.

Well that's completely false seeing as we picked him up.in the 2nd lol

I was simply saying that's why most people speculated he didn't do the combine. A promise that ended up unfulfilled.

Ah right got it... damn that sucks though.

Post #10 » by **Knightro** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 3:52 am

Watch on YouTube

OrlandoMagic · Post #11 » by **OrlandoMagic** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 3:52 am

Well we got an A grade from CBS for this pick. So who really knows

KillMonger · Post #12 » by **KillMonger** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 4:03 am

looking forward to seeing this kid play in summer league and the improvements he has made since his season ended....he says one of the players he likes to watch is klay, i can see the playstyle similarities....this kid could help us if we develop him the right way

Skin · Post #13 » by **Skin** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 7:41 am

Scrub

drsd · Post #14 » by **drsd** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 7:58 am

KillMonger wrote:looking forward to seeing this kid play in summer league and the improvements he has made since his season ended....

Orlando needs shooting and combo-wing depth. I too am excited to see what he brings.

His defensive limitations are why god invented the G-league. I have full confidence that Houstan will develop in to a rotational plaery in time.

This is a pick for the future, not the present.

LDNMagic90 · Post #15 » by **LDNMagic90** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 7:58 am

Welcome Caleb!

drsd · Post #16 » by **drsd** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 8:14 am

zaymon wrote:Christie or Houstan who will be better ? We will see.

I am equally curious to see how Mr. 37 develops: Jaden Hardy.

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RookieStar · Post #17 » by **RookieStar** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:04 am

Wow... the guy can actually dribble through traffic and drive to the hoop aside from his 3pt range...

Message Boar · Post #18 » by **Message Boar** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:33 am

Welcome Caleb!

This seems like a worthy gamble, and looking at the rest of the 2nd round I only spot a few names that I would've rather had than him, especially if we wanted to add a wing player. He's young, and his baseline combination of size and shooting/handling ability seems intriguing. That being said, he might need some time in Lakeland to develop. It's a big ask of a guy that wasn't able to be efficient as a college freshman to step into the nba and be a more efficient player, and he still needs improvement as a defender, too, from what I'm reading.

One aside; that his name is "Houstan" and not "Houston" for whatever reason really irks me (I always thought Allan Houston was a cool nba name). Caleb Houston just sounds cooler than Caleb Houstan, but that's neither here nor there, nor something you can hold against the kid.

Cderryberry · Post #19 » by **Cderryberry** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 10:07 am

As a Michigan fan he definitely had his ups and downs for us. But the potential is there he was a smooth stroke and can be deadly from deep. He just needs to get bigger and faster feet

Skybox · Post #20 » by **Skybox** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 11:55 am

this kid was pretty high profile prior to the season, so it may be a value pick. I like it.

Hardy was the big fall, but he's ball dominant and we've now got even more of that-and it was already a problem.