My point is why have these picks and not play them as much as possible. Why are they not playing 30 mins, starting, etc. Throw them in the fire so they learn and get experience.
Sad thing is, there are actually some on here that will now EXPECT it.
Your expectation about posters' expectations is about as reasonable as the expectations of the imaginary posters to whom you refer.
Somebody will have to explain the significance and value of said 2nd round pick.
How would we know this? How do we know he would not have been even further along? If the coaches know something about him that they felt was better off sitting, sure, I guess so. Same with Scoot? Same with Shaedon? I could list a ton of rookies who started and played heavy mins, because they were on terrible teams and as a result got a ton of experience.
I coached college basketball for 3 years and was a HS coach for 7 years. You? I am saying the benefit to being drafted to a terrible team is that you get to PLAY. Unless you think every Rookie of the Year in NBA history was mismanaged by their coaches.
Do you really think throwing them into the fire for 30+ minutes is the best way to learn? I want coaches to hold out those starter minutes as a carrot/reward for improving skills in drills/workouts, showing in practice and keeping them motivated to deserve them. While fans only get to judge improvement in games, most player improvement is done away from the cameras. Among a myriad of things, Sharpe really needs to improve his handle, Scoot his shooting & Donovan his conditioning and shot. Those fascets are all best improved away from the games. Give them a ton of run today and are they as motivated to work?
good grief dude, you asked siting total befuddlement & I answered. You're free to hold your own opinion which seems to be the team has no idea what they're doing. Fwiw (nothing) most of those guys you listed were both older and/or better then the Blazer youngins... all rookies are not created equal. Fwiw2, the guy I think was the greatest Blazer ever was Clyde Drexler. He averaged 17 MPG a game as a 21 year old rookie. I could go on and on listing other HOF players who were treated similarly when they entered the league. Other HOF players came into the league and were given big roles right off. Perhaps the players and the situations they came into were different?
In recent history, high picks on bad teams learn on the job. Not watching Jerami Grant and Anfernee Simons chucking shots and not rebounding. We’re talking 3, 7, 7th picks. Everyone is young. All of the guys I listed were young. 1 year out of HS. Of course if a guy is a shit head and doesn’t work hard he sits. Obviously. If I’m a HS coach and my varsity team isn’t good - at all - I’m not playing seniors. I’m getting the young guys as much time as possible so they are better, sooner. Same with college guys. And that’s what they’re doing in the NBA.
and he's supposed to be a senior in HS.
Maybe they should play him less, not start him, and have him watch. Green font
Portland really needs to have 3 picks this draft.
Scoot is 5 years younger than Ant and Banton and 4 years younger than Camara….. I think I’ll give him a few more YEARS before I can truly see what type of player he is regardless of where he was picked.
