Notice Blazers Pick Shaedon Sharpe With #7 Pick

One thing to mention about Simons, is that he was #1 in 3-point percentage on catch-and-shoot 3-pointers for players taking 3 or more at 47.8%. He may not be a premier scorer yet, but he is up there with the shooters in the league.

 

For sure. When I said “premiere scorer” I meant a guy that could average 25+ppg. Getting to the basket just means more FTs and easier shots.

I’m watching YT videos on Sharpe and they sometimes lead with “he’s got MVP level talent but…”. I don’t know if I buy that yet, but I also don’t think he has to be a superstar for this duo to succeed. If Ant continues to develop as a PG and Chauncey emphasizes playmaking in Sharpe’s development right away, we don’t need a “real PG”. Sharpe’s risk would fit timeline wise with helping figure out Dame’s decision on if he’ll be a lifetime Blazer.

If Dame signs for another two years this summer and plays the entire thing out, his contract will end the same time Simons and Sharpe will be extended. Dame will be 36 at that point. Whatever happens, if Dame was taking MLE or vet minimum kind of money for us from 36 until he feels like retiring, he may well be riding the coattails of the most talented backcourt to championships. At 36, he’d have a few seasons to stack up some 6MoY awards in championship seasons lol. If Sharpe doesn’t look to be what gets him over the hump, maybe Dame bounces at 34. If he’s still effective at 34, he’ll probably get what the Suns gave OKC for CP3 as retooling pieces around Ant and Sharpe.

If Chris Paul had a ring at this point and stuck with one franchise, would he take less money? Because imagine Dame being 36 and being just as effective as CP3 this year, but as a 6th man. CP3 has been chasing better situations instead of building ones though, so I guess we’ll never know.

 

hoopsworld! I won a t-shirt from them by guessing some teams draft pick like 20 some years ago.

 

This Isiah Thomas bit on Tracy McGrady was a beautiful description of what I see when I watch Sharpe. Sharpe looks slow on offense in his highlights, and then you’ll see him jump and pin a shot against the backboard with two hands.

What we need is patience.

 

Hello Travis.

Thanks for taking the time to come on here and interact with us. I would like to address a couple of things you said about watching videos.

I sat and watched a half hour video of him just last night, where the narrator went over his strengths AND weaknesses.
The video is posted on this site.
It broke down his movements in all aspects of dribbling, shooting, passing, off ball movement, on ball defense, off ball defense and there was much criticism in the video. And it was all in game footage. Granted older, but it is game footage and is what we currently have to go off of.
I know this may seem harsh, but I, and many others, are regularly disappointed in our local media focus.
For example:
Yesterday morning on my commute to work, im listening to am sports radio. Local. You would think in a single sport NBA city, who just made the #7 pick the night before, they would have that as the top story and be the major discussion of the day. Instead i had to listen to football talk and never heard anything about our draftee before i arrived at work.
It baffles me that this wouldn't be the first topic of the morning.
local media can be frustrating at times.
Unfortunately, your statements here help validate the opinion that local sports media has a bias against the Blazers or just doesn't care enough about our biggest sports team to be on top of things.
I end up coming here for all my sports news.
It sure would be nice to hear our local media be more engaged to the point they can break things down like this forum does. I would certainly listen more if there were more Blazer related discussions and analyzing their moves with informed opinions.
Anyhow. Just a joe blow fans perspective.
Thanks for reading.

 

@Travis Demers

Please watch the vids and share your opinions.
Thanks.

 

his latests follows on instagram are interesting

he seems to be into them (dare i say prostitutes)

 

You both get a Blue Checkmark in my book!

 

I really want to buy into all this but I'm going to hold judgement. Lets at least see how summer league goes? I'm still waiting for the dreaded knee injury report.

 

Yeah, but don't we all worry about that with everyone we draft or trade for?

 

Just my two cents after watching some more game style videos (obviously noting they are from quite a while ago and he likely/hopefully has grown as a player since then):

• Seems very relaxed/chill on the court
• He will likely start as somewhat of an inefficient scorer and will have to learn to pick his spots in the NBA while playing with other great scorers. But the potential is there to be a more efficient scorer
• Clearly has confidence almost to a fault at times but that is hard to gauge with his talents in the level of ball he was playing
• While he looks to score he is a willing passer when it is the right play (i.e. lobs and cutting players)
• While his dunks are impressive that probably leads to his finishing being overlooked. When going downhill he is an absolute menace at the rim with his jumping ability and athleticism
• It's hard not to imagine that NBA level coaching won't mold this kid
• Maybe I'm being hopeful but if he handles set backs, criticism and coaching the right way his "get it" moment where the game slows down could come sooner than later. Flashes this season with more consistentcy next season.

 

Insanity is doing the same thing again and again and expecting different results. You're advocating for them to do the same thing they've been doing when Dame is at the tail end of his prime. For the umpteenth time, there is no quick fix available for this shitty roster. Those possibilities were looked into and passed on as unrealistic. Accept reality.

STOMP

 

How dare you sir! I have worked really hard on this character. This shirt I’m wearing has a +3 to rage generation and my hat has a 5% chance to randomly stun my opponent.

 

Damn? Hardcore!

 

Dame also unfollowed him

 

A dog? A dog with a blue Checkmark? How much money you got?

 

This really is me and I am Legit!

 

Dame unfollowed Sharpe?