According to Paul of Lakers Nation, center Collin Castleton, who was previously selected in the draft, seemed to have a chance to be selected by a team in the second round, but he ended up being an undrafted draft and signed a two-way contract with the Los Angeles Lakers after the draft.
Born in May 2000, Castleton just turned 23 last month, 211cm tall and 109kg, is a strong offensive interior player with a good overall ability. On the offensive end, Castleton has quite good basket scoring ability and interior finishing ability, he can provide good rebounding protection and rim support on the defensive end, and his blocking ability is outstanding among all players in the NCAA. However, his offensive skills are still relatively single, limited to the basket, and he lacks sufficient shooting ability. In addition, his athleticism and footage movement speed do not seem to be ideal.
Castleton's performance in the NCAA has been quite good this season. He played a total of 26 games for the University of Florida, averaging 31.2 minutes per game, averaging 16 points, 7.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 0.9 steals and 3 blocks while shooting 50 percent from the field, 13.3 percent from three-point range and 72.9 percent from the free-throw line. It can be seen that Castleton is a mature interior player, and his scoring ability and blocking ability are quite outstanding.
It is worth mentioning that Castleton's experience is more or less reminiscent of Austin Reaves, who was also a lost draft pick in the draft two years ago and joined the Lakers on a two-way contract. Reeves also had a chance to be drafted in the second round, but his agent, Aaron Reilly, made it clear that teams should not select him in the second round because Reeves already had a team he wanted to sign. Eventually, Reeves became a core player for the Lakers, shining in the playoffs this season and having a chance to secure himself a huge contract this summer. Interestingly, Aaron Reilly is also Castleton's agent. In this light, does Aaron Reilly intend for Castleton to replicate Reeves' experience?
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