2024 NBA Draft Scouting Report - Stephon Castle

Stephon Castle - Connecticut

6’5 Guard/Wing

19 Years Old (Turns 20 in November)

Newton HS, Currently Playing for Connecticut 

11.1 PPG - 4.7 RPG - 2.9 APG - 0.8 SPG - 0.5 BPG - 1.5 TOPG (27.0 MPG - 34 GP)

47% on 8.5 FGA - 27% on 2.2 3PA - 76% on 3.2 FTA

My Draft Position - Top 7 Pick

*These are my raw, and condensed, scouting report notes from watching multiple games throughout the season*

ARCHETYPE/POTENTIAL ROLE

This is one of the more interesting archetypes and roles to project at the top of the 2024 class. Coming into the season many projected Castle as a “jumbo initiator” that runs the show for his team, I actually had people give me Cade Cunningham as a role comp (this was PRE COLLEGE and not a one to one player comp, although he does play at that more methodical pace like Cunningham). After a full season in college he looks more like a combo guard, or even wing, that could thrive as a secondary creator. The ladder is more in line with my projection which will bring into question his floor spacing and 3-point shooting that he has struggled with in his freshman season but did show growth at times throughout the season. Where he has been better than I anticipated is on the defensive end where he has taken tough matchups, played extremely hard (a question I had coming out of HS), shown some playmaking/disruption (more in HS) and flat out has shown real growth to the point of perhaps being the best perimeter defender at the top of the draft.

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