The big man could’ve easily been drafted in the second round, but likeustin Reaves before him, decided to forego the opportunityn order to land with in Los Angeles. Castleton explained that the chance to grow and develop under the Lakers organization was too hard to pass up.

“Just a first-class organization,” Castleton said of the Lakers. “I knew when I came here I was gonna get better little by little every day and that’s just the thing for me is having a growth mindset. I wanted to develop my first year, learn from some of the best players in the world, which they have. A great organization from the front office to coaches, everybody here is great so I knew that with my agent, he already knew everybody so it was kind of easy on draft night just to know where I was