Game Thread 2023-24 Game #22 - BLAZERS @ CLIPPERS - DECEMBER 11, 2023 - MONDAY - 7:30 PM PST - ROOT

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Tince said:
Either all of Sharpe's teammates and coaches are out to get Sharpe or Sharpe is more-or-less content to not be the guy taking shots down the stretch of close games.
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That’s my thing I clown on sharpe about. He has no alpha mentality. Atleast right now he doesn’t
 
Idog1976 said:
I knew Sharpe was gonna be a Superstar since we drafted him. I could just see it way back then due to highlight reals. He had it all, skills, body control, quickness and insane body control. All he lacked was a handle which he is now developing and he's improving at everything. He's going to be a Superstar, not an All-Star a top 10 guy in the league and he has the tools to be MVP level talent. I'm not saying he will reach that and look at the league right now it's unreal stacked and talented. That said, I think Sharpe has no ceiling. Legit unlimited potential.
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I’d be willing to bet you’d be lying if you said you thought Shae could be this natural of a passer so quick. Shae looked like he could pass, sure, but the national opinion on him was as if he had Cam Whitmore’s level of tunnel vision. I thought he was going to be in the 5apg category, which would’ve been a very optimistic outlook on his career projection. Right now, he looks like he could become a Devin Booker kind of passer (between 6-8apg).

You’re a better man than I if you had that kind of belief in his playmaking lol. Everything else, I agree, I saw all of that fairly early in the predraft process as well.
 
BankTeller said:
I’d be willing to bet you’d be lying if you said you thought Shae could be this natural of a passer so quick. Shae looked like he could pass, sure, but the national opinion on him was as if he had Cam Whitmore’s level of tunnel vision. I thought he was going to be in the 5apg category, which would’ve been a very optimistic outlook on his career projection. Right now, he looks like he could become a Devin Booker kind of passer (between 6-8apg).

You’re a better man than I if you had that kind of belief in his playmaking lol. Everything else, I agree, I saw all of that fairly early in the predraft process as well.
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The passing has been shocking to me. I was not expecting it.
 
Natebishop3 said:
The passing has been shocking to me. I was not expecting it.
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SHOCKING. Are you imaging Shae averaging around 6-8ppg like Booker is right now, while being only the 3rd/4th best playmaker on the team? That’s when we’ll be lethal on offense.
 
Two things that stood out to me.

Scoot is huge... and he looks small compared to Russ.

Walker is playing power forward for us, and he looks small next to Kawhi.
 
BankTeller said:
Usage has to do something with this right? Shae was playing 40mpg with nobody else as a playmaker for a decent stretch, and the playmaking has gotten exponentially better recently with guards returning.
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Correct. Though in Ant's limited games, he's been w/out Ayton, Grant, and Brogdon in the majority of his minutes as well.

I don't think Ast% is the end-all metric on who's making plays for other people, but it also goes against the ball hog narrative that has been manufactured about Brogdon and Ant.
 
BankTeller said:
I’d be willing to bet you’d be lying if you said you thought Shae could be this natural of a passer so quick. Shae looked like he could pass, sure, but the national opinion on him was as if he had Cam Whitmore’s level of tunnel vision. I thought he was going to be in the 5apg category, which would’ve been a very optimistic outlook on his career projection. Right now, he looks like he could become a Devin Booker kind of passer (between 6-8apg).

You’re a better man than I if you had that kind of belief in his playmaking lol. Everything else, I agree, I saw all of that fairly early in the predraft process as well.
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I realized he was a good passer last season and was saying so pre-season and Summer League. No I did not know he would be this good before his rookie season, but by the end of it I saw he had what looked to be elite vision even back then. If you go back and look during Pre-Season I was saying he was one of the best passers on the team. He just continues to get better...at everything!
 
Best loss of the season. No debate. My man Sharpe is blossoming right before our eyes. Legit unlimited superstar mvp potential. he should absolutely make the rookie/sophomore game and so with being at AS weekend he should then def be in the slam dunk as well.
Ant should also be in the 3pt contest.
Might be a weekend worth watching !
 
Tince said:
Ant could've easily got off that floater/layup he's made many times before. Hurd said the same thing during the broadcast if you go back and listen.

1.65pts/attempt for Ant while getting the Clippers best defender. Elite stuff.
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I don’t care to go back and listen. Go back and watch. He had nowhere to go so he made a lousy pass when he was in trouble .
 
MickZagger said:
I don’t care to go back and listen. Go back and watch. He had nowhere to go so he made a lousy pass when he was in trouble .
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It was predictable. As soon as he started the two dribbles right one left and back right crossover you knew he had blinders on. When they collapsed like we all knew they would only then did he look to pass to Sharpe which the Clippers (veterans that they are) all knew he would try to dump to his right ( SCOUTED). There was Kawhi waiting. Game over.
That's the difference between Simons and Dame. The Clippers would have had to bring defenders out to half court and dame might still have smoked them with a logo shot but would also have had way more room for that pass out of the lane because the spacing he creates.
Maybe in that situation Sharpe should have had the ball in his hands and looked for an outlet to Simons? These are the things this young team is learning now.
On to the next one!
 
Scoot had his best game, but he makes me so nervous. He's like a poor man's young Russell Westbrook: non-stop downhill with kind of sloppy handle and an ugly jump shot that he has way more confidence in than anyone watching.
 
kjironman1 said:
It was predictable. As soon as he started the two dribbles right one left and back right crossover you knew he had blinders on. When they collapsed like we all knew they would only then did he look to pass to Sharpe which the Clippers (veterans that they are) all knew he would try to dump to his right ( SCOUTED). There was Kawhi waiting. Game over.
That's the difference between Simons and Dame. The Clippers would have had to bring defenders out to half court and dame might still have smoked them with a logo shot but would also have had way more room for that pass out of the lane because the spacing he creates.
Maybe in that situation Sharpe should have had the ball in his hands and looked for an outlet to Simons? These are the things this young team is learning now.
On to the next one!
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Game over was going for 2's down 5.
 
Chris Craig said:
Game over was going for 2's down 5.
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You see I agree to a point. It was that play that put them down 5. A veteran team with a 5 point lead with a minute remaining is tough to beat. Even more so when the coach calls for a challenge that isn't going to make a difference and burns a TO. Rookie coach move as well. Billups even took some of the blame in his post game. I respected the way he addressed it. Said it was bad communication. Didn't throw anyone under the bus and accepted his part of the problem.
 
kjironman1 said:
You see I agree to a point. It was that play that put them down 5. A veteran team with a 5 point lead with a minute remaining is tough to beat. Even more so when the coach calls for a challenge that isn't going to make a difference and burns a TO. Rookie coach move as well. Billups even took some of the blame in his post game. I respected the way he addressed it. Said it was bad communication. Didn't throw anyone under the bus and accepted his part of the problem.
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Especially a veteran team with no bad free throw shooters on the floor. You have to go for threes to give yourself a chance to win in that situation, granted putting themselves in that situation to begin with lost them the game too.
 
MickZagger said:
3 game sample size and you’d hope he’d have a few assists for as much as he dominates the ball.
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Do you want me to tell you who averages more assists and also less turnovers per/36 minutes between Ant and Sharpe?

Spoiler: You don't.
 
MickZagger said:
I don’t care to go back and listen. Go back and watch. He had nowhere to go so he made a lousy pass when he was in trouble .
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Ok, so I went back and watched it again... Like I posted in real time, Ant made a bad pass attempting to force to it Sharpe instead of taking a very makeable shot for him. It was a bad choice on his part. He should've shot it.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Scoot had his best game, but he makes me so nervous. He's like a poor man's young Russell Westbrook: non-stop downhill with kind of sloppy handle and an ugly jump shot that he has way more confidence in than anyone watching.
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His handle is really loose for a point guard...I was not expecting that. He seems ready to dribble the ball away on every other possession.
 
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