Portland has only one legit NBA rotation level or better forward on their roster. Why in the world are you aching for them to have none? The hype about the 2o24 draft prospects is very underwhelming at this point. STOMP
unfortunate but currently true. Glad to see you come around. Hopefully he's open to addressing the shortcomings of his stroke. Shaedon's J form would be perfect for him to emulate. STOMP
My way too early observation is that Shae has closed the majority of the gap between he and Jalen Green. Although it’s been a small sample size, we’ve seen HUGE improvement. I was saying early last season that I’m excited to see Shae with a full offseason under his belt, because it was going to be a good indicator on what we can expect with his development. We’re now seeing the result of his offseason training. Jalen, on the other hand, looks the same as he did as a rookie.
I still think he’s probably a better overall player than Simons. But Simons played one game and now he’s hurt so it’s hard to compare them, no? But Sharpe is quickly climbing the charts. I think he could be the best player on the roster by the end of the year. If not sooner.
Maybe too early but I'm preparing to eat Chauncey crow if tonight is Chauncey ball...98-91 is like a Larry Brown Pistons final score. I loved the defense tonight. We have some unselfish players that are starting to show signs of being an actual basketball team!
Scoot will have to work on his shooting for sure. From what I've heard he will work hard. I'm pretty confident he will improve in time.
lol.....just a we are very glad to have them here and we look forward to their progress as NBA players.
Our center rotation is awesome. I love the defense and the rebounding. Shout out to Shae for improving his defense though. Some more impressive numbers Ayton is all over the leaderboard.
Compare to Nurk 11th in Total Rebound PCT (Ayton Ranked 1st) 9th in Defensive Rebound Pct (Ayton ranked 1st) 8th in Defensive Rating (Ayton ranked 2nd) 4th in Defensive BPM (Ayton ranked 5th) 23rd in Defensive WS (Ayton ranked 1st) 15th in rebounds per game (Ayton ranked 2nd) 32nd in ORB% (Ayton is ranked 10th) 82nd in Winshares (Ayton is ranked 10th)
By the end of the season these probably will even out a bit? I’m thinking Ayton has a bit of an advantage playing on a much poorer team. This is classic empty stats situation. Phoenix might make it to the finals.
I really don’t think Phoenix will. That team is just very poorly constructed. You can’t just throw random stars together and expect them to work.
