I agree strongly with your Defensive PoY and MVP picks, and your reasoning is something I'll just parrot to everyone else who is wrong. RoY is weirder because we all know Buzelis is the best in the rookie class, or we all WILL know next year. But this year's numbers say it's Castle, and he is very good.
I agree strongly with your Defensive PoY and MVP picks, and your reasoning is something I'll just parrot to everyone else who is wrong. RoY is weirder because we all know Buzelis is the best in the rookie class, or we all WILL know next year. But this year's numbers say it's Castle, and he is very good.
Castle will win, and he has shown a lot of fun flashes. But he hasn't yet shown most of the things that contribute to winning besides on-ball defense. Buzelis I think I may have underrated in my All-Rookie teams; that's the one selection from all of my awards I think I may have made a mistake on. That said, he's just so raw it's hard for me to know what he ends up being.
Castle 19-6-6 over his last 14 starts is pretty good for a 20 year old, but those percentages give pause. We'll see. Buzelis is 48-80% over his last 30 -- is any other rookie close to that? -- with more than a block and almost 2 threes a game in less than 28 minutes. I like what that might become when he's 21! But not disagreeing at all with Castle as the award winner this year.
I agree strongly with your Defensive PoY and MVP picks, and your reasoning is something I'll just parrot to everyone else who is wrong. RoY is weirder because we all know Buzelis is the best in the rookie class, or we all WILL know next year. But this year's numbers say it's Castle, and he is very good.
Glad you like DPOY and MVP picks!
Castle will win, and he has shown a lot of fun flashes. But he hasn't yet shown most of the things that contribute to winning besides on-ball defense. Buzelis I think I may have underrated in my All-Rookie teams; that's the one selection from all of my awards I think I may have made a mistake on. That said, he's just so raw it's hard for me to know what he ends up being.
Castle 19-6-6 over his last 14 starts is pretty good for a 20 year old, but those percentages give pause. We'll see. Buzelis is 48-80% over his last 30 -- is any other rookie close to that? -- with more than a block and almost 2 threes a game in less than 28 minutes. I like what that might become when he's 21! But not disagreeing at all with Castle as the award winner this year.