Agree. Sharpe , absolutely , needs to take the next step. If he can't there's no reason to believe he's that special. He becomes more developmental at that point. Special shows now. Or it doesn't. You don't draft at pick 7 to get a player who needs the G League.
And while Ant is good , he wasn't draft in the Lottery. When you're a top 10 pick , you're expected to be a big contributor sooner than later.
If Portland shoves Sharpe onto their new G-League team, more people will buy tickets to those games then the actual Blazer games at the Moda Center.
I think anything involving us sending the third for players from Chicago is the worst. Siakam is better than those options. In my mind, though, "trading away from Scoot" is my worst-case scenario. Lots of other now-focused stuff won't make me happy, so I'll be pleasantly surprised if it doesn't happen
Seriously though, it seems deliberate that we're pumping Scoot so hard. If we really wanted him I can't imagine we would have promoted him at all.
Definitely possible. Miller is a much better fit if we're keeping Dame. Or.... we have more people interested in trading for Miller.
Just a lot more smoke about Scoot. I think Givony said that we measured him at just under 6'4. Supposedly we brought Sharpe in twice for workouts last year. The videos that we showed of Scoot seemed better too. Just a lot of smoke about Scoot right now. Why would you promote someone that you're hoping the other team won't take?
It seems like our front office is more transparent in their moves than some others might be. Everyone knew that we wanted to get Grant, and we got him. We seemed interested in Sharpe (as you note) and we drafted him. If we are promoting him by singing his praises, I strongly suspect it's because he's very, very good.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Chicago came in and made a big push for that 3rd pick. Especially if Scoot is still on the board. Chicago is desperate for a rebuild and Dame and LeVine are tight.
I think coaches do that to get a perfect 3/3 five minutes out of a young player rather than a 3/7 ten minutes cuz he was left out there.
