I've generally felt pretty good about this recruit because he just generally seems pretty good.  But now I'm not so sure what it is I think he's good at.  He has a solid defensive rating but is limited on the outside of my zone by his speed and the inside by his very poor shot blocking skills.  He has a good combo of LP and Per, but again, he isn't very fast and his BH/Pass are mediocre for a D2 SF.  He's definitely not an impressive rebounder.  So I'm not quite sure what he can contribute.  No huge weaknesses other than the speed, but I'm not sure what he can do to really help my team win.  I'd been planning to pencil him in as the starter for the next 2 years, but now I'm not so sure.  I'm eyeing a potential JUCO recruit who could eat a significant chunk of minutes this year and start next year who would be perhaps a bit more of a scorer.  There's also a transfer PF-type SF who could step in and start this year and provide interior defense and rebounding.  Should I go for a stop-gap or give Castleman a chance?

Absolutely. I wouldn't hesitate to play him at sf. He has very strong ath/def/per/lp, I think he'll be an effective scorer and defender. You'd like him to be faster, but it's DII, most of these guys will have holes.

Use him as your backup SF. You're right with your thoughts, but he's good enough to keep in the lineup somewhere. My only troublesome spot for him, and it's not a big one, is that for a SF, his rebounding is a little light, but not aweful, but considering he's a SG (with a LP of 68 and a PER of 75) you need to use him somewhere. I have a guy on my team who is a SG also that I play at starting SF and the only major difference is that your guy has a LP of 68, mine is I think a 4. My guy is my leading scorer so far.

Don't know what kind of zone you are playing, but if you play a 3-2, he could really be an impact for you, getting some steals. I've switched to a 3-2 the past 2 seasons, and had pretty decent success with it, especially against 3 pt shooting happy teams. He's slow, but has good fundamentals to overcome it defensively. He should be able to hold his own against most SF's offensively in DII IMO. His BH isn't too bad for a SF, but substandard for a SG. Personally, I'd bring him off the bench, and let him light up the 2nd string SF...he could be a huge scoring lift off the bench.

Posted by courtmagic on 1/31/2011 7:56:00 PM (view original):
Use him as your backup SF. You're right with your thoughts, but he's good enough to keep in the lineup somewhere. My only troublesome spot for him, and it's not a big one, is that for a SF, his rebounding is a little light, but not aweful, but considering he's a SG (with a LP of 68 and a PER of 75) you need to use him somewhere. I have a guy on my team who is a SG also that I play at starting SF and the only major difference is that your guy has a LP of 68, mine is I think a 4. My guy is my leading scorer so far.

court, I don't understand why you're telling him he's gotta be his backup. That guy is better than the sg you start at sf and better than the sf you start at pf. Why does this guy have to be his backup? I think he's a really good player that is easily a DII starter.