buzzkill....it's fun to speculate..no need to water down my exaggerated projections! I've been a Blazer fan since 77....disappointments don't faze me.
Rups with a solid game today. I think he has benefited and improved the most with his stint for the Remix. Looks like a totally different player than from Summer League. Hoping he’ll have more run with the Blazers in the 2nd half of the season.
Hopefully, he will spend the next couple of summers with Scoot in the weight room. He is young and eventually will fill out, but the sooner the better.
He looks pretty good. 16 rebounds at SF is impressive. I know he was recovering from a wrist injury that affected his predraft rankings and cratered his 3P% but looks like he's fully recovered.
Glad there’s more good news on Rupert. Man, that 3pt shot is starting to look good. There really isn’t anything a defender can do against a deadly shooter, especially if he has a 7’3 wingspan.
Would love to see him on the floor with Camara. I think we should bring him over soon to get another look.
Essengue is getting higher hype than Rupert (who was on some mocks as a first rounder 20 picks higher than where he went 2 years ago), and it would be a surprise if Noa is not a first rounder. There’s no conversation of Essengue being top 5, but as high as 8? To a team like the Spurs at 14 or the loaded OKC at 15. Or at 11 or at 16 with a hopefully acquired pick by the good guys? He’ll be an interesting story at the draft.
Sharpe and Tou are holding Rupert back. Seriously, though, he needs minutes this year. Who they draft could hurt that. But I think the biggest obstacle could be Thybulle.
I would really like to know Blazers' FO's views on Rupert (and to a lesser extent, Jabari and Kris). Seems like if they take Essengue or Bryant that they're tacitly giving up on one or all of them.
