Running list of prospects meeting/working out with Portland

I want nothing to do with evaluating Sharpe other then to say that he has obvious physical gifts a pretty outside stroke and seems intriguing. I would reserve judgement if Portland drafts him as they have seen a whole lot more of him then I have.

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If Sharpe’s the pick at 7, I’ll wait and see … and not expect too much in Year 1. In 2 weeks, let ‘er rip.

 

Eason has worked out with Washington, Charlotte, Atlanta, OKC, NYK, Minny, CLE, Memphis, San Antonio, and now Portland.

I like the addition of Lofton.

 

i'm hoping to see David Roddy roll through here.

 

I know we're trying to build around Dame, but I'd really love to get another pick to go after Sochan or Eason.

 

i used to be in on eason but after hearing how bad his bbiq is I’m totally out. Even the most athletic players are useless without good bbiq (see Travis outlaw or Thomas Robinson)

 

Well, Lofton may be the only guy of those lower tier guys that will even be drafted. Same as the previous group, mostly 4th and 5th year seniors. Are they looking for guys to fill out the summer league roster? Although the Raptors worked out Notae.

 

i'm kinda hesitant on it too, but it's really hard to be as productive a perimeter/wing defender as him without some sorta bball smarts. really think it's a smokescreen based on a continuing narrative.

 

Wouldn't surprise me to see Sochan go in top ten at all.

 

Apropos of absolutely nothing... his stock went down in my mind when I found out he wasn't the son of this Kenny Lofton...

 

this was actually kinda cool. speaks to the merits of solo workouts, and how important bringing them in house.

It reminds me of interview processes in the corporate field where dinner with candidates the night before was more informative than the whole set of the meetings on the interview day. the guy I'm waiting on is Sharpe.

 

Here's a little more (From The Athletic):

Tari Eason
6-foot-8 forward
21 years old
LSU
Vecenie’s draft positioning: No. 18 to theBulls

His numbers at LSU were off the charts and his defense was impressive. But the abstract topic of “feel,” specifically as a scorer, comes up during conversations about him. He is very right-hand dominant. He had more than twice as many turnovers as he did assists this season. Do you believe in his scoring despite that? And if not, how improvable is this flaw?

Assistant GM: Offensively, he makes a lot of bad decisions and misses a lot of passes. Defensively, he’s very active and instinctual, but he’s not very disciplined, and I know that at both places he played in college (Eason transferred from Cincinnati to LSU), they felt like he had a hard time understanding and adhering to defensive and offensive schemes. But on defense, they just turned him loose: ‘Go do whatever you want’ and hope it works out for the best, which it usually did. But his ability to understand schemes and follow the game plan were always concerns. … I think he chose to play very selfishly on offense at times. I think that given his instinctual reactions on defense, I believe it can improve if he chooses to take a more passing-oriented approach. NBA spacing will help with that, too, but I don’t love it. I don’t think he’s Kawhi Leonard. He’s got a Leonard body: big hands, long arms. But his game is as an energy big with a little bit of shooting.

Added note: I highly doubt any of this is a 'smokescreen', because why would his former college coaches have any reason to devalue him as a player?

I completely agree with you by the way. I used to be "Sochan or Eason" but after watching more of Eason it became really, really clear that he has a low BBIQ .. and I'm rather low on him now.

 

Dinner is key. I always had a pre interview meal (dinner preferably) with candidates I hired. Liked to bring my wife and kids too to see how they interacted with different people

 

That's kind of why I overlooked it originally; and defensively he seems to have some instincts, but with some more thought I think it's just because he's bigger, faster, stronger and more athletic than mostly everyone else he's playing.

 

He could be a steal if you can get him in the second. He has a lot of upside. I read where he likens himself to be a Draymond Green type player. I like confident players. They don't back down.

 

Some of you dorks take this shit way too seriously lolol

 

You take shit on here seriously all of the time... obviously getting heated on the regular but then you have the hypocritical gall to call other posters dorks. You're pretty toxic man.