So funny the people who said he sucked and would never be a good shooter. If you work on your shot with enough reps and the right intention you will become a good shooter. Simple as that.
Exactly. Same will happen with Sharpe. Lots of people have little patience. In a couple years, we’re gonna be in really good shape.
Scoot is due for a good game here soon - Game Score was created by John Hollinger to give a rough measure of a player's productivity for a single game. The scale is similar to that of points scored, (40 is an outstanding performance, 10 is an average performance, etc.). He's quietly upped his season game-score average to 9.5. To put that into perspective, Dame averaged 28.9 game-score during the 2019-20 season. An average starter on an average team (Bogdan Bogdanović 2023-24) averaged 12.1 game-score. I'm impressed with his improvement. Let's keep that trend line going up!
To your point, this is why the draft is such as crap shoot every year. There is no way for any of us to know how much a player will improve over time. We may hear about their work ethic but it is still somewhat of a guess. Most young players will and need to improve, how much they actually do ........is the question.
Well, you need basic talent but I think everyone in draft has that. We heard Fame wouldn't improve, he had reached his ceiling. I also remember hearing the same about Stephen Curry. Warriors wasted a pick. Anyone remember who went #1 in that draft?
This is the best thing to come out of this season so far: Scoot is putting in work and proving it. This bodes well for his career.
Scoot Sharpe Avdija Camara Clingan If Cronin can turn the vets into assets and find gold in the draft our rebuild will soon end. We are one superstar away from becoming a contender in 2028
curious....define superstar? Is it a consistent top-15 player or one clearly headed that direction like Wemby? Seems like a superstar would need to be in the all-NBA range superstars just don't come around too often, last dozen years or so prime examples: 2011 - Kawhi 2012 - AD, Dame 2013 - Giannis 2014 - Embiid, Jokic 2015 - KAT? (barely/not really), Booker? (barely/not really) 2016 - none 2017 - Tatum 2018 - Doncic 2019 - Ja Morant? (nope - idiot) Zion? (nope - injuries) 2020 - none yet with Edwards maybe knocking on the door 2021 - none 2022- none yet 2023 - Wemby in a 13 year period, really only 9 players with enough sustained excellence to be the type of superstars capable of leading a talented team into real contention. And 6 of those guys came into the league in 4 consecutive drafts from 2011-2014. In the last 10 drafts, only 3 'certified' superstars and one of those, Wemby, hasn't done anything substantial yet that's not to say there haven't been some good player like Haliburton, or Kyrie, or Siakam or Adebayo or Jaren Jackson or Lamelo. But at best, those guys are a Robin (which is better than Dame ever had here), and while the Blazers need a Robin, they need him alongside a Batman. Finding Batman is a lot harder than finding Robin, and finding Robin is pretty hard itself, especially when drafting outside of the top-10
The above list is NEW “superstars” arriving? Or you’re saying for a few years there were no superstars? Just asking.
talking about adding "superstars" in the draft. I forgot SGA in 2018 out of last season's all-NBA teams, 7 of the 15 players are 30 or older, and 5 are 32 or older. Stars shine bright but some are fading
It's hard to have a good game when he doesn't take many shots. He has been hovering around 10 shots per game, which even if he made 50% of those shots he's only going to get 10-12 points per night. The good news is that Scoot doesn't seem to care much about not getting shots. He wants to uplift his teammates.
I'm 511 in dog years I know that will challenge you so don't try to do the math while you're lawnmower is running
I wish I bought Amazon stocks in 1999 too. We always know what we should've done witht the benefits of hindsight. Having said that, it's early. There are way too many players who play better than others picked ahead of them. It happens all the time. Cheer for Scoot and the Blazers
