Notice Blazers Pick Shaedon Sharpe With #7 Pick (1 Viewer)

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blazerfan11 said:
Written by Mike Vorkunov

Thank you for posting this. Finally someone gives the Blazer's side instead of just say "WTF why did they get Grant and draft Sharpe."
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I felt more of the wtf after reading that. Kid is 1. delusional and 2. unreliable, leaving Kentucky high and dry. Awesome.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I'm just playing around. Well, not really about Wheels. He was really really upset when some of us were glad that they fired Bobby Medina.

Honestly I was just shocked when you said you hadn't seen a single clip about Sharpe.

You probably don't remember me but I was one of the Hoopsworld guys who sat behind you and Brandy. Been out of the game a long time.
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things have been a little crazy lately.

if I saw your face I’m sure I would remember. Your profile pic isn’t exactly a giveaway
 
Propagandist said:
I felt more of the wtf after reading that. Kid is 1. delusional and 2. unreliable, leaving Kentucky high and dry. Awesome.
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He gamed the system. He went to Kentucky early, joined the team in the middle of their season, and he clearly never had any intention of playing for them. He always wanted to go pro.

Let's say you're Sharpe. You joined the team halfway through the season, you didn't get a training camp or a chance to really practice with the team. You have all these expectations as the #1 prospect. Suddenly a bunch of their guards get injured and they want you to play. What are the odds that you actually look good in a new system, new team, and you haven't played a game in a year? I don't blame him for sitting out at that point. Sure, he could have potentially boosted his stock, but the risk was much higher than the possible reward. Supposedly he wanted to play but his camp advised him not to.
 
Travis Demers said:
things have been a little crazy lately.

if I saw your face I’m sure I would remember. Your profile pic isn’t exactly a giveaway
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Probably not man. I saw Jay a few years ago and he couldn't pick me out of a lineup. And I worked with Jay for a while. I was an intern at 910 back when he was sound boarding for Colin Cowherd. I was a super skinny kid back when I covered the team. I looked about 12 years old. It's amazing what 20 years and 20 lbs will do to you!

Congrats on the gig though man. Amazing that you were up there with us all those years ago and now you're down there in the seat! So awesome.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Probably not man. I saw Jay a few years ago and he couldn't pick me out of a lineup. And I worked with Jay for a while. I was an intern at 910 back when he was sound boarding for Colin Cowherd. I was a super skinny kid back when I covered the team. I looked about 12 years old. It's amazing what 20 years and 20 lbs will do to you!

Congrats on the gig though man. Amazing that you were up there with us all those years ago and now you're down there in the seat! So awesome.
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you never know man I have pretty good recall. I was 22 ish then. I’ll see your 20 years, 20 lbs and raise you a graying beard.

i appreciate the kind words!
 
Propagandist said:
I felt more of the wtf after reading that. Kid is 1. delusional and 2. unreliable, leaving Kentucky high and dry. Awesome.
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I don’t hold any 18 year old for their career choices. This seems to be smart.

Ivan Rabb was almost guaranteed to go between 2 and 5 in the Jaylen Brown draft. He went back to school for some reason and we know the rest of the story. Stories like that should scare all high profile prospects.

Sharpe would’ve gone into a tough situation as well having to learn the Kentucky system half way through the year. He was still clearly the best player in Kentucky practices according to scouts, but practice is never the same as a game.

He made the right choice for him, and it honestly might benefit us in the long run because he slipped to #7. Shaedon is almost 3 years younger than Murray. If he played a year of college basketball, there’s no way Murray would’ve ever went ahead of Sharpe.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Here you go man.... some of the only proof that I ever was allowed behind the scenes. A glimpse back into the time machine.

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bruce ely sent me this last week. I must have been really focused on what LA had to say. Or social anxiety kicked in.
 

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BankTeller said:
I don’t hold any 18 year old for their career choices. This seems to be smart.

Ivan Rabb was almost guaranteed to go between 2 and 5 in the Jaylen Brown draft. He went back to school for some reason and we know the rest of the story. Stories like that should scare all high profile prospects.

Sharpe would’ve gone into a tough situation as well having to learn the Kentucky system half way through the year. He was still clearly the best player in Kentucky practices according to scouts, but practice is never the same as a game.

He made the right choice for him, and it honestly might benefit us in the long run because he slipped to #7. Shaedon is almost 3 years younger than Murray. If he played a year of college basketball, there’s no way Murray would’ve ever went ahead of Sharpe.
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Interesting. You see the Ivan Rabb situation purely from his side of things. I see it from the perspective of the fans of the team that would have wasted a top 5 pick on him. You see a bad outcome; I see the correct outcome.
 
oldmangrouch said:
Interesting. You see the Ivan Rabb situation purely from his side of things. I see it from the perspective of the fans of the team that would have wasted a top 5 pick on him. You see a bad outcome; I see the correct outcome.
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Of course I’m looking at it from his side of things, it’s the USA baybay.

You see the Sharpe situation from a fan of a losing franchise’s side of things. I see it purely from Sharpe’s perspective—having all the talent in the world to show I’m a top lottery pick, but being enough of an unknown to pick and choose where to do my best interviews/workouts at, while at the same time working with my agent to find the best possible situation for me. We heard reports Shaedon got a promise from us, and before that heard he was just bombing interviews and/or workouts. I’m not saying he did that, I’m saying that’s what a smart agent would tell him to do.

If Shaedon shows he’s the same kind of prospect as the #1 pick from two years ago and #2 prospect from last year, we essentially got a top 3 draft talent despite buming it up in the tanking department. When Sharpe puts it all together, I’ll see a good outcome, you’ll see the “incorrect outcome”, whatever that means. Sharpe with Dame and Billups, I’ll play the odds. You can be all upset about him not playing college basketball for half a season in 8 years and hopefully I’ll be laughing in championships.
 
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BankTeller said:
Of course I’m looking at it from his side of things, it’s the USA baybay.

You see the Sharpe situation from a fan of a losing franchise’s side of things. I see it purely from Sharpe’s perspective—having all the talent in the world to show I’m a top lottery pick, but being enough of an unknown to pick and choose where to do his best interviews/workouts at, while at the same time working with his agent to find the best possible situation for him. We heard reports Shaedon got a promise from us, and before that heard he was just bombing interviews and/or workouts. I’m not saying he did that, I’m saying that’s what a smart agent would tell him to do.

If Shaedon shows he’s the same kind of prospect as the #1 pick from two years ago and #2 prospect from last year, we essentially got a top 3 draft talent despite buming it up in the tanking department. When Sharpe puts it all together, I’ll see a good outcome, you’ll see the “incorrect outcome”, whatever that means. Sharpe with Dame and Billups, I’ll play the odds. You can be all upset about him not playing college basketball for half a season in 8 years and hopefully I’ll be laughing in championships.
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The only thing I hate about Sharpe not playing any college ball is I don't have any highlights to watch while waiting for summer league/the regular season. It's annoying as fuck as a fan but can't blame Sharpe for going that route.
 
I’m willing to bet we see Sharpe pop in a timeframe similar to Trent’s than Ant’s. Ant just had no way of ever being a starting SG/SF so he also had the burden of having to learn to play PG—it wasn’t until year four that people now believe he can be a CJ level kind of playmaker. Trent had the size and already had the shooting ability to be a starting SG and is an undersized SG/SF, but his toughness made up for his lack of size, so it really took him about two seasons to put it all together. Sharpe is much more talented than Trent and is the perfect size for a starting SG/SF. Sharpe could well be the worst shooter of the three, but he won’t be a liability shooting the ball. He is also a lottery pick, so Chauncey is going to have to give Sharpe more opportunities than a second rounder ever could get in a regular season.

He’s already a good slasher and makes good cuts off ball. Even if Nurk isn’t the long term answer at C, he’ll help Sharpe the same way he was able to help Harkless. Offensively, I think he has everything here to be a 20ppg scorer within three years.
 
Driew said:
The only thing I hate about Sharpe not playing any college ball is I don't have any highlights to watch while waiting for summer league/the regular season. It's annoying as fuck as a fan but can't blame Sharpe for going that route.
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You’re feeling my pain from the summer of Simons. But you well could be seeing the next great backcourt, where both guys can hit 40% from 3 but also have 40” verticals. So it could all be worth it. Nice thing about drafting a 19yo Sharpe the same year we give 23yo Simons an extension is we’ll be able to decide if they can be a championship backcourt heading into their next contracts together. It’s going to be weird that we could be extending them in 2026-2028 and they’ll both be younger than 28 instead of pushing 30.

Seeing Sharpe and Nas attack the rim during practice should motivate Ant to do it more often as well. It’s been so fun seeing him progress at finishing around the basket from year 2 to now. That’s the one thing that’s holding him back from being a premiere scorer. But he’s gotten so much stronger and craftier around the basket that I wish he did it more often.

With Sharpe, I’ll have to wait till SL to make any real assessments so my views on what he can be remain optimistic.

If this organization blueballs me and trades Sharpe for OG or something, I might have to take a season off from the team.

All in on a Simons/Sharpe future backcourt.
 
BankTeller said:
I had Kobe as my comp as well in a few of my posts from yesterday. Size wise, they’re both 6’6 and 190-200lb, Sharpe with a slightly longer wingspan and standing reach.

From the tape we’ve seen, Sharpe could be like he has the ability to play like Jalen Green or a young Kobe, but he looks like he’ll probably play like a 6’6 Paul George.

You would really have to ask though, being that he seems like he’ll eventually be a bonafide scorer, is he ever going to develop the hunger to play defense the way Kobe did? Kobe was just a different breed man. I have relative confidence Sharpe will be a better 3pt shooter that Kobe though.
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The direction of the Trail Blazers in the past year or so seem to have created an environment where Sharpe can become a good or great defensive player if he wants to be. He's got a coach who was a finals MVP, twice on the All Defensive second team, and who values players who give 100% on defense. CJ / Powell/ Roco were replaced by Hart and Winslow, a couple of guys that provide great models of what good defense looks like.
Habits are hard to break, including good habits. I think now is a very good time for a new Trail Blazer to develop good habits on defense. He probably won't be the workaholic that Kobe was, but I believe he'll work hard on being a good defender, and if he strays in any way, Billups will be in his ear to let him know.
 
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