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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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blazerfan11 said:
If Sharpe turns out to be one of the leagues best players it'll be part of his history.
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For sure. Goes without saying. I’m just saying if there’s any sort of regret at this point, then you know you done fucked up. Sometimes players take a bit of time to be real contributors and then blow up. So you feel like you rolled a legit pair of dice, and the regret is lessened. If I were in their GM’s shoes, I’d already have regret. And that’s not a good thing, long-term.

There’s the win-now cost if you think you have a chance versus waiting for a player to develop. You don’t always take a gamble waiting on a guy who might be a star but will take a few years if you think you can win-now (if their GM thinks they’re winning now, he’s dumber than I thought).
 
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SIeepwalker said:
I just thought of a nice one: Air Canada ! Surely that's never been used before !
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Thought of that earlier and was waiting for someone to suggest it. It was going to be me.

We could just refer to him as “North”. One, cuz he gets up. And two, it’s an homage to Toronto and Portland (since they say “we the North” but Portland actually is North of Toronto).
 
Idog1976 said:
Sharpe is better/healthier than Keegan and will more than likely end up being far better than OG if he comes even a ways from reaching his ceiling.
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At this point, while it's not the worst thing to happen when you "gamble" in the draft (which is what we did with a then mostly unknown player, not so much anymore), peaking at OG level would be underwhelming.

I still think Keegan will turn out to be a solid player, and I know he is much older which is why I wanted him as he is more NBA ready, closer to Dame's timeline, but Sharpe very early has shown he is no ordinary teenager, who amazingly only took hoops seriously a couple years ago.
 
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SIeepwalker said:
I just thought of a nice one: Air Canada ! Surely that's never been used before !
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BLAZINGGIANTS said:
Thought of that earlier and was waiting for someone to suggest it. It was going to be me.

We could just refer to him as “North”. One, cuz he gets up. And two, it’s an homage to Toronto and Portland (since they say “we the North” but Portland actually is North of Toronto).
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Wasnt vince carter air canada when he was in toronto?
 
Maybe he could be like Shorsey.....but Sharpie.

And if he can respond to every question he asks with a "huh?" right as the person starts to answer....
 
BLAZINGGIANTS said:
Thought of that earlier and was waiting for someone to suggest it. It was going to be me.

We could just refer to him as “North”. One, cuz he gets up. And two, it’s an homage to Toronto and Portland (since they say “we the North” but Portland actually is North of Toronto).
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"True North" or "Truth North"

The first being accurate regarding Portland's latitude north of Toronto. The second is word play.
 
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The new, spectacular highlight for me in the Houston game wasn't his rim-ripping dunks, but his side-stepping slightly fading mid-range jumper he hit with 2:12 left in the third quarter.
That looks like a shot the defense will always give up to Sharpe because he'll blow by a defender who closes out too hard. You could also commit a foul closing out to hard.
Go to the 1:20 mark in this video to re-watch Keon Johnson throw up the ball to Shaedon. Right after than is the highlight I'm referring to.
If Sharpe can hit a high-percentage of mid-range shots he'll very hard to defend. And while you do get more points for a 3-pointer, if a game is tied or you're down by 1 point with 10 seconds in the game, you want to take the higher percentage shot. Sometimes it's a difficult (for most players) 2-pointer that is the best choice, because certain players can make that shot regularly.
 
After 6 games, Sharpe is currently 6th in points per game for the Blazers -

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He's leading the Blazers in 3pt% -

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He's 3rd in points-per-36 (filtering out Brown and Walker who have only played 13 minutes) -

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He's 3rd on the team in turnovers per-36 (filtering out Brown and Walker)

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And he's 5th on the team in PER (filtering out Brown and Walker)

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He's a 19-year-old rookie, so I expect to see a lot of rookie mistakes. But so far, I'm very excited with what I've seen. He doesn't seem to be doing anything that is not sustainable. His shot looks smooth. His defense is solid. And he's getting most of his points without the team running plays for him.

In the poll I voted "Borderline All-Star (think CJ)", but he has me rethinking that vote now. I was never this excited watching CJ play.

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Wait til they scout this kid..

Guys on pogo sticks will be blocking his dunks.
 
MickZagger said:
Wait til they scout this kid..

Guys on pogo sticks will be blocking his dunks.
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Totally agree that scouting will reduce his surprise factor.

So, as a scout, how do you shut this kid down? Serious question. Right now he’s shooting the highest 3pt percentage on the team. You can’t leave him open on the perimeter. Pushing him off the 3 point line only allows him the opportunity to attack the rim. He’s shown great composure attacking the rim and not turning the ball over. If you pack the key on him, he’s got a nice mid range jumper.

What should our training staff be focusing on for Sharpe? What are the scouts identifying as Sharpe’s weakness at this point?

Sharpe’s ceiling is only limited by how well he (and the training staff) can identify his weaknesses and continue to make refinements and improvements each year.
 
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