Lol Shaedon is so awful in interviews. Sounds like he barely cares about anything, just so laid back. That's fine though, I'm sure media day sucks.
huh? What does that mean? I loved his responses. "I'm not trying to be the new Dame. This is a new era for a reason. I'm here to be Scoot Henderson." Do you know who else had this kinda swagger in their rookie year? One Dame Lillard. Killer mentality and super confident.
Interesting. Thats what I got from Olshey…..don’t fell that way about Scoot at all. He came across as a young kid not sure what words to use, but that’ll come around. I was impressed with how much Ant has grown. Maturing in front of our eyes.
Yeah... I don't see him staying a minute longer in Portland than he has to unless we really make it worth his while.
dafuq? Either I'm out of my mind or you guys are thinking about someone else. He literally just said he spent all summer in PDX getting settled.
I don't care if he says both teams played hard as every answer, as long as he's having fun on the court and killin' it, I'll root for him.
Prior to drafting Ayton the local media had tons of conversations about is Ayton a PF? This was because at UA he said he prefers PF and UA played him with a twin tower lineup. Can't recall the other player. The story media was running with was that the Suns were not interested in him if he was a PF, only as a center. So to be drafted number one Ayton quickly started talking about what a dominating center he is and will be. I have no idea if any of it is true besides the media discussing it, but part of me has always seen Ayton as a PF that has to be forced to play Center. Regardless, he was a fifth option here putting up 18/10 and it is obvious he has a whole lot more, a whole other gear. It's just getting him there. I really hope it works for him in Portland. It can be a place for him to grow.
Some of my favorite quotes from media day... Marang (I think it was Marang) - "DeAndre for people that aren't familiar with you in your game can you just kind of sum up what you bring to both sides of the floor and to the team in general?" Ayton - "Dominance. I bring dominance. My name is DominAyton." Thybulle - "I think for me, one of my vets was Tobias Harris and his willingness to share. I think up front it was nice to know that somebody cared enough to pour into me. And then down the road it helped to know I had a safe space to go to with any stupid questions. Because often times as a rookie you don't want to make a fool of yourself or you want to at least present as if you know what's going on and what you're doing, and 90% of the time you don't because this is brand new and it's a level of basketball that you've never experienced. So to have someone who has done it and been through it, that can talk you through it and also it's safe enough for you to ask the questions the questions that might seem really stupid is a really good thing. So I mean, for me I would love to do that for any of these young guys because I know how much it did for me." This is why I wanted to keep him. I think he's going to be a great vet to have around this super young team.
Yes, I don't think we're going to openly tank... but then again, there's different kinds of tanking. There's active tanking, which is what we were doing at the end of last season. But it could be considered passive tanking when you play your young guys over your veterans. If we wanted to win, we'd play Brogdon/Simons/Thybulle/Grant/Ayton and we'd prioritize giving minutes to those veterans. But we want to develop our young guys and we are prioritizing that development. Putting development first, over winning, is a form of passive tanking.
True. We will some vets in the starting lineup. I think the starting lineup will be Scoot, Shadeon, Thybulle, Grant, Ayton.
Sir/ma'am, you DO understand that Ant will be this teams FIRST option and their leading scorer this season. For you to think any of those players above will get more shot attempts than Ant are truly mistaken.
