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 本可以在第二轮中选，
但如同学长 AR ，他放弃了二轮的机会，
以便加入洛杉矶湖人。
CC 解释道：
在湖人团队成长和发展的机会他不能错过。
“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.”
这是一支一流的球队。
我在来这里的时候就知道，
我能每天一点一点让自己取得进步，
对我来说这就是关键，怀抱不断成长的心态。
我希望在第一年能好好锻炼自己，
向世界上最好的球员学习，
而湖人阵中就有这样的球员。
从管理层到教练，
这是一个卓越的团队，这里的每个人都很棒，
我和我的经纪人都明白这点。
他早已认识他们所有人，
所以在选秀之夜上，我算是很容易就明白我要去哪里，
并且把握住这个绝佳的机会。
很好，继续把潜力小鲜肉给我湖带过来