SIAP: Colin Castleton has added 23 lbs to his frame and three inches to his vertical
Found the note about Castleton tucked away in an article about Juwan's first full practice: https://www.maizenbrew.com/2019/9/25/20883005/michigan-basketball-news-juwan-howard-first-practice-recap-2019-2020
If true, that strikes me as... extremely impressive. IIRC, Nik Stauskas underwent a similar physical transformation in the spring and summer prior to his breakout sophomore season. Could be a guy to watch in JH's offense.
September 25th, 2019 at 11:56 AM ^
Looking forward to CC being a factor in the paint.
September 25th, 2019 at 1:11 PM ^
What the f*!&k is this??? I came for another hot take on Harbaugh!
September 25th, 2019 at 1:17 PM ^
This should be the look on our players faces every game regardless of the sport but especially FB!
September 25th, 2019 at 1:33 PM ^
Toughness! Grit! Stick-to-it-tiveness!
September 25th, 2019 at 11:57 AM ^
Your last sentence got me.
"a guy to watch in JH's offense"
We've been waiting for that all season, then I forgot we were talking basketball
September 25th, 2019 at 12:53 PM ^
The coincidence of the basketball coach and the football coach having identical initials is sometimes unfortunate.
September 25th, 2019 at 1:10 PM ^
Having said that, I'm excited about Colin's future/present with the team. I'm really interested in what type of offense that JH is going to install. I'm not too read up on his philosophy on either end of the court. All I know is former players were motivated by him as a coach.
September 26th, 2019 at 12:28 PM ^
Let's just use "Jim" and "Juwan" to speak of them. A couple extra keystrokes won't kill us.
September 25th, 2019 at 2:42 PM ^
Patience, my young apprentice; there are no coincidences. It's all part of the Chancellor's long term plan.
September 25th, 2019 at 3:27 PM ^
Castleton on the fade in the end zone......touchdown Michigan!!!
Maybe it could be our best play.
September 25th, 2019 at 5:18 PM ^
We have to able to throw the ball first
September 25th, 2019 at 12:01 PM ^
Saw him last Friday, still looked like a stick. Must have been insanely thin before. He is a big x Factor for for the team. Could be a heavy contributor, could be a low minutes mop up duty player.
September 25th, 2019 at 12:10 PM ^
He honestly looked like a concentration camp survivor in high school, he looked emaciated
September 25th, 2019 at 12:45 PM ^
Definitely a naturally skinny guy. 23lbs of muscle spread over a gawky near 7 foot frame won't be too noticeable. The extra weight and strength will help a lot though.
September 25th, 2019 at 12:50 PM ^
Yeah, guys that tall will never really look all that filled out when they're hella strong. Just look at Giannis. Dude bullies people in the paint and looks insanely wiry
September 25th, 2019 at 1:12 PM ^
I wouldn't put Giannis in the insanely wiry category; that's more reserved for the Tayshaun Princes of this world.
September 25th, 2019 at 1:20 PM ^
September 25th, 2019 at 12:50 PM ^
Yeah, guys that tall will never really look all that filled out when they're hella strong. Just look at Giannis. Dude bullies people in the paint and looks insanely wiry
September 25th, 2019 at 12:04 PM ^
Sounds like good progress. He was not ready physically against Texas Tech, so that’s encouraging.
September 25th, 2019 at 12:05 PM ^
Castleton was listed as 230 lbs last year and is listed as 235 this year. Curious if he's up 23 lbs from 230 or up 23 lbs from 235 or, if it is some new common core math bullshit like
230 + 23 = 230 + (2+3) = 235
September 25th, 2019 at 12:52 PM ^
I'm fully on board with the Colin "Common Core" Castleton nickname
September 25th, 2019 at 1:48 PM ^
C4 for short
September 25th, 2019 at 2:21 PM ^
I like the nickname C-Deuce
September 25th, 2019 at 2:30 PM ^
The Energizer
September 25th, 2019 at 4:35 PM ^
C4 is military grade plastic explosive....
wouldn't it be tits if his game was worthy of the nickname "C4"
September 25th, 2019 at 2:24 PM ^
I'm guessing the 230 lb. number from last year was bs and the 235 lb. this year is more accurate
September 25th, 2019 at 12:06 PM ^
My standard response for everything good about basketball will be:
We gonna shock the world!
September 25th, 2019 at 1:08 PM ^
Speed and Space will do that.....
September 25th, 2019 at 12:08 PM ^
CC ready to Take Off.
Go Blue.
September 25th, 2019 at 12:11 PM ^
OMG shirtless?
Asking for a friend. And by "a friend," I mean that guy who said he was asking for those shirtless pics of the men's bball team for a friend.
NTTAWWT
September 25th, 2019 at 12:11 PM ^
I've added 35 lbs and 6 inches to my waste over the summer. He could do better.
September 25th, 2019 at 12:26 PM ^
You added 6 inches to your waste? Man, that's gotta be a really long turd.
EDIT: And I'm not even going to comment on a 35+ lb. turd's enormity, unless it's Pete Finebaum
September 25th, 2019 at 12:51 PM ^
I wish I could blame autocorrect but I just fucked up
September 25th, 2019 at 1:12 PM ^
I wish I could screw up that good with some of my posts.
September 25th, 2019 at 2:21 PM ^
All turd gain is good turd gain.
September 25th, 2019 at 12:26 PM ^
You're going to need a bigger toilet.
September 25th, 2019 at 12:45 PM ^
This mad me laugh. Thinking that his expression is from looking at a 35# turd.
September 25th, 2019 at 12:59 PM ^
I actually laughed out loud.
September 25th, 2019 at 1:18 PM ^
LOL. It's threads like this that make up for all the awful, negative BPONE ones of late. I needed a few good laughs.
September 25th, 2019 at 12:11 PM ^
Congrats to CC on achieving a 4" vertical!
September 25th, 2019 at 12:12 PM ^
So we should expect lots of CC threads in a couple months?
September 25th, 2019 at 12:46 PM ^
Might as well start hyping him up now so we can watch him sit on the bench when the season does start.
September 25th, 2019 at 12:58 PM ^
That's football buddy, we don't know about basketball yet.
September 25th, 2019 at 12:19 PM ^
All weight gain is good weight gain.
Am really looking forward to seeing what Juwan does with the team. Just a little nervous about our fanbase and how we will react if it so (shockingly!! /s) happens that there are growing pains from the transition.
September 25th, 2019 at 3:32 PM ^
All weight gain is good weight gain.
Jenna Jameson says otherwise.
September 25th, 2019 at 9:04 PM ^
There's absolutely no way we will react reasonably if there are growing pains. And there are 100% going to be growing pains.
I'm really not looking forward to the basketball threads this season
September 25th, 2019 at 12:32 PM ^
Saw him and BIG TESKE on campus Monday . He looked tall but about 12 years old. But I'm old. And the older I get.....the younger these damn kids look.
September 25th, 2019 at 1:04 PM ^
Funny how that happens.