2pm today on ESPN2 can watch Slim play in The NBA Draft Combine games

Free Quebec wrote:

The Dude wrote:

2pm today on ESPN2 can watch Slim play in The NBA Draft Combine games

Anyone see how he did?

Yes. Not as good as we might have hoped.
He was listed as No. 88 on the roster, but played as No. 18.
Saw 1 FT out of 2 and a missed layup, fumbled pass. May have missed some scoring, though.
Seemed to understand positioning better than his teammates whom he tried to direct at times, but no one played intelligently as one might expect.
    Castro picked and rolled regularly, but didn't get the pass. Bit more traffic than usual.
  Castro, of course, made a few excellent passes.
 But in general, his teammates ignored his considerable talents, mostly trying to show off theirs.
On defense, for some reason (switching at times, but he'd be used to that) he often wound up guarding
smaller players.
They also got their butts beat in the game for what it's worth, which is presumably not much.
  Hopefully there's another game today--and his clueless teammates will realize that Castro's considerable talents can help them win--or at least avoid embarrassment.


 

GW0509 wrote:

Rafael Castro was workin’! He recorded 11 PTS, 7 REB on day 1, and 8 PTS, 4 REB on day two of AWS Combine. The @gw_mbb alum hit a 36.5” max vertical jump and landed a spot at AWS NBA Combine!

https://x.com/nbagleague/status/2055033965019267454

Awesome!

Wasn't able to watch, heard Slim played great

Chris on the recruiting trail :

Exhibit A of why to come to GW. 

Talented but under utilized Power Conference player.....

Castro turned big star and NBA draft prospect after picking GW

Last edited by The Dude (5/18/2026 5:46 pm)

With so many opt outs of HM bigs, I have to think there's a strong chance we hear Castro's name called on draft night.

The nba mock drafts mean nothing, but nice to see whoever wrote this one thinks so highly of Slim that he has him going 36th to the Clippers.

https://fansided.com/nba/2026-nba-mock-draft-after-ncaa-withdrawal-deadline

I would guess Pinnock without looking it up.
Didn't turn out great for him, though apparently close to making it.
Again, not sure if 2nd round is best for Slim or free agent for a better fit.
Last group of GW NBA players were undrafted, but made it on merit.

Was Jamison Battle drafted (if that counts). Pops was drafted right? 

Cavanaugh, Pato, Yuta all played but I think they were FAs

Congrats to JF with the correct response (Pinnock).  Jameson was not drafted but I would not have counted him if he had been.  Ironically, JR never played a second in a regular season NBA game, unlike all of the other guessed players who have.  He was drafted by the Mavericks, remarkably twenty years ago this month, with his rights immediately traded to the Lakers for a future second round pick.  LSF's guess of Yinka took place twelve years earlier.  

Free Quebec wrote:

Gwmayhem wrote:

Congrats to JF with the correct response (Pinnock).  Jameson was not drafted but I would not have counted him if he had been.  Ironically, JR never played a second in a regular season NBA game, unlike all of the other guessed players who have.  He was drafted by the Mavericks, remarkably twenty years ago this month, with his rights immediately traded to the Lakers for a future second round pick.  LSF's guess of Yinka took place twelve years earlier.  

It is fascinating that Pinnock never played in the league despite being drafted, but that we’ve had 6 undrafted players get NBA time since he was drafted.

Fully agree.  Especially when considering that JR's game was compatible in many respects with the NBA style of play (a guard with size, ran the floor very well, could defend well, etc.).  The outside shot just didn't have enough range (and likely wasn't consistent enough) for JR to stick.