Forum Game Call it now - Sharpe's future is....

Oh yeah I would definitely trade Ant for a guy who improves the team and 3 firsts assuming Sharpe is definitely replacing him.

 

again...is it only wild speculation allowed? Nobody can apply a little pressure on the brakes?

I apologize if what I said you took personally. I didn't tell you directly to slow your roll. I simply suggested "some of you guys might want to slow the roll of the hype train just a little" in response to the idea he could be the best SG in the league in 3 years. I'm optimistic about his upside. I'm just not going to set it that high after 7 games

 

I just listened to JackedRamsays interview Lamar Hurd. Hurd's observations about Sharpe were ... INTERESTING. That Sharpe told Hurd he wasn't able to jump like he does now until after rehabbing a broken bone in high school. That he wasn't a good shooter until later in high school. So ... the smoothness, the ease with which even his misses look good and what he's already able to do well ... I'm still not going full hype train. Seven games.

BUT really? The progress in such a short amount of time with that few of games? Sprague is having fun calling Sharpe "Baby Kobe." And I have to say I'm glad he's enjoying himself with the hyperbole. It's fun for him. Even with the loss tonight to Memphis, it's a good day to be a Blazers fan.

 

Dunk Champ.

 

These games are gonna happen. Memphis is tough.

 

Shaedon is 19, but he recently measured 6'4.25" not 6'5. Thats been NBA SG size for the 40+ years I've been a rabid Blazer fan. Yes he can play the 3. He can also play the 5, but size wise his best position is and will be SG. Dame and Ant are both 6'2 190lbs which is and always has been PG sized though they could play the 5 too ;-).

Dame is 32. Thats on the downside of an NBA career. 33 & 34 puts that on an ever increasing steeper downside. Sorry but there is no tooth ferry and this lineup is not the future.

STOMP

 

I don’t know how tall Dame is but Ant looks about 2 inches taller than him these days.

 

These days... so you're trying the he could have grown since his combine argument? Statistically, it's very very rare for guys to significantly grow in their later teens. At his combine Ant was 18 years and 11.5 months old. His NBA listed height & weight haven't changed from his rookie year.

At their respective combines, Dame measured 6'1.75 while Anfernee measured 6'2.25. So according to our best evidence Ant is taller by 1/2". To my eyes Ant clearly looks much closer to Dame then Shaedon in size, who again was recently measured at 6'4.25. Also of note, at their respective combines, all three guys were under 200 lbs.

STOMP

 

That was the first game where I feel like he was forcing things.

 

Truly shocking how efficient he’s been so far. 51% from the field and 44% 3pt, even after his 1-4 from 3 tonight.

This guy could still probably average 25+ppg one day playing predominantly off the ball.

 

This is my prediction for Shae's future but it's not his distant future it's my prediction for the NOLA game tonight. He'll stand in the corner too much and not get enough touches to draw the attention he could if we got him the ball a little more, ran a few plays for him and got him moving off of the ball on almost every possession.

I do not think it's Shae who is refusing to move and camping out in that corner, I think he's been coached to do that on a lot of plays so he doesn't mess us spacing but the coaching staff needs to get more creative with him because they are wasting a valuable weapon that way.

 

Seemed to me like Sharp drew three defenders every time he touched the ball last night.

 

If someone is coaching him to sit in the corner and be ineffective they should be fired. Why would they be coaching him to do that? Seems asinine to me.

 

Like I said, I don't see the kid doing that on his own. I also don't see them continuing to give him PT if they're telling him not to but he continues. Lastly, something I said earlier is that they might not want him messing up spacing on some of the plays they run that keep him in the corner like that. Don't get me wrong I think it's asinine too but do you think that Shae sits out plays if he's told not to and if he does do you think Chauncey keeps playing him?

 

Young Kobe Bryant.

 

Young Kobe was nowhere near this kind of shooter.

He’s Kobe-built physically, with Devin Booker’s game and VC’s leaping ability. And efficiency-wise, he’s blowing those guys out the water when comparing rookie seasons.

Bringing Sharpe off the bench might be the best possible thing for him, even if the fans want him starting. Let him get into the mindset of playing efficient basketball for a long stretch, then encourage him to maintain that efficiency when he’s given more opportunities.

I’m just happy he’s scoring efficiently. If he’s shown he can do it in a limited role, he should be able to do it in a larger role as he adds more of his game. It’s all about picking and choosing his spots after that, and that’s a mental thing.

As long as Schimtz can find more scorers in the draft, it shouldn’t be a problem for him to maintain 50/40 if he’s not always the opposing’s focal point on defense.

 

Thought: Did we, in fact, win the lottery? Was coming up 7th the best result? I love this Sharpe guy. Gotta ask Santa for his jersey.

 

Bump.

This is why I love threads like this. I can go back and laugh at Sly!

 

Im crying, that damn mutt...

Also.

MVP caliber quality.

 

Was curious how I voted, so had to go back and check.