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OK, the kid's pretty good. MAN he looked bad earlier, but he's calmed down and now he's a real force for good on the court. Now we need his mid range shot to come back, but his actual point-guard-ing is very solid!
If you squint really hard he almost resembles a young Sergio Rodriguez. :devilwink:
 
Love it. Definitely needs to keep working on his shooting. But glad to see him settling down.
 
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there will be ups

there will be downs

can't get caught up in game to game performance. as long as there's a general upward trajectory and development in key aspects of his game (turnovers, shooting, control, etc), i'm good.
 
I’ve been thinking the same. He’s playing more to his strengths now and looks more comfortable. I don’t cringe like I used to when he enters the game and actually get excited to watch him. He’s definitely a tough cover when he drives and attacks the rim.
 
OK, the kid's pretty good. MAN he looked bad earlier, but he's calmed down and now he's a real force for good on the court. Now we need his mid range shot to come back, but his actual point-guard-ing is very solid!
Tried to tell y’all. Can’t teach it I guess.

to those who still refuse greatness, enjoy the taste of your wifes bfs nuts for the next year
 
Been pleasantly surprised by the development of all the rookies from last year:

Scoot, Kris, and Rupert have all clearly gotten better.

EDIT: Forgot Toumani. Toumani was already good though.
 
The coaches are making him more humble. Before, he thought he could dominate by prancing around like a kid. Now his box score line is more frugal. He chooses his actions economically instead of wasting motion. They got him to think on the floor. He has accepted a smaller role. Just shows what reading my posts can do for the coaches and players.
 
Been pleasantly surprised by the development of all the rookies from last year:

Scoot, Kris, and Rupert have all clearly gotten better.

EDIT: Forgot Toumani. Toumani was already good though.
Camara is still very clearly trending up too. Portland has a lot of pretty good young forwards. If they could collectively improve their 3 ball a couple percentages this team could be 500 easily

STOMP
 
For those who have watch more than just the second half of this game this season, has Scoot looked this decent on his catch and shoot 3s? This is going to be the biggest area of improvement I’m hoping for this season.

Scoot eventually becoming a close-out-worthy catch at shoot 3 is going to make Shae that much more dangerous on the court when he’s back.

All I can say is I’m ready for the Scoot, Shae, Camara, Deni, Clingan lineup.
 
For those who have watch more than just the second half of this game this season, has Scoot looked this decent on his catch and shoot 3s? This is going to be the biggest area of improvement I’m hoping for this season.

Scoot eventually becoming a close-out-worthy catch at shoot 3 is going to make Shae that much more dangerous on the court when he’s back.

All I can say is I’m ready for the Scoot, Shae, Camara, Deni, Clingan lineup.

not enough sample. The most encouraging thing is just how his decision making has improved leaps and bounds
 
Yeah, I'll add Scoot seemingly advancing in his journey towards being a decent or even better than average starter in the league to the other thing I liked tonight (Rayan Rupert). Scoot doing well is great for our team now and in the future.

That being said: Trade Ant, Jerami and Deandre as soon as possible and let us get on with this rebuild and win our game of capture the Flagg.
 
Now he just needs to learn to finish

well, his conversion rate at the rim has gone up from .503 to .545. That's encouraging

his FT rate has jumped up from .256 to .431, and I'd say that reflects better control. I don't have a stat for his turnovers on dribble drives from last season to this season, but my eye test says he much better at ball possession and has ratcheted his turnovers way down on penetration
 
Who are the consolation prizes for those who miss out on Flagg?? Ace Bailey, anyone else good?
 
Who are the consolation prizes for those who miss out on Flagg?? Ace Bailey, anyone else good?
I’m struggling with this question as well. Probably because I’m an over-thinker, but here’s my personal opinion with a long winded explaination. Lol.

Right now: the good is that although we haven’t seen it yet, the Shae and Scoot backcourt can theoretically work on paper. With Shae’s eventual expansion of his on-ball game and increased role in that department, Scoot’s catch and shoot 3 will be his biggest asset, and it looks like it is trending in the right direction. When Scoot begins to make those 3s at a decent clip, I’d like to see him eventually cut to the rim with his speed—this is going to lead to major dump-off opportunities for Clingan and and rolling big man. Clingan is the third foundational piece that we have, who we can count on tho anchor this defense maybe as soon as next season. He is going to be able to be reliable from 3 imo. That is a huge need in today’s NBA and something I didn’t ever project in his game. We currently have two great glue guys as forwards who I am perfectly happy with currently, but our consolation prize is ideally someone who can start as soon as his sophomore season and push one of Camara or Avdija to the bench.

That is going to be our tight-window of contending while everyone is relatively cheap.

Shae will have only started his extension. Scoot will be in year four and hopefully already extended. Clingan will be in year three. Avdija will have two years left on his very cheap deal. Camara will be in year four and hopefully already extended. Kris will be in year four, hopefully as a legit 3-D guy off the bench who can go off for 5+ 3s on any given night. I am hoping Rupert will still be on this team as well. Add that consolation prize in year 2, that’s realistically eight rotation players, we would be a backup big man and at least a emergency third big (I’m perfectly fine with Reath if he can be brought back cheap).

- Bailey is my personal favorite. He is going to be a legit two way #1 option. Scoot’s progression as a shooter is going to be huge for if Bailey will ever realistically co-exist in my dream world. Bailey would essentially throwing a lotto ticket at an even bigger Shae.

- Dylan Harper I haven’t watched too much of, but his measurements are good for a PG/SG. He looks a look bigger than 6’6 to me, probably because of his frame. Adding another legit star-level PG prospect to this team would make us that much more dangerous with the right coach to mold this talent pool. As long as everyone can shoot the ball, everyone should get an opportunity to handle the rock. Long term, he is playing SG in a 2-PG lineup and another potential big time ball handler in the clutch. Short term, he is our backup PG/SG who might contend for 6MOY as soon as his rookie year. He is consolation prize #2 for me and my #3 pick currently.

- Khaman Maluach, I would watch closely this year. There’s just something intriguing about a two big lineup, and having a 7’2 althetic freak on one side and another 7’2 giant on the other will give opposing teams nightmares. Maluach moves more like Mobley than Clingan, so I think they realistically could play 12-24mins together a night eventually. I don’t know if he’s my #4 yet just because I haven’t gotten to watch much basketball yet, but I currently know I like four guys so far.

I’m currently not all that interested in Traore or Edgecombe until I see their combine measurements. If they are consensus top 6 and end up being there at #5/#6, I may trade down and grab another pick in next year’s draft.

- Egor Demin I was interested in earlier, but it seems the recent reviews haven’t been good so far and I’m more in love with the idea of Demin than what he is currently. But a big guard with legit PG-skill would be highly sought after. Any prospects that fall in this category, I would take.

I’m sure more obvious ones will appear eventually without me needing to go into too much research.
 
Yep. This draft is going to be fantastic.

I would love for Portland to get another 1st (Grant trade) and a second fir this coming draft.
I kind of don’t care about what the package is at this point. Of course you don’t want to get ripped off, and another pick in this draft would be bare minimum, but I just want to see this team with Shae back and Grant off the team. The internal growth of this core going into next year is going to be as impactful as one of these rookies next season. Add them together, and we have a legit shot at making the playoffs, possibly avoiding the play-in. But that’s my ‘soccer-mom’ expectation for this team.
 
Just was getting around to posting after the game and was going to take this to the game thread, but this is more appropriate.

Since that bad opening game, Scoot's looked pretty good. Definitely enough of a string of solid efforts against some good competition to make me think the opener might just have been a case of first-game jitters. He's looked a lot more in command of things, poised, comfortable ... I like where he's trending.
 
Just was getting around to posting after the game and was going to take this to the game thread, but this is more appropriate.

Since that bad opening game, Scoot's looked pretty good. Definitely enough of a string of solid efforts against some good competition to make me think the opener might just have been a case of first-game jitters. He's looked a lot more in command of things, poised, comfortable ... I like where he's trending.
And in that “bad” opening game, he scored 22 points.
 
Hate to say it but feel like Clingan is still a good year or two away from being a full time starter. He’s going to pick up fouls in bunches so better have a good back up center if you plan on starting him.

Really hope Sharpe has improved and can stay healthy if not consolation is Camara looks pretty good in starting lineup. Still have high hopes for Sharpe
 

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