Told y'all early this season, it's a focus thing for Scoot, not [lack of] confidence or learning the pro game.
I'd be curious as to what Ant's defensive stats show for the past 10 games. Seems to me like he's doing better, but I'd like to see if the stats bear that out. As a practical matter, I remember in Chauncey's first season seeing a quote where he told Ant that his defense stunk and that when he was with the Clippers they would target him. Obviously, there wasn't any major improvement in Ant's play on the defensive end in the intervening time period. It's hard to say what Chauncey thinks about him now, but I think that it's clear that the future of the team at guard is Scoot and Shae. Making points with them to improve their defense has a longer term impact on the Blazers' success than Ant would.
To see yourself as others see you ... Sometimes people really don't know how their work looks. Showing video makes it real, oh no, am I that bad?
Three things that I took from this article: 1. Chauncey has earned another year. Pickup the option. 2. Scoot is real. 3. Sharpe is concerning and at this point I think I would seriously consider using him as trade bait for a star. I just have this feeling that he's never gonna get it. He has that Darius Miles in him. Oozing talent. Can be absolutely fantastic when he wants to be. I don't want to pay this guy a ton of money and have him just bottom out.
When Brooke asked Sharpe what music he listened to he said reggae music, my first thought was...oh..oh...that explains the wake and bake demeanor the kid has all the time. He's clearly stoned.
So the Conductor has a meeting with Scoot and Sharpe about defense, but doesn’t say one fucking word Simons. This is one of many reasons I have such a huge issue with that fucktard
Or perhaps the conductor knows just as well as we do that Simons is not long for this franchise, and thus doesn't want to waste his energy on him.
Simons on the team, OK. Simons playing more minutes than Scoot and Sharpe every single game, sometimes more minutes than Scoot and Sharpe combined, that's very questionable.
The last time I checked the defensive stats for all of the Blazers, (about a month ago) I noticed that there wasn't much difference between most of them. Which makes me believe they are more of a team stat than an individual stat. There are just too many variables that occur that can affect the numbers on that side of the ball. But I am curious as well.
I think the concerns are real, but with the culture we're developing right now I don't think he'll ever completely bottom out. I think he'll step up with more opportunity. But I wouldn't be opposed to trading him for a legit star either.
