The Shaedon Sharpe Story

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theprunetang said:
And people question his work ethic. You don't go from zero to hero overnight without hard work.
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Do you think his progress as a player becomes exponential at this point given the advancement in training/healthcare/etc if he really does have this work ethic?

It’s amazing he’s even drawn comparisons to Jordan and Kobe (style wise) this early. Sharpe didn’t even take basketball seriously until high school. Kobe had an NBA father and Jordan played 3 years in college.

I’m not sure if he starts next year, but I can see this guy DOMINATING coming off the bench.
 
Mediocre Man said:
Who questioned his work ethic? Idiot fans or actual basketball people? Serious question
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Just random forum members with hot takes. Mainly because of his relaxed demeanor I posit.
 
BankTeller said:
Do you think his progress as a player becomes exponential at this point given the advancement in training/healthcare/etc if he really does have this work ethic?

It’s amazing he’s even drawn comparisons to Jordan and Kobe (style wise) this early. Sharpe didn’t even take basketball seriously until high school. Kobe had an NBA father and Jordan played 3 years in college.

I’m not sure if he starts next year, but I can see this guy DOMINATING coming off the bench.
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No one truly knows. His previous exponential progress is a great piece of evidence though.
 
Wait up, Shaedon broke his leg as a teenager? I've recently had back and forths with posters over Wemby where they claimed Portland shouldn't draft him because he also broke his leg as a teenager. Maybe management should cut Sharpe now before he dupes them into resigning him?

STOMP
 
theprunetang said:
Just random forum members with hot takes. Mainly because of his relaxed demeanor I posit.
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Ah. I know I’ve questioned how much of a work ethic he has, but only because I have not heard either way. Hope it’s good. I like that he said he was studying film
 
Mediocre Man said:
Who questioned his work ethic? Idiot fans or actual basketball people? Serious question
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not sure I said that but will admit I questioned if he has the fire and desire to be elite. Having watched the last 6-8 games I’m extremely impressed. I think like any 18 year old playing with men he was content to sit back and fit in once those players sat out and he was given the keys to the car he showed he’s ready for the next step. I really think he’s got to be given huge role of at least 30 minutes a game next year and expanded role on offense no more sitting in the corner.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I didn’t think about it, but the fact that he didn’t start really balling until high school and no college probably massively reduced his mileage compared to other kids.
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except he was playing football lol
 
It's interesting to note how much different Simons and Sharpe were in their respective careers. Yeah, Simons had that really good game in his rookie year, but didn't really follow it up with much progression until last year. Not a knock on him, some of that is who was ahead of him (actually, a majority of it was), but also some of it was who was controlling his role and minutes.

But honestly, Sharpe is miles ahead of Simons. Like, night and day difference. It didn't help that Simons 2nd year he shot horribly from the floor and then the next year they switched his roles to just shooting 3s. In his 2nd year he shot more 2's than 3's, but in his 3rd year Stotts had him shoot over 2x as many 3's as 2 pointers.
 
julius said:
It's interesting to note how much different Simons and Sharpe were in their respective careers. Yeah, Simons had that really good game in his rookie year, but didn't really follow it up with much progression until last year. Not a knock on him, some of that is who was ahead of him (actually, a majority of it was), but also some of it was who was controlling his role and minutes.

But honestly, Sharpe is miles ahead of Simons. Like, night and day difference. It didn't help that Simons 2nd year he shot horribly from the floor and then the next year they switched his roles to just shooting 3s. In his 2nd year he shot more 2's than 3's, but in his 3rd year Stotts had him shoot over 2x as many 3's as 2 pointers.
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honestly think Simons is a PG and part of his struggle is not having to pick and choose his spots like he did when Dame was out.
 
julius said:
But honestly, Sharpe is miles ahead of Simons. Like, night and day difference. It didn't help that Simons 2nd year he shot horribly from the floor and then the next year they switched his roles to just shooting 3s. In his 2nd year he shot more 2's than 3's, but in his 3rd year Stotts had him shoot over 2x as many 3's as 2 pointers.
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2nd season vs the 3rd season:

eFG%: 2nd season .469....3rd season .569 (a really good mark; 2nd on team behind Kanter)
TS%: 2nd season .502....3rd season .589

maybe Stotts knew what he was doing
 
wizenheimer said:
2nd season vs the 3rd season:

eFG%: 2nd season .469....3rd season .569 (a really good mark; 2nd on team behind Kanter)
TS%: 2nd season .502....3rd season .589

maybe Stotts knew what he was doing
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Impossible!
 
1 Eye Jack said:
except he was playing football lol
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That’s fine. The theory that many people have is that kids used to play multiple sports so they were giving muscles a break that you use for basketball, but now kids are focusing in on hoops and playing year round with AAU so they’re putting a lot more mileage on their body by the time they actually get to the NBA.
 
BankTeller said:
Do you think his progress as a player becomes exponential at this point given the advancement in training/healthcare/etc if he really does have this work ethic?

It’s amazing he’s even drawn comparisons to Jordan and Kobe (style wise) this early. Sharpe didn’t even take basketball seriously until high school. Kobe had an NBA father and Jordan played 3 years in college.

I’m not sure if he starts next year, but I can see this guy DOMINATING coming off the bench.
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He fucking better start. He should be our 2nd option next year and 1st option in three.
 
Yeah, I don't where people get the idea to even suggest that he won't start next year.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I didn’t think about it, but the fact that he didn’t start really balling until high school and no college probably massively reduced his mileage compared to other kids.
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Ok this resting is getting out of control.

Now we're worried about the basketball mileage on kids?
 
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