Blazers Give Sharpe a Promise?

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Mediocre Man said:
If Cronin does the unthinkable (the right thing) and drafts boom or bust Sharpe at 7 or moving up, I’ll never say a bad word about Joe
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Saving this in my Excel document of passwords… until Thursday when we pass or deal…
 
If Cronin does what the board is expecting and drafts Sharpe and then trades him for OG, I'll have the sad about my rooting interest again. OG is a starting talent, but they are not in a reload situation and would still be several big adds away from being legit.

STOMP
 
How can you promise to draft someone when he could be taken before it’s your turn?
 
ESPN mock draft special with Bilas, Woj and Bobby Marks was raving about Sharpe. High floor, highest ceiling. Athletic freak with unlimited range. Franchise level talent. Better at this age than fellow Canadians, RJ Barrett and Alexander. Trainer said not even close


So fuck everything else and go get Sharpe
 
B-Roy said:
Logic makes no sense.
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All it would take is a couple shakeups in the order 1-4 and Murray could drop to 7 and I think thats who Portland would draft if he's there.
If Magic take Chet, OKC could take Ivey or Sharpe then things could get interesting.
 
Windhorst today on NBA Today.

“For weeks, we’ve heard about the Portland Trail Blazers at No. 7 possibly trading that pick off, maybe for Jerami Grant of the Detroit Pistons. From what I understand, Portland has decided not to go down that path and as of right now is planning to draft at No. 7,” Windhorst explained.

“Jonathan Givony has them taking Shaedon Sharpe out of Kentucky, and I have heard the same thing, that that is who they are targeting,” he continued. “That is something I would not have expected two to three weeks ago.”
 
Tweak said:
Windhorst today on NBA Today.

“For weeks, we’ve heard about the Portland Trail Blazers at No. 7 possibly trading that pick off, maybe for Jerami Grant of the Detroit Pistons. From what I understand, Portland has decided not to go down that path and as of right now is planning to draft at No. 7,” Windhorst explained.

“Jonathan Givony has them taking Shaedon Sharpe out of Kentucky, and I have heard the same thing, that that is who they are targeting,” he continued. “That is something I would not have expected two to three weeks ago.”
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I hope this is true. Both in keeping the pick and taking Sharpe.
 
Tweak said:
Windhorst today on NBA Today.

“For weeks, we’ve heard about the Portland Trail Blazers at No. 7 possibly trading that pick off, maybe for Jerami Grant of the Detroit Pistons.
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Yep, we have been listening to this ridiculous idea for weeks on this board.
 
Freshtown shared a podcast with Nate Duncan and John Hollinger.
This is Nate's take on Shaedon Sharpe: (starts at 16:45)

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7zCByjn66nwmDgZKZsCKex?si=_oGc4KmqRyekrBdN_CyfGA&t=995&context=spotify:collection:podcasts:episodes[/QUOTE]


Let me give you the guy that I think has the highest upside. and I don't even think it's close. Shaedon Sharpe.
Here's how I went about it. obviously there's risk there because we haven't seen him do it at a high level .

Let's say we took Shaedon Sharpe what we saw from him in high school, and compared it to all the other guys at the same point in their careers. He's probably the best of any of these guys right? So to me, Sharpe, I went back and looked at it, very good measurements for a shooting guard, 6'5", 6'11" wingspan huge hands you know pretty much a nuclear level of finisher at the basket. If he's not Anthony Edwards and Jalen Green, he's very close to that level.

I would say his skill level at the same age was higher than either of those guys, dribbler and a shooter, footwork, getting the step backs. Maybe not quite the same level of first step as those guys to the basket. and maybe hasn't shown quite the same level of competitiveness maybe, as at least Jalen Green. All these guys had some questions about their defense and their floor game and stuff.

And Sharpe hasn't been a number one options, he's a late bloomer relatively so. But his passing game is about the same as Green and Edwards. But if you look at that physical profile and go back in the history of like that combination of physical profile and dribbling and shooting skill. Not many guys as you go back had that at this type of age. Everyone who has had this level of athleticism and this level of skill worked out to be really good.

I have him and Banchero in my top tier, and I might even have him number one.
 
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Tweak said:
Windhorst today on NBA Today.

“For weeks, we’ve heard about the Portland Trail Blazers at No. 7 possibly trading that pick off, maybe for Jerami Grant of the Detroit Pistons. From what I understand, Portland has decided not to go down that path and as of right now is planning to draft at No. 7,” Windhorst explained.

“Jonathan Givony has them taking Shaedon Sharpe out of Kentucky, and I have heard the same thing, that that is who they are targeting,” he continued. “That is something I would not have expected two to three weeks ago.”
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I'll be very shocked if we just draft Sharpe and keep him.
 
I'm calling smoke screen on this one...

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It's fun speculating though... way more exciting than most drafts!
 
Tince said:
I'm calling smoke screen on this one...

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It's fun speculating though... way more exciting than most drafts!
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Oh for sure it's a smokescreen. But I also think it's one that is partially true. If Sharpe is there we'd take him. But there's probably someone like Dyson who we value higher and is trying to get a team like Indiana to bite on Sharpe so that Dyson falls to us.
 
MickZagger said:
I think the cats out of the bag with Sharpe. He’s worked out 6-7 teams. I’m thinking if we want him we’ll have to trade up. I doubt he’ll fall to 7.
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If someone takes him top 6, that means we have a good shot at getting Murray. I guess Indy might screw it up for us.
 
Thunder Trying To Move Up From No. 12 With Jaden Ivey, Shaedon Sharpe Targeted

(If you click on the link in the story "future draft picks" it shows all incoming and outgoing picks for all teams.)

The Oklahoma City Thunder are "aggressively pursuing trade conversations" involving the No. 12 pick in order to move into the mid-lottery. The Thunder are believed to be targeting Jaden Ivey and Shaedon Sharpe.

Ivey could go as high as No. 4, while Sharpe has a probable draft range of No. 4 through No. 8.

The Thunder own the most future draft picks in the NBA, which would allow them to move up depending on how much they covet one of those higher lottery picks.

The Thunder tried to trade up at last year's draft with Evan Mobley as their target.




https://basketball.realgm.com/wiret...No-12-With-Jaden-Ivey-Shaedon-Sharpe-Targeted
 
STOMP said:
If Cronin does what the board is expecting and drafts Sharpe and then trades him for OG, I'll have the sad about my rooting interest again. OG is a starting talent, but they are not in a reload situation and would still be several big adds away from being legit.

STOMP
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Take Sharpe at 7.
Trade for Thybulle and 23.
Trade 23 and change for Jerami Grant.
 
beast crnjo said:
What is the point of making a "draft promise"
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Ideally to get the player to stop other workouts. Didn't really happen completely with Sharpe.

Like for example, Utah apprently held a secret workout of Donovan Mitchell and promised him even if they didnt have a pick in his range. He shut down workouts and they found a way to trade into his range to get him.
 
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