Mk, when your own Robert Covington can average 26fp on that Philly squad, what's Stauskas ceiling here? He'll get all the minutes and touches and he can handle. Dude can shoot. 46%/47%/86% in March. Okafor is pumped to have him. He's going to have a real opportunity in Philly.
I said before the trade that Stauskas would probably be better than anyone the Celtics would select at #16. At this point, I think Nik Stauskas is probably as good a fantasy gamble as any player taken from 4-10 in the draft this year. Seriously. Pre 2014 draft he was labelled a "tier 3" prospect (player with starter potential). That's the same tier teams put Winslow, WCS and Hedonja in this year. Let's see if Stauskas can show some of that potential in 30+ minutes jacking up shots on the rookie-friendly 76ers. He couldn't have been in a more toxic situation than he was drafted into... and now, he literally couldn't be ending up in a better situation.
Can't wait for next year. If my team can stay healthy, it has a real shot of cracking into the top 10 thanks to Stauskas.
I have no doubt you'll be in the top 10 next year LarBird -- and that on the 2nd most dysfunctional team Stauskas will get big mins and put up big fantasy points.
But -- and I mean this honestly -- do you think his showing next year will be anything more than a stroke of luck on your part that he ended up in arguably the one spot he could improve his playng time than SAC (the most dysfunctional place in the NBA right now).
And Hinkie may very well like Sauce Castillo -- he's a fine little player -- but there's zero chance he does the deal without at least 1 first rounder -- or SAC is even
more messed up than it already appears.
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I'll bet you 100 TPs (or a 2nd rounder) that Rozier has a better rookie season than Sauce
... either fantasy points per game or 9 cat per36 numbers, whatever you want.
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I'm not piling on, just think that this was just a lucky trade for your team.. not confirmation that someone missed out by not dealing a lottery pick for Mr. Castillo.