I want to see him become the best player to ever play for the Blazers (side note: that's not a prediction or an expectation). I want him to be the best player in the draft this year (much like imho, Damian is the best player in his draft...mostly due to the annual injuries to Davis). But most of all, I want him to not be a scrub.
I've said this before, I want Sharpe to be the Tim Duncan to Lillard's David Robinson. You know, win 2 rings with Dame, 3 more after Dame retires. Amen.
I'm not close to either of those views. I just haven't seen anything yet that leads me to think he will be getting a lot of playing time in the near future.
You think Kobe would have played if he went to college and enrolled late? Guess it’s a deep team situation. Does that mean it will be here too?
From what I understand, he could have played easily but he was told he'd be a top ten pick if he declared for draft. He didn't play because he was wanting to get his body right and avoid injury before draft?
Can Sharpe help change the one and done rule again? There’s been recent discussion about it… Players are against it. Colleges would hate it. Not great for teams, or incredibly great for teams. One and done rule really changes things honestly.
That's the concern. Enrolling late isn't what kept him from playing. If he was truly the best player in practices, Calipari would have played him in games if Sharpe wanted to. He chose to not compete. Maybe it'll turn out to be a smart long-term plan, but it's a pretty glaring red flag at the moment...which includes pre-draft, IMO.
Correct, he could have played, but by the time he joined the team--Kentucky was ravaged by injuries so he would have been playing with a bunch of third stringers. Didn't have a proper training camp with the team so he would have looked lost out there. And it would have just hurt his draft stock and he'd just be open to an injury for literally no reason.
Could be, but he was getting feedback from parents and probably agent. Calipari addressed it and said it was their call. He also said he's could be the #1 pick in next years draft.
Kobe went straight to the NBA because he didn't want to play college ball--basically the same thing with Sharpe. Kentucky had a bunch of injuries so playing time wouldn't have been an issue. If I joined a team and saw that all three of the shooting guards ahead of me got hurt I'd be VERY hesitant to play that year.
And it will come through as DeadPokerDog. You’ll have to pay another $75 to get it changed again. (Price goes up depending on the frequency with which a change is requested)
I just don't see why they'd want him to go play for another organization's G-League team where they couldn't monitor him as well and couldn't really rely on whatever coaching staff that is to give him the proper time. I think they'll just keep him up practicing with the team all year, even if he's not playing.
