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.
CC 本可以在第二輪中選，
但如同學長 AR ，他放棄了二輪的機會，
以便加入洛杉磯湖人。
CC 解釋道：
在湖人團隊成長和發展的機會他不能錯過。
“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
gonna go and just having a good fit and an opportunity.”
這是一支一流的球隊。
我在來這裡的時候就知道，
我能每天一點一點讓自己取得進步，
對我來說這就是關鍵，懷抱不斷成長的心態。
我希望在第一年能好好鍛鍊自己，
向世界上最好的球員學習，
而湖人陣中就有這樣的球員。
從管理層到教練，
這是一個卓越的團隊，這裡的每個人都很棒，
我和我的經紀人都明白這點。
他早已認識他們所有人，
所以在選秀之夜上，我算是很容易就明白我要去哪裡，
並且把握住這個絕佳的機會。
很好，繼續把潛力小鮮肉給我湖帶過來