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8:33p, 2/10/25

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Castle has 16p 3s and 1b in just 19 minutes and we played Chris Paul almost 33 minutes.

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In reply to Guitarsoup • 8:34p, 2/10/25

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The treatment of Castle has fully convinced me that Mitch is not going to be our permanent coach

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8:53p, 2/10/25

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Can they just go ahead and make Paul the player/head coach. Convince him to retire and move to HC next year.

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In reply to Guitarsoup • 9:06p, 2/10/25

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Guitarsoup said:
Castle has 16p 3s and 1b in just 19 minutes and we played Chris Paul almost 33 minutes.

It's ridiculous. He'd be running away with ROY if Mitch wasn't yanking the reigns on him.

#FreeCastle

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In reply to FTAG 2000 • 9:14p, 2/10/25

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FTAG 2000 said:
Guitarsoup said:
Castle has 16p 3s and 1b in just 19 minutes and we played Chris Paul almost 33 minutes.

It's ridiculous. He'd be running away with ROY if Mitch wasn't yanking the reigns on him.

#FreeCastle

I think he is running away with it. Jaylen Wells has put up 8p2r2a in his last 10 games.

If KelEl Ware has a great 2nd half, I could see some voters giving him the vote. He's been really inconsistent since those three big games.

But Castle still leads all rookies in points scored AND he is clearly the best defensive rookie in the league. He's the only one taking on the toughest defensive assignment pretty much every time he's on the court.

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In reply to TheNotoriousP.I.P. • 9:45p, 2/10/25

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TheNotoriousP.I.P. said:
The treatment of Castle has fully convinced me that Mitch is not going to be our permanent coach

I think this is exactly right. Mitch seems like a puppet coach. Steph is our 3rd, honestly not far from 2nd, best player on this team. Him only playing 20 mins is (I hope) to appease Paul and to not shake Devin's already fragile mentality. We can't be the only one's seeing this. It's ludicrous.

Pairing Fox and Castle in the backcourt is going to make us a better team. Not doing so is putting a ceiling on this team.

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In reply to Guitarsoup • 11:13p, 2/10/25

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Guitarsoup said:
Castle has 16p 3s and 1b in just 19 minutes and we played Chris Paul almost 33 minutes.

Well Castle was -12 tonight while Paul was +12.

That being said, Castle is clearly the second best guard on the team and easily the best guard defender. The Fox/Castle backcourt is going to be fun to watch for years. Unfortunately CP3 came here to play and organization seems like they want to fulfil that promise. Here's hoping that they make some fundamental change after at the all star break.

And btw, some of the Vassell hate I see on here is crazy. He's the best pure offensive player on the team and has really been busting his ass on defense lately. He's a better athlete than most realize and he's easily the best shooter on the team. If Devin Vassell is your 4th best player that is pretty dang good. He definitely struggled coming back from injury and I don't think Mitch is doing him any favors with this one on one scheme we started to run. It's REALLY hard for these guys to get good shots.

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In reply to Ag Natural • 11:36p, 2/10/25

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Ag Natural said:
Guitarsoup said:
Castle has 16p 3s and 1b in just 19 minutes and we played Chris Paul almost 33 minutes.
Well Castle was -12 tonight while Paul was +12.

That being said, Castle is clearly the second best guard on the team and easily the best guard defender. The Fox/Castle backcourt is going to be fun to watch for years. Unfortunately CP3 came here to play and organization seems like they want to fulfil that promise. Here's hoping that they make some fundamental change after at the all star break.

And btw, some of the Vassell hate I see on here is crazy. He's the best pure offensive player on the team and has really been busting his ass on defense lately. He's a better athlete than most realize and he's easily the best shooter on the team. If Devin Vassell is your 4th best player that is pretty dang good. He definitely struggled coming back from injury and I don't think Mitch is doing him any favors with this one on one scheme we started to run. It's REALLY hard for these guys to get good shots.

A whole lot of Paul's +12 is probably those minutes coming with Wemby and Fox, though.

Will be interesting to see what things are like after the break.