Good question, and I think he has. I don't want to see him "flying" around in summer league against players who are desperate to stand out in order to catch on with a team. He needs a full summer of working on his game without any injuries. Plus I think a few months in the weight room would be beneficial if he wants to play SF as well as SG. I think he can handle another 10 lbs of muscle without losing any athleticism.
Yeah. I'd love to see him as the primary option, but I don't know if he's going to get much out of it. He needs to get more practice in NBA systems in live speed.
We need Summer League to evaluate the new wannabes, not watch the Shaedon Show. Then there is the injury risk playing against desperate scrubs. I hope he doesn't. He will be better off in focused workouts with NBA professionals.
I'm not sure how useful summer league is or how much it helps players hone their skills if it does help, than it might be useful to gauge against his draft class and where he ranks: 13th in minutes/game 14th in pts/game 19th in reb/game 28th in ast/game 13th in FG% 14th in 3ptFG% 28th in FT% 23rd in winshares/48 28th in BPM I'm not seeing anything there that says he's progressed beyond summer league. Just the opposite
As is, I dont think he'll gain anything from playing glorified rat ball with high usage. He needs reps in real games. That too, next to Dame as the primary SG. This opinion could change if he performs really poorly in the next few weeks with Ant out.
Brown, George, Kawhi, Lavine all became full time starters in year 2. Kobe took until year 3. TMac til yr 3/4 If Ant is still here, the only avenue for Shaedon to start here next year is if he slides to SF. I'm really looking forward to seeing how he does now with Ant out. Chauncey needs to not be dumb and start Cam or Nas and just get on with starting Shaedon now. Would help us make decisions on whether to move on from Ant this summer.
assuming Grant is back...and assuming everybody has seen enough of Little to conclude he shouldn't be a starter....then the options seem to be Thybulle at SF and Sharpe at SG; or Reddish at SF and either Thybulle or Sharpe at SG (and yeah, the distinction between SG and SF is probably irrelevant) I'd prefer Sharpe/Thybulle, but I would not be surprised at all if it was Thybulle/Reddish.
Starting Cam over Shaedon now would be a continued trend of clulessness from this franchise's leadership and indicative once again of the lack of direction. Cam is a restricted FA in 3 months and has no future with this team. What is to be gained by letting him start over a guy we invested the highest lottery pick since Dame on?
I bet we re-sign him. He'll be cheap and there's nothing wrong with having useful, long, wing players.
That would not be bad but I would be ok bringing Thybulle off the bench to shut down whatever player is hot. I would be intrigued at starting Dame, Sharpe, Winslow, Grant, and Nurk. Winslow gives us more size at SF along with his ball handling, passing, and defense. I just don't trust Sharpes play making ability for others at this point.
sharpes 3pt shooting is most impressive thing for me. So many young guys come in and rush their shots. Sharpe is so incredibly smooth. Over last 4-5 games he just seems to have taken it to the next level and looks so confident. Wondering if not making young stars team is motivating him.
