I am tired of the Scoot hate and what really ticks me off is I bet a few of you are the same who were all up kissing Cronin's ass when he decided trading Dame was right and putting the franchise in the hands of a young kid. Now I am not saying it will not work out or it will but if you were one of the people being a super defender of Cronin and now are like -- Scoot is a bust then your a complete tool and you can just go BEEP off and leave this forum as far as I am concerned.
Before the draft, I posted that I would pass on Scoot. His lack of shooting ability, the fact that he hadn’t played college ball, and his near total reliance in the G-League on his quickness and strength to get to the hoop were red flags for me. It wasn’t that I thought he would be a bust. Rather, I thought he would have to be a project. I still feel the same way. I think he has the physical attributes and understanding of the game needed to be a great point guard. He just needs time to work on his game and figure out how to play at an elite NBA level.
Scoot needs to not let stupid ish like this get in his head (and I don’t think it will). #anthonybennett
Well that’s just idiotic lol. Scoot is no where near any of those guys’ size, and none of those guys are are PGs. I’m not going to go find out who said that, but what an odd comparison.
You’re sounding like the smartest guy on the forum today. I echo all your frustrations. I’m shocked about the number of people who change up their opinion and then disregard the fact that they were wrong. Inconsistency, again, grinds my gears.
I’ve actually been quite impressed with his progression in his shooting, particularly from 3. It’s actually improved faster than his ability to score off drives, but that’s a good thing. Soon, when his body matures even more, he’s going to get better at driving the ball as well.
I was on team Amen. Still remains to be seen who will be better. I’d still love Amen on this squad. Ant, Shae, and Amen would definitely hold up defensively in a couple years.
Fine for you to think that. He’s also playing behind so many dudes on a team trying to compete. Cam Whitmore has looked better than Amen so far, and I’m still taking Amen with his potential over Whitmore 10/10 times. If you don’t like Amen (who was really the only other choice), then the Scoot selection was obvious, and we would’ve been fucked either way. So either way, people shouldn’t act like there was any other choice other than Scoot, lol.
Amen may look like ass but his PER is nearly double Scoot’s - and he doesn’t have a negative VORP. Defense matters.
My first choice was to trade the pick and Ant for a player who would make Dame stay. Barring that, I was hoping to trade down and get one of the Thompson brothers and a pick.
This is going to take a while. Scoot is 19. Dame was 31/32 in his last 2 seasons here and we were terrible then to, so I'm not sure expecting a 19 year old to turn it around is very realistic. This team needs more talent. It has for years. The Blazers haven't been out of the 1st round since 2019. We haven't been competitive, just good enough to keep from tearing it down. So now that has happened and it will take a bit for players that young to grow. They also need more height and more attitude. There is still no alpha, but the one they had wasn't making them a contender, so it is a very fine line to get a super talented player (hopefully one with some size), the heart to drive the engine and the pieces around him to make it elite.
