I would hand it to him. Sharpe is one of those players who can make a game-winning block, game-winning steal, game winning rebound, or game winning shot and it'll just be part of his game, like we have seen from the best 2-way guards in NBA history. When Simons shows he has the potential to be that kind of player, I would consider him.
My depth chart? I got out of the shower and can still look down and see my feet..that's my depth chart.
This is kind of what I’m thinking for shot distributions: First, I think it’s important to playing a style of basketball that is conducive to generating more shot attempts, around 90 a game. We averaged 85 (25th) last year and 87 (19th) in ‘21-‘22. Less iso, more ball movement. Ant: 18-19 FGA (20-21%). A slight uptick from last year, that amount of FGA would put him in the likes of Fox, LaVine, Young, Siakam in terms of attempts. If he maintains a .45 FG% and has a slight uptick in his 3P% and FTA, he’ll probably be in the 24ppg range. So he could be an efficient 26ppg kind of guy or also an inefficient 22ppg guy. DA: 16-18 FGA (17.8-20%). DA’s offensive role is going to expand several folds. 18 is probably on the higher end of what I think he should be at, 17 is probably just right if he can maintain a FG% in the high 50s. If he could see even a small uptick to 4 FTA and maintains his FT%, he could be averaging 22+ ppg. Sharpe: 15-16 FGA (16.7-17.8%). He should get double the FGAs as last year. I don’t think he needs anymore than that. If he maintains similar efficiency and can get to the line more frequently, he could be averaging 16+ ppg. Grant: 14-16 FGA (15.5-17.8%). Grant averaged 14.5 last year. He gets an efficient 20, I don’t think he necessarily needs to be getting more shots up. He got his money, he should just get his shots within the offense or as a bailout option when the shot clock winds down. I don’t have a FGA projection for Scoot. I think I’m going to be paying more attention to his playmaking than his scoring. He would be getting a large portion of the 25-27 remaining attempts, with guys like Kris, Walker, and maybe other vets from the Holiday trade taking the remaining shots.
Blazers are 4.6 million under the EVIL luxury tax. There's still a little wiggle room to trade/sign a new Blazer. Next year's horrifyingly evil luxury tax looks good too. Might have to make a few "adjustments". If Blazers tank, the super rookies aren't cheap. Portland can still easily dodge the super scary tax if a 10m expiring player is in a Jrue Holiday trade.
I think Ant's shot numbers will be at least 20 per game. Shaedon and DA's numbers will be lower, 12 a piece. Grant will be the same as last year. Matisse needs about 8 per game. Scoot, oh he needs serious reps, at least 15 takes per contest. Spread the love. Lot's of drive kick swing swing. Scoot can drive in deep like Lillard, that will open up baseline cutters, weakside rollers. The Blazers did try to run a faster paced offense last year. I broke it down in a different thread. It's not so easy running up tempo offense off made baskets. Portland gave up A LOT of made buckets last year. Guys were sprinting harder to get into offensive positions, then they were getting back on defense. Billups is definitely coaching his team to run offense. The sets are almost ALWAYS 2 deep in the corners. It would be refreshing to see more top loading quick set wall screen offense. I don't know if Billups wants to change the playbook. Coach is a bit stubborn on how he wants the offense to look. If the Warriors and Kings can do it, then dammit, so can the Blazers! It's those gosh darn defenders fault, always messing up the Blazers mojo.
Fuck That! Along with running the offense Scoot will get a boatload of shots so you need to factor that in and until the trade deadline it might be prudent for Jerami to get the most shot attempts per game.
What I can guarantee you is DA is definitely not be shooting only 12 shots a game. He shot 13 last year which is already to few, his highest FGA year was his sophomore season at 15. There’s a higher likelihood he averages 16 FGA than 12 FGA. I’m not opposed to Ant shooting 20 times a game, but getting 20 FGA already puts him among the top 10. The guards with 20+ shots were Dame (.463), Kyrie (.494), SGA (.510), and Spida (.484). Unless Ant has incredible shooting splits, he should not be shooting that many times a game.
It's going to be wild. Get numbers up so Blazers Front Office can trade good players for picks? Trade trade trade trade, that's all we ever hear. ... uhg .. I just want to watch Blazer basketball.
I have no doubt you would. That would certainly speed up the clock on Sharpe being the new scapegoat. I'd like to get Sharpe out of his rookie deal before that starts.
Imagine trading Anfernee to his hometown Orlando + draft picks for Franz Wagner Scoot Sharpe Grant Wagner Ayton
If we flip Williams, I'd take a long look at some of the younger Mavs players. Doubt they'd include Lively.
Starters: Scoot Ant, Grant Time Lord Ayton Off Bench: Sharp Thybulle Walker Don't want to talk about others, as I don't think any of them SHOULD be in the rotation (though some might be). Let's F-ing Go!!!
Blazers still have a gap at the SF spot. I'm guessing they'll go with something like this - No info yet on the contracts of Knox or Reath. I'm guessing Brogdon will be on the move soon. Will Sharpe or Thybulle grab that starter spot?
This isn't my depth chart but I bet it will be Chauncey's after a Brogdon trade: Scoot, Ant Ant, Shaedon Shaedon, Matisse, Rupert, Knox Jerami, Kris, Jabari, Camara Ayton, Williams, Reath
