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Blake Murphy called it

Basically we saved on airfare by picking up a guy playing for the Magic g league team. Very Branden Carlson type guy.

Good to have more depth to play for minute distribution.

Even if we want to full on tank, we don't really have the bodies to do it right now.

Oh, he's the guy that had a great summer league.



90% FT shooter. I guess he's a raw Zack Collins.

Hmmmm, if they are looking at him, Raptors should draft Alex Condon with a late 1st pick.

They're prioritizing Centers. Perhaps Jakob is really really tired...

Duffman100 wrote:Good to have more depth to play for minute distribution.

Even if we want to full on tank, we don't really have the bodies to do it right now.

Exactly the wrong guys have been injured. Losing Chomche, Mogbo, Battle, Gradey to injuries is a killer. Occhai not playing is probably a positive non-competitively though. You can't make an 8 man rotation without including someone with a decent amount of experience that would steady things by being on the floor.

Shead
Walter
Lawson
Rhoden
Castleton
Robinson

If we got 2 or 3 of Mogbo, Battle, Gradey and Occhai back, we could put a team of try-hards on the floor that could be non-competitive with the best of them.

ForeverTFC wrote:They're prioritizing Centers. Perhaps Jakob is really really tired...

We are tired of Poeltl winning more games for us. We also need a backup C at minimum next year.

So are we full right now? With all the movement lately hard to keep up

IQ/Shead/Temple
RJ/Dick/Walter/Ochai
Barnes/Battle
Ingram/Mogbo/Boucher
Poeltl/Robinson

10 day - Castleton
TW - Chomche / Rhoden / Lawson

Hopefully it means that Yak will be sat out for the remainder of the season asap.

I have been on Collin Castleton for a while mainly because he's a Florida Gator and because the Lakers spent time developing him. They have really good scouting.

I see a good back-up C with him. He always a good defender in college and blocked 3 a game while also averaging 16 PPG. He's a really solid double double-double guy and can pass the ball. Not really a shooter, but he probably has better offense awareness than Orlando.

Toronto has really been doing well getting these late developmental prospects in. Finally this year we have space to test some of these G-League pros out. Lawson and Rhoden and Castleton are all on the cusp of being NBA rotational players.

Indeed wrote:

ForeverTFC wrote:They're prioritizing Centers. Perhaps Jakob is really really tired...

We are tired of Poeltl winning more games for us. We also need a backup C at minimum next year.

20 minutes is too much. We need to Boucher him.

Castleton has some good mobility and instincts like Jak. It might also point to the type of bigs we want in the system.

Dalek wrote:I have been on Collin Castleton for a while mainly because he's a Florida Gator and because the Lakers spent time developing him. They have really good scouting.

I see a good back-up C with him. He always a good defender in college and blocked 3 a game while also averaging 16 PPG. He's a really solid double double-double guy and can pass the ball. Not really a shooter, but he probably has better offense awareness than Orlando.

Toronto has really been doing well getting these late developmental prospects in. Finally this year we have space to test some of these G-League pros out. Lawson and Rhoden and Castleton are all on the cusp of being NBA rotational players.

Next year Lawson and Castleton are the 2-way players?

Draft Florida Gator, Alex Condon.

Hopefully he’s terrible and plays heavy minutes.

Step up the tank

ForeverTFC wrote:They're prioritizing Centers. Perhaps Jakob is really really tired...

vs Utah/Wash

Poeltl: Out (Tired)

Starting: Castleton

Is he better than Bronny James though?

Psubs wrote:Oh, he's the guy that had a great summer league.

Watch on YouTube

90% FT shooter. I guess he's a raw Zack Collins.

Hmmmm, if they are looking at him, Raptors should draft Alex Condon with a late 1st pick.

Sounds like a poor man's Kelly O.

They are just bringing in a young big that fits the system. It will help the young guys learn and grow. If he pans out.......even better.

Psubs wrote:

Dalek wrote:I have been on Collin Castleton for a while mainly because he's a Florida Gator and because the Lakers spent time developing him. They have really good scouting.

I see a good back-up C with him. He always a good defender in college and blocked 3 a game while also averaging 16 PPG. He's a really solid double double-double guy and can pass the ball. Not really a shooter, but he probably has better offense awareness than Orlando.

Toronto has really been doing well getting these late developmental prospects in. Finally this year we have space to test some of these G-League pros out. Lawson and Rhoden and Castleton are all on the cusp of being NBA rotational players.

Next year Lawson and Castleton are the 2-way players?

Draft Florida Gator, Alex Condon.

You know I would love seeing Condon on this team. He might stay another year, who knows because I think he does need to fill out more. My other Gator of course is Walter Clayton Jr. who I think is NBA ready.

just prepping for that kalkbrenner draftpick in the summer