I’ll state the obvious if we start out crappy I think Dame and the Blazers have to consider all options. Would you trade dame for shot at unprotected lottery pick or would another team consider it?
It doesn't seem like anyone gives up an unprotected lottery pick anymore. When was the last time? Especially not this year.
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I wouldn’t mind him playing as a forward right now just to be able to get as many minutes as he can. But I would much rather he transition to almost-exclusively a SG. With his size and length, he is going to be a matchup problem on most nights at SG. At SF, I’m not totally sure. I get that the SG/SF aren’t much different, I’m just saying I’d rather Sharpe to be the second smallest buy on the team as opposed to the third.
??? Ah yes sorry forgot to fit in around here. Seasons over. Can't come back from this 0-0... I mean 1-4 record. Or is that 0.5-4? Do the non-NBA opponent games count like the rest do? I don't know how yall run things around here. See you next year?
I can be all for your optimism but this team needs time and they only got a week left before the season. I notice you don't have a post in the prediction thread? Why is that? Mine is in there for all to see. I went an optimistic 41-41 making the playin. I'm on record here saying this first 20 games are crucial. They need to figure it out and try to be around .500 to stay in this season. There will be no coming back from 5-15 or worse. If you can't see Chauncey Billups looks lost out there so far then I simply don't know what to tell you? Yes it's pre season but they just got blown out completely by 4 NBA teams. Here is another point. I just watched the Lakers vs T-wolves. Both of those teams not only played their starters relatively similar minutes but they played well and competed. Both of those teams would walk all over the Blazers at this point from what i have seen.
In the first 20-25 games, the Blazers have a tough schedule. .500 would be just fine. Josh Hart starting at the 3 shows what he can do as a starter with the Blazers guys who ARE the starters. Simons is a starter. He's not coming off the bench. Dame, Grant, and Nurkic. Since I expect Hart traded by the February deadline, he has a good audition for the rest of the league as a starter. If it works, his value is maximized. If not so well, he's a quality 6th man ... which I already believe. Winslow is a 6th to 8th man with some complementary skills. I do like the idea of Winslow starting with better players and having Hart come in as the #2 or #3 option playing with fewer starters (where starting he's option 4 or 5). Hart starting for now? Sure. Does he become the SF where it's a foregone conclusion, almost inarguable, that's he's the starter?
This dude @BonesJones can't even respond? Want's to come back with condescending smack but can't even throw a prediction out there? Okay i guess i know enough about this guy.
I would assume the answer is simple. He's trying to build a career around basketball knowledge. If he sits on the fence on predictions, he's not wrong.
