Another thing to consider is the although Shae’s handle has improved GREATLY, it still isn’t at the level that he is comfortable to get a shot up at any time. There are times that I still see Shae turn the ball over in the PnR in crunch time and stuff like that, he’s going to eventually get there. If he had even Jalen Green’s handle right now, I think we would see the ball in Shae’s hands more down the stretch.
That is a good question. I don't really think of Tmac as having the killer instinct like Jordan/Kobe. That's just a whole other level of crazy. I also thought of Vince Carter, but he played three years of college I believe. He was fearless his first five seasons or so.
I think its the exact same thing unless, until, Chauncey says Sharpe is THE GUY. If Grant then interferes with that, or Sharpe still defers then that is at issue. I find usually Sharpe passes correctly when a double team begins to form, or he sees he will have difficulty getting downhill. Especially if he's gotten his pocket picked that game (happens about every other game at least). The reason its the same is young guys don't think "hey that's an All-Star I need to defer" They think "Hey I'm still a newbie and that's a confident Vet and my shot looks just a bit questionable, I'm gonna defer.". I think we agree that we can't know what Sharpe's level of killer instinct is yet. Calling your own number isn't a measure because if you call your own number, dribble into a triple team and still fire your shot (likely missing) I don't see that as killer instinct, but ball hoggery. Shapre is pretty clearly trying to make the team better. He needs to get more aggressive, but I see him doing exactly that over the end of last season and the beginning of this one. Sooner or later the light bulb will go off for him and he will start being more aggressive and still passing wisely, at least that's the hope.
I love it! I saw that game live it was INCREDIBLE. I also somehow saw Reggie Miller and his bajillion points in 15 seconds vs. the Knicks. Also the legendary duel between Chuck Person the rifleman and I forget if it was Bird or someone else known for 3's, but where they exchanged 3 after increasingly difficult 3. Great NBA action!
Skylar Mays certainly has the "killer instinct" if that's what it's called. Mays held the ball the entire critical possession where the Blazers just needed 2 points to go up by 4 in the end of regulation. Mays also should have tried to drain the clock as much as possible. So what did "Killer Instinct" Mays do? With 11 seconds left on the shot clock, Mays put his head down and dribbled in the middle of the lane surrounded by 4 Kings defenders. As he dribbled in , he had an opening to Sharpe who had moved to edge of the key. This most critical shot attempt and possession by Mays was his ugliest. He didn't pass the ball to Sharpe. Maybe he never saw him. Instead he went up right into Sabonis and his "shot" was swallowed up in Sabonis's arms. But he has a Killer Instinct! And on the last possession, Mays's Killer Instinct showed up again. He made the inbounds pass to Thybulle, who passed it back to Mays. Then Mays called his own number once more, with the game TIED, he jacked up a contested 3-pointer.
Yup. Sometimes the best shot is the one you don’t take. Thats said Sharpe needs to increase aggression based on his incredible talent. That isn’t the same as Killer instinct. One can mature into it IMO.
These are by Overall - 3Pt - Dunk ratings 71. Chris Paul PG | 6'0" | GSW 82 77 27 72. Jalen Green SG / PG | 6'4" | HOU 82 80 91 73. Ausar Thompson SG / SF | 6'7" | DET 82 68 94 74. Shaedon Sharpe SG / SF | 6'5" | POR 82 82 96 75. Deandre Ayton C | 7'0" | POR 82 69 75 76. Franz Wagner SF / SG | 6'10" | ORL 82 80 80 77. OG Anunoby SG / SF | 6'7" | TOR 82 82 85 78. Fred VanVleet PG / SG | 6'0" | HOU 82 79 35 79. Jonas Valanciunas C | 6'11" | NOP 82 77 65 80. Nikola Vucevic C | 6'10" | CHI 82 76 65 81. Tobias Harris SF / PF | 6'7" | PHI 82 83 75 82. Jalen Williams SF / SG | 6'5" | OKC 82 80 80 83. Marcus Smart PG / SG | 6'4" | MEM 82 79 50 84. Malik Monk SG / SF | 6'3" | SAC 82 83 80 85. Brook Lopez C | 7'1" | MIL 82 82 65 86. Bobby Portis C / PF | 6'11" | MIL 82 80 70 87. Mitchell Robinson C | 7'0" | NYK 82 32 80 88. Cam Thomas SG / SF | 6'3" | BKN 82 82 75 89. Bojan Bogdanovic SF / PF | 6'7" | DET 82 85 70 90. Austin Reaves SG / PG | 6'5" | LAL 82 83 70 91. Devin Vassell
I find it hilarious that I said he is driven, I said he is motivated, but for some reason people have focused in on killer instinct. The most important thing right now is that he keeps improving. Killer instinct is irrelevant. I said I haven’t seen it from him. I didn’t say that he would never have it. Can we stop talking about this now?
Sharpe had a significant dip in his shooting last year when he broke his finger. He now has a semi serious thumb injury on his shooting hand and I wonder how much that is affecting his shot.
Was thinking the same thing. You could tell he had pain in his hand after he got fouled on that dunk attempt. Badly missed the subsequent free-throw as well.
But also, a lot of his shots were down and then popped out. Just bad luck. He should have had 2-3 more shots. A couple of those were threes. It happens.
Thumb injury and ridiculous amount of minutes he's playing is what's effecting him. Especially in the fourth. Chauncey needs to pull his minutes back.
I love Shae and he has the tools and the body and the game to be great. But we all know lots of players in this league have all three. What set Kobe apart was his mamba mentality. He was an unnatural beast that way and it is beyond rare to find that. Indeed, that's a main reason why Kobe was Top 10 all time. That doesn't mean Shaeden can't be great, he can, we all see that. but GREAT? Of that I am not so sure. Dominique Wilkins was great, but not one of the greatest.
