I’ve said it before, Shae reminds me of a not so long and lanky T-Mac. Way he floats out there. Obviously 4 inches shorter, but that’s what makes what he’s doing that much more impressive.
David Thompson, Julius Erving, Clyde, Rex Chapman, Sean Kemp, Josh Smith, Jason Richardson, James Worthy now, a lot of those guys were bigger than Sharpe. Thompson wasn't but he had incredibly long arms and played big. Chapman about the same size. There are other like Larry Nance or Tom Chambers, but those were 6'10 guys. Hey! Jerome Kersey could elevate too Shaedon is certainly fluid in his drive/jump motion. But if we're talking about his latest dunk, that was not effortless. It was kind of a perfect storm of circumstance and maximum effort. He made the pick then had about a 25' open runway to the hoop and only defender. So he was able to build momentum up to his launch
What’s that? Steal people’s edits and claim them as his/her own? There’s a reason you haven’t seen him for a few years. Finally caught up to him/her.
nets were throwing double teams at him after the first quarter. and he handled it generally well outside of a couple misreads. this is what i want to see the last 20 games: can he be the #1 option? if chauncey puts him back on the bench, i will be so irritated.
For him to start, Billups would have to bench Deni or Grant. I think he SHOULD bench Grant, but I'm quite sure he won't.
true, although Aldridge entered the NBA with a foundation of playing 2 years at Texas. Sharpe had no foundation other than high school ball in Canada that kind of foundation, or the lack of, may be pretty important Guards/Wings in their 3rd seasons at 21 years of age: Sharpe: 18-4-3 (no college, no g-league) Devin Booker: 25-5-5 (1 year at Kentucky) Jayson Tatum: 23-7-3 (1 year at Duke) Antony Edwards: 25-6-4 (1 year at Georgia) Ja Morant: 27-6-7 (he was 22 in his 3rd year after two seasons at Memphis) Darius Garland: 22-3-9 (1 year at Vanderbilt) Jamal Murray: 18-4-5 (1 year at Kentucky after last minute flip from Oregon) Jaylen Brown spent 1 year at Cal; Donovan Mitchell 2 seasons at Louisville; Tyrese Haliburton spent 2 seasons at Indiana.; Jaylen Williams spent 3 seasons at Santa Clara it could very well be that Sharpe will never catch most of those guys and it will be a matter of talent rather than pre-NBA resume. And there is probably no real substitute for actual NBA experience. But I'm guessing that players who have a season or more of major NCAA experience enter the NBA with a foundation of skills and discipline that give them a significant edge over somebody like Scoot with limited g-league experience, or Sharpe, who essentially took the year before the NBA off. To me, there always seems to be some important missing context in comparing ages of guys in that 19-22 range
Ya that should be it, since Sharpe is our future. Grant seems like a team player too so I don’t think he would mind imo. But defensively we would still be better and longer with Grant so that’s the only reason why I could see him starting. Billups wants defense first Regardless Sharpe should be starting now and we need to unleash him imo
for so many questions for Portland, the answer is moving Simons to the bench, but it's the box that's never checked
Interesting questions. I think we all agree the Blazers "Future 5" are: - Scoot - Sharpe - Deni - Camara - Clingan If you had to play one game for the championship tonight with the current squad, and they were all healthy, who do you start? Here's my 'current best 5': - Simons - Sharpe - Deni - Camara - Ayton Sharpe should be in the starting 5 either way you look at it for me. I think Deni beats out Grant either way. He's better for win now, and he's better for the future. I enjoy watching Ayton when he's engaged. I think we've seen a nice uptick for him this year. I still hold out hope for him to be a long-term piece. Players like him are hard to find. I think Simons is currently a better combo/pg than Scoot. As long as Simons plays a team game and moves the ball, and avoids the hero ball game, I'm good with him facilitating the offense. It frustrates me to see him jack up a tough shot with a lot of time left on the shot clock. He needs to focus on facilitating for the rest of the team first, then create a shot for himself if the Blazers need it late in the shot clock. Even if Billups for some odd reason doesn't start Sharpe, Sharpe needs to get the minutes and be the primary focus of the offense when he's in there.
