Should the Blazers add 3pt shooting before opening night?

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Does the current Blazers roster need to add more 3pt shooting before opening night Oct 2025?

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  1. Yes

    62.5%
  2. No

    37.5%
  1. SharpesTriumph

    SharpesTriumph Well-Known Member

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    I see this comment posted a lot that without Ant 3pt shooting the Blazers desperately need to add more 3pt shooting. However rumored names like Kispert give up a lot on defense - I really like how we potentially have a top5 defense for the first time this century.

    I'm not convinced the Blazers need to add any more 3pt shooting as some of our youth also may improve. I'd rather have a 14th/15th/two way player/trade/etc that has potential contributions both on offense and defense. I suppose the counter argument may be we should have somebody available on the bench with a proven track record to come in and reliability space the floor if a particular game warrants it. What do you think?

    Last season 3pt% - (Career 3pt%)

    Jrue 35.3 (37.0)
    Grant 36.5 (36.4)
    Camara 37.5 (36.3)
    Thybulle 43.8% (34.3)
    Henderson 35.4 (34.0)
    Deni 36.5 (33.7)
    Sharpe 31.1 (33.0)
     
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  2. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I just hope that Shaedon doesn't continue the trend of his 3 point shooting going down each year. He's like the Sidney Wicks of 3 point shooting (in that Wicks is one of the, if not the only, player that had his scoring average go down each year he was in the league, peaking in his rookie season).
     
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    Need more shooting, but they can't be an absolute liability on D (ie - Simons, Kispert, etc)
     
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    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    Is this a public poll? Who in the fuck said no?
     
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    All these guys are fine if they are open from 3. Kispert IMO is the same. So I see no reason to add him if he is a poor defender. (And to be honest, I have no idea if he is a poor defender)

    Now, if we added a player who can flat out shoot the 3 off the dribble, then that is a different story. Those guys are much
    harder to defend. Dame was great at that, and even Simons was better at it than all those guys listed. But we do not have a player on the team who can do that, so I think the better option is to have good ball movement with 4-5 two-way players on the floor at all times who can hit an open 3
     
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    Lost the best shooter need a replacement. Simple.
     
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    BoBoBREWSKI BURP!

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    Exactly. It's an obvious answer.
     
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    I guess my stance is I don't want to sacrifice defense to add 3pt shooting. I'd also like to first see how our youth shooting improves and if Jrue/Grant can bounce back to prior seasons over 40%.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I don’t think it makes sense to bring in any other players if there aren’t any moves. I don’t see any available minutes.
     
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    Hypothetically

    as it stands now….There are 240 in a game. Using an 8 man rotation

    Clingan -30
    Rob-18
    Grant - 32
    Deni - 32
    Toumani -32
    Shaedon -32
    Jrue -30
    Scoot -30

    that is 236

    Accounting for foul trouble and injuries, Yang and Thybulle should get about 12 min per game
     
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    of course it would be better if the Blazers had upgraded 3 point shooting.....without downgrading the defense obviously

    but "need"?....don't see it because the Blazers won't be competing for a championship any time soon. All teams have flaws, and yeah, bad 3 point shooting is a significant flaw in the modern NBA, but I'm not seeing any urgency in Portland fixing this issue. Let the bricks flow and get back on D
     
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    Yang Hansen Will be our best 3pt shooter.
     
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    I suspect Clingan will play maybe a couple minutes fewer than 30. I guess we will see.

    I don't think Rob is playing at all. I think they try to get Yang 15-16 minutes per game.
     
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    Yang will likely play garbage minutes in real games, because if we are trying to win, Chauncey will play Clingan and RobWill. Now if RobWill is injured again, Yang will get his 15
     
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    Hot take….
    The Great Wall of hope will be better, sooner rather than later, than The Great white hope
     
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    Yeah, the player would need to be pretty good to take minutes from the guys we have. And I am not sure we can find that with a FA.
     
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    Well, I agree that Yang has a higher ceiling due to more versatility. But I will be happy with a 24-24 minute split after this year.
     
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    I definitely said no. I don't think we "need" to do anything until we see what this squad can do. We have two guys in Scoot and Shaedon that are so young and have had such undefined roles on the team that we can't be sure what they will bring as shooters. We actually have good (not great) three point shooters in Tou and Deni. Last year was a down year for Jerami and while I don't think he should still be on the roster, it stands to reason that he'll shoot better from three this year.

    The idea that we lost our "best shooter" so we need to replace him, is spurious. Ant wasn't close to our best shooter last season from three or elsewhere. Again I want to say that we can get better from three just by having Scoot and Shaedon getting more consistent from three.

    I wouldn't be pissed if we did add a three point specialist, I'm just saying we don't NEED to before training camp.
     
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    In a good or bad way?
     

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