At #43, Blazers select Rayan Rupert

buzzkill....it's fun to speculate..no need to water down my exaggerated projections! I've been a Blazer fan since 77....disappointments don't faze me.

 

Rups with a solid game today. I think he has benefited and improved the most with his stint for the Remix. Looks like a totally different player than from Summer League. Hoping he’ll have more run with the Blazers in the 2nd half of the season.

 

Small forward of the future!

 

Box score from the G League site only had one steal.

 

I mean, if he can become a Nic Batum, that would be a major success.

 

Hopefully, he will spend the next couple of summers with Scoot in the weight room. He is young and eventually will fill out, but the sooner the better.

 

He looks pretty good. 16 rebounds at SF is impressive. I know he was recovering from a wrist injury that affected his predraft rankings and cratered his 3P% but looks like he's fully recovered.

 

Could be a bigger steal than Camara if he can develop some of the skills he has shown in glimpses.

 

Glad there’s more good news on Rupert.

Man, that 3pt shot is starting to look good. There really isn’t anything a defender can do against a deadly shooter, especially if he has a 7’3 wingspan.

 

Batum is on my list of vets I’d love on this team.

 

Would love to see him on the floor with Camara. I think we should bring him over soon to get another look.

 

I think we'll see a lot of Rupert after the trade deadline if we trade our vets.

 

Hopefully we start Jan. 15th