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Shaedon Sharpe will be...

  • Solid starter

    Votes: 10 8.6%

  • Bench player

    Votes: 5 4.3%

  • Borderline All-Star (think CJ)

    Votes: 21 18.1%

  • Superstar (Dame status)

    Votes: 36 31.0%

  • Top 3 player in the game

    Votes: 5 4.3%

  • Best Player in the game

    Votes: 7 6.0%

  • Bust

    Votes: 1 0.9%

  • All-Star or multi-time All-Star (think LMA or Roy)

    Votes: 31 26.7%
  • Total voters
    116

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From local media guys' podcasts on the Blazers, it sounds like Little isn't all the way ready after his injuries and time off. Not that it's about something wrong so much as not playing well and not claiming the position. Then the talk focuses on Hart being the best player, now, but maybe better for the 2nd unit to play like Billups wants (up tempo ... which isn't a great fit for Nurkic and Lillard). That leaves Winslow who has his positives and greater size than Hart.

I do expect -- like others here -- that Josh Hart gets traded to address the SF spot in a bigger trade or shoring up PF/C. The wildcard is Sharpe. If the position isn't fixed with a consolidation trade for a better, bigger SF, then the door is open for Sharpe. He may not be able to walk through and take the position, yet, but it's like when Nico Batum started 76 of 79 games as a rookie (though at only 18.4 minutes per). There was an opportunity and he fit best. It took a bit for him to claim the position and inconsistency eventually shipped him off to Charlotte. That's where the 'idea' of Sharpe together with Cronin being pretty explicit about the team seeing changes has me thinking they see him as the SF solution during Dame's timeline ... just not yet.

It does sound like the first 20 games, or a bit more, are about seeing what they have and how guys fit with each other and scheme. I don't expect to see much of Sharpe until after then. If he surprises like Batum did -- even with limited minutes -- then the equation quickly changes. Make the move in January/February.
 
He's been really solid on defense. Tonight he looked like he sured up his handle and wasn't giving the ball away as much. He got to his spots a lot and was just short arming his jumper which looks great and tells me the guy does have some nerves going on and who wouldn't. An 6'6", 7' wingspan, athletic freak that works really hard, doesn't get out of position a lot on defense and has a really nice looking jumper. This dude will be a big time star in the league somewhere between an all star a few times and the best player in the game.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Dude, I know it's legal but you should really go easy on the eadibles.
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I'm not high and that's what I think Shaedon's range is if he's healthy. I think his floor is the kind of star that gets into two or three all star games (even though Iggy hasn't made the all star team that many times think Andre Iguodala but not necessarily playing on the teams Iggy's played on, just that level of player) and his ceiling is the best player in the league... like a multiple time MVP. I don't think that's very wild when you look at what the kid can already do and moreso what it points towards him being able to do. I think the most likely place he finds himself is multiple time all nba player like a Paul George level guy.
 
Since we played Golden State tonight I couldn't help but think of this guy...
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blazerkor said:
He's been really solid on defense. Tonight he looked like he sured up his handle and wasn't giving the ball away as much. He got to his spots a lot and was just short arming his jumper which looks great and tells me the guy does have some nerves going on and who wouldn't. An 6'6", 7' wingspan, athletic freak that works really hard, doesn't get out of position a lot on defense and has a really nice looking jumper. This dude will be a big time star in the league somewhere between an all star a few times and the best player in the game.
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Yup. He’s gonna be even crazier in two years when he’s 6’8 lol.
 
So Shaedon had to wait till game 5 to get his 1st start and my 2k character took 10 games to start. I always get into the HOF so I’m pretty confident he’ll become a HOFer.
 
illmatic99 said:
i kinda feel like shaedon woulda absolutely dominated summer league. too bad.

happy he's a difference maker in the real thing
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Yes he would've. And yes he is. We have enough talent to win without Dame. I think Billups will have them ready. It was hard to recover from Dame's injury in the middle of the Miami game but with preparation, we can win these games against Memphis and Phoenix. Boy, 8-1 would be great. And 3-0 against the Suns. LET'S GET IT.
 
Speaking as someone who simply created this account to criticize the "Trade Sharpe for OG" crowd, Sharpe's trajectory is Donovan Mitchell or Vince Carter at this point.

But his IQ and commitment to defense are better than Vince Carter, especially considering his age. Possibly a stronger work ethic, as well.

Should Sharpe tighten his handles within 1-2 years, his ceiling can be Dwayne Wade/Kobe Bryant. Not an easy ceiling to reach but likely more achievable than many of these other "Next Kobe" type prospects.
 
The kid has all the tools.

I HATE the Kobe comparison because Kobe openly had a killer’s mentality. Not saying Shaedon doesn’t have it, but if he does, it’s as a silent assassin, rather than as someone who will tell you they’re going to kill you, how they’re going to do it, and then completes the mission (which was Kobe).

You knew from Day One cuz Kobe had “it” and told you he was going to be great and you had no way of not believing him.
 
MrDraftGuy said:
Speaking as someone who simply created this account to criticize the "Trade Sharpe for OG" crowd, Sharpe's trajectory is Donovan Mitchell or Vince Carter at this point.

But his IQ and commitment to defense are better than Vince Carter, especially considering his age. Possibly a stronger work ethic, as well.

Should Sharpe tighten his handles within 1-2 years, his ceiling can be Dwayne Wade/Kobe Bryant. Not an easy ceiling to reach but likely more achievable than many of these other "Next Kobe" type prospects.
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He’s got all the physical tools that it’ll just come down to mentality. He has a Booker/BRoy/Beal smoothness to his game but he can attack the basket like Vince Carter—this is everything he’s shown flashes of in just 6 games. Outside of his needing to improve his handle, Chauncey and the rest of the team just needs to encourage him to play hard on the defensive side of the ball.

If he did all of those things well, he’s essentially a Kobe/MJ-esque player. Carter had all the physical tools to become Kobe, he just didn’t.
 
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One thing I’ve noticed about Sharpe is that it seems like he almost prefers to fade on his shots.

Not saying it’s good or bad. Kinda unique.
 
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