Scoot is MVP of the SL. He makes the team better and has been the best out there. I hope he plays next game. Shaedon is bored. Mind not in the game. Someone needs to piss him off and get him interested. Murray hasn't shown a whole lot, but he hasn't touched the ball a whole lot either. He was better with Scoot out there. Rupert is young, but has potential. There is fight in the dog.
I don't understand why we drafted Murray instead of giving that pick to the bulls for ours back. We could have just kept watford instead
No reason to give a pick to the Bulls as there's a chance it's only a 2nd rounder. If we had done a trade to bring in a star with Dame maybe; but now there's no reason to. I hope we give the 2024 pick to the Bulls because this roster makes the playoffs, then we'll have multiple MIP candidates on the roster.
Just finished watching tonight's game on DVR. Some thoughts: Jabari Walker- very nice game. Shot well from distance. Grabbed a bunch of boards. Played good defense, even drawing a charge on the touted one. Kris Murray- looks exactly like Keegan. Wished he played exactly like Keegan. Ibou Badji- the guy has 3 boards through his first 2 games. That's pathetic from your starting center, and it's not as if he's on the perimeter, shooting 3's. Even Grandpa Reath outplayed him tonight. Rayan Rupert- looked so much better than in his first outing, but he struggled shooting. Showed some nice handles (looks more comfortable dribbling on traffic than Sharpe). He didn't finish well at the rim through contact, so he will need to work on getting stronger. Shaedon Dull- did you have too much fun last night in Vegas? He looked lackadaisical, as if he was half asleep. His jump shot was way off tonight. Scoot Henderson- great cheerleader. Wish he could've played and posterized Wemby.
I mean, I guess. But isn't that like 3-4 years out when it turns to a 2nd? I have to.think.we make the playoffs in the next 3-4 years. We will need to make our moves within 4 years if we pay Sharpe and plan on paying Scoot to really maximize our cap. I'd rather have had the flexibility. To get Chicago to take the protections off it likely would take unprotecting a year. Pick #23 seems like a small price to pay. Watford is younger than Murray too.
I think people are way over reacting to Sharpe’s bad shooting night. Too much fun in Vegas the night before or just an off night. We all saw what he can do against actual NBA competition last year. Does anyone know if Scoot is coming back for the next game?
Honestly he’s probably only interested in SL to play with Scoot and if Scoot isn’t there why would he even bother? It’s summer league. This isn’t even preseason. The only people getting any real practice are the ones protecting Wemby from being physically touched at all.
Rupert is much more of a WIP than I thought he would be, which is alright. But like the OP said, he’s going to need to put in a lot of work to become a rotational player.
Yeah it's a few years out, but so is the peak of this team. Maybe the Blazers make the playoffs in that time frame or maybe not. Trading #23 away in a very deep draft to reclaim a pick that might not be a 1st rounder is poor asset management. If the Blazers really need the pick later for a star trade they can settle it with Chicago then. Now if you don't like Kris at #23 that's a whole different criticism. But leaving the pick debt as is was clearly the best choice assuming Chicago didn't offer some enticing package (very doubtful) It's certainly a phone call Cronin needs to make every draft of settling that pick. A good GM could now sell the idea the pick will never convey in negotiations so perhaps eventually we can settle for a good offer. Chicago certainly wouldn't have been receptive to that if they were good negotiators when it appeared we were in win now mode and possibly pressured to make a big trade to appease Dame.
If they plan on missing the playoffs the next 4 years I agree, it would be poor asset management. I don't think they do though. I'd rather have our full chest of picks in a year or two to try and get a player to put next to Scoot and Shaedon instead of Kris Murray.
I'm fucking annoyed that there were so many good bigs in the last two drafts and we got none of them Jalen Duren Mark Williams Walker Kessler Jarace Walker Any one of these and our young core would be set.
The first 3 I can see, but Jarace is a 6/8" PF who went #8....why are you annoyed with not getting him? How was it possible while keeping Scoot?
Defensive big. Not just center. Walker can anchor a defense IMO. As far as how to get them: Duren was traded for what we traded for Grant. I understand not doing that because we wanted to compete with Dame, fine. But for Walker - if we had more clarity on the Dame situation, we could have made moves to get Walker IMO.
