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If Dame is sitting out;

Scoot ?
Ant Sharpe
Thybulle NAS
Grant Murray
Nurk Reath

Scoot is a natural leader and great at setting up the offense so I'd start him. I'm a super big Sharpe fan but honestly he's just not as polished as Ant is right now so I think you start Ant and let Sharpe continue to grow his game as the focal point of the bench offense. Sharpe defense isn't any better than Ant right now, I'd say its actually worse. Yeah I give him more long term potential on that end but make him prove he deserves it now and that he defends now before giving him the start.

Grant and Nurk should be in trade calls along with Dame. Probably Thybulle as well. I'm not sure any of these guys will have any trade value though, in which case just keep them and hope with good play they are worth a late pick or something at the deadline or next summer.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
I would be curious to see if Jovic has the lateral quickness to guard other SFs. Some teams have similar taller 3s where it would work IMO. Against other teams, Nas and Thybyulle would be a better option. So I like the idea. But I still would want JJjR included so he can play SF and have Jovic at the 4 once Grant leaves.

As for Walker at center, I would rather have Moses or Reath.
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Jovic is a potential matchup nightmare for a 6’6” guy. Ideally Miami will cave and give us Martin
 
Here's my depth chart as the roster currently stands:

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I couldn't find any details on the contracts for Knox or Reath, so I'm assuming they are non-guaranteed.

I'm excited to see Sharpe in more of a leadership role. And I liked what I saw from Henderson in his limited minutes in summer league. Hopefully he comes in and starts to earn more floor time early in the season.

We're now 29 days away from the Blazers first pre-season game!
(Suns v Blazers, Oct 12)
 

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Anybody want to throw out some win totals with the above roster as is?
 
Well we don't need Jovic the guy pretty useless on D. I rather see walker and Murray gets minutes because both as some sense on the defense end Miami can keep him i rather have Martin.
 
Based on what we know right now, this is how I’d want the rotation, with minute distributions for our top 5 players:

Scoot (32)/Ant (16)/Mays
Ant (18)/Shae (20)/Thybulle
Shae (12)/Thybulle/Murray
Grant (32)/Walker/Murray
DA (34)/Brown/Badji

There is lowkey enough talent to actually compete for a playoff spot even before any Holiday trade. If a trade with Boston happens, it’ll be guys like Williams or Horford. If a trade with the Clips happen, it might be Batum. If we make the playoffs with this year’s roster, I’m going to be a lot happier knowing that we have the future of two teams’ 1sts + my own to find the best fit to set this young roster over the top.
 
BankTeller said:
Based on what we know right now, this is how I’d want the rotation, with minute distributions for our top 5 players:

Scoot (32)/Ant (16)/Mays
Ant (18)/Shae (20)/Thybulle
Shae (12)/Thybulle/Murray
Grant (32)/Walker/Murray
DA (34)/Brown/Badji

There is lowkey enough talent to actually compete for a playoff spot even before any Holiday trade. If a trade with Boston happens, it’ll be guys like Williams or Horford. If a trade with the Clips happen, it might be Batum. If we make the playoffs with this year’s roster, I’m going to be a lot happier knowing that we have the future of two teams’ 1sts + my own to find the best fit to set this young roster over the top.
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This starting lineup is a bit soft on defense. I would start Thybulle next to Scoot and Ant and bring Shae off the bench.
 
Also, don't you guys wish we re-signed Justice Winslow? He's still fairly young but more experienced than Walker and he can give us I think better defense from the backup 4. I understand that some here believe in Jabari Walker getting much more playing time, but I think he's not as good as Winslow.
 
The Organizer said:
Also, don't you guys wish we re-signed Justice Winslow? He's still fairly young but more experienced than Walker and he can give us I think better defense from the backup 4. I understand that some here believe in Jabari Walker getting much more playing time, but I think he's not as good as Winslow.
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100%
 
The Organizer said:
Also, don't you guys wish we re-signed Justice Winslow? He's still fairly young but more experienced than Walker and he can give us I think better defense from the backup 4. I understand that some here believe in Jabari Walker getting much more playing time, but I think he's not as good as Winslow.
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Personally, I’m actually am over-the-moon that he isn’t here anymore.

“Experience” doesn’t mean anything. I still remember some doofus here still saying when we had an early winning streak, “JJJ - Jerami Josh Justise. You trade one of them, you trade the soul of this team.” The kind of hyperbole in this fanbase…

He’s a decent defender and can handle the ball, cool. I have to grimace every time he jacks up a nasty looking 3, he’s never healthy, and there’s going to be a better player than Justise that comes back to us as just filler from a Holiday trade.
 
The Organizer said:
This starting lineup is a bit soft on defense. I would start Thybulle next to Scoot and Ant and bring Shae off the bench.
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Chauncey could always insert Thybulle for Shae in the starting lineup later in the season, but there’s no reason to do so unless Shae shows us he isn’t strong enough to guard 3s.

The good thing about having Thybulle off the bench is that he can slide in for whichever one is struggling. I’m not against starting him over Sharpe either though— Scoot + Ant + Thybulle + Grant + Ayton sounds like it could hold up defensively. If Thybulle kept his pace on his 3 from last season, then it’s a no brainer. Shae could go try to have a 6MOY campaign.
 
BankTeller said:
JJJ - Jerami Josh Justise. You trade one of them, you trade the soul of this team.” The kind of hyperbole in this fanbase…
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tbf, for last season—they weren’t wrong. when things were going well last season those three were balling out.
 
Samuel said:
tbf, for last season—they weren’t wrong. when things were going well last season those three were balling out.
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What about when things weren’t? I had never seen as many people defending a .40/.27/.70 guy on this team in my life.
 
BankTeller said:
What about when things weren’t? I had never seen as many people defending a .40/.27/.70 guy on this team in my life.
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Because he was there for defensive purposes, and he wasn't completely killing our offense, didn't try to force anything, took his shots in rhythm and missed most of them but he isn't about making shots
 
The Organizer said:
Also, don't you guys wish we re-signed Justice Winslow? He's still fairly young but more experienced than Walker and he can give us I think better defense from the backup 4. I understand that some here believe in Jabari Walker getting much more playing time, but I think he's not as good as Winslow.
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No, he's not healthy.
 
The Organizer said:
Because he was there for defensive purposes, and he wasn't completely killing our offense, didn't try to force anything, took his shots in rhythm and missed most of them but he isn't about making shots
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He was an interesting 11th or 12th man. Could play a nice role in certain situations or to fill in parts of an 82 game season. But he couldn't be played for every opponent or even matchup.

Now that he's still recovering from a major surgery it's ridiculous to talk about giving him a contract. He needs to prove he's 100% healthy in training camp, summer league, or G league first.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
He was an interesting 11th or 12th man. Could play a nice role in certain situations or to fill in parts of an 82 game season. But he couldn't be played for every opponent or even matchup.

Now that he's still recovering from a major surgery it's ridiculous to talk about giving him a contract. He needs to prove he's 100% healthy in training camp, summer league, or G league first.
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I actually wasn't aware that he was still injured. This definitely changes things
 
Don't bench Sharpe !! The kid needs reps with Scoot.

Shaedon got benched soo much last season because he was "inexperienced". Give Sharpe the experience!

We know what Matisse can bring. He's a plug & play defensive menace. Put him in a 6th man role. Play Thybulle at the 4 in small ball fast paced lineups.

Shaedon needs p.t. He absolutely should be a starter. When the game gets going and Chauncey gets into "let's win this" mode, Coach sometimes forgets there's a super explosive youngster named Sharpe on the bench who makes top 10 highlights every week.

I'm not saying Shaedon should play 40 minutes a night. Splitting Thybulle and Shaedon's minutes at 24 a piece is not optimum during this rebuild. I think they both need 30m at least to develop chemistry.

What I'm saying is Shaedon should be a starter and a closer. The Blazers have a forgetful Coach that tends yank reserve players out the game without hesitation.
 
This is assuming we just get picks and expirings for Jrue.

Scoot(32)/Ant(16)
Shae(32)/Ant(16)
Matisse(25)/Knox(15)/Kris(8)
Jerami(36)/Kris(6)/Jabari(6)
Ayton(32)/Moses(16)
 
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