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Plays like an NBA vet PG that has been running pick and rolls for 10 years. Also his feel is elite.

Wonder what would be the split if you asked NBA GMs to pick between him and Scoot.
 
MrDraftGuy said:
Reed Sheppard looks every bit as impressive as I thought he'd be, maybe more. If he can figure scoring out, at a high level, he's more like Jerry West and Steph Curry than people realize. If not, watching the way he jukes people and how he finds the right players....there's Chris Paul in him, too, if his play translates into the NBA, which it should since he simply plays in such a fundamentally sound manner akin to CP3 (Luka and Roy, too, for that matter).

I'm kinda annoyed that the Rockets have all the players I wanted - Amen, Reed, Eason. Only thing I think they messed up is Jabari over Sharpe but Jabari is playing 70+ games a year so go figure

Also, I feel like there's no reason Scoot should be sitting. Blazers need to drill some confidence into him and this is the perfect place to do it.
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Two things about the Rockets: Jalen Green is too hot and cold - Sprewell in all the bad ways. And it looks like Sengun has gone from their best player to the guy who doesn't fit in two seasons.

What's Vanvleet's contract like? Can the team opt out next offseason if Reed is ready to be the starter (as seems probable)?
 
B-Roy said:
Wonder what would be the split if you asked NBA GMs to pick between him and Scoot.
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I did wonder what we'd do if he was there when we picked. Lucky for Joe he didn't have to make that call.
 
B-Roy said:


Plays like an NBA vet PG that has been running pick and rolls for 10 years. Also his feel is elite.

Wonder what would be the split if you asked NBA GMs to pick between him and Scoot.
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I wonder what the split would be here between Reed and Scoot.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
I did wonder what we'd do if he was there when we picked. Lucky for Joe he didn't have to make that call.
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I was a proponent of taking him if he was there at 7. Unfortunately for us he didn't make it.
 
Who's missing? Deandre and Jerami and Matisse. Matisse and Deandre have the excuse that they were at least in camp for the national teams. I guess Jerami didn't get the memo that this is the new thing the Blazers do

 
MrDraftGuy said:
Reed Sheppard looks every bit as impressive as I thought he'd be, maybe more. If he can figure scoring out, at a high level, he's more like Jerry West and Steph Curry than people realize. If not, watching the way he jukes people and how he finds the right players....there's Chris Paul in him, too, if his play translates into the NBA, which it should since he simply plays in such a fundamentally sound manner akin to CP3 (Luka and Roy, too, for that matter).

I'm kinda annoyed that the Rockets have all the players I wanted - Amen, Reed, Eason. Only thing I think they messed up is Jabari over Sharpe but Jabari is playing 70+ games a year so go figure

Also, I feel like there's no reason Scoot should be sitting. Blazers need to drill some confidence into him and this is the perfect place to do it.
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No idea if this is true, but Highkin said it was a team decision. Could also be the team managing public perception.

Either way, it smells to me. If it was a team decision, I don't like that the team feels the need to coddle him. If it was his own decision, I don't like that either.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
Who's missing? Deandre and Jerami and Matisse. Matisse and Deandre have the excuse that they were at least in camp for the national teams. I guess Jerami didn't get the memo that this is the new thing the Blazers do

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Anfernee
 
B-Roy said:
No idea if this is true, but Highkin said it was a team decision. Could also be the team managing public perception.

Either way, it smells to me. If it was a team decision, I don't like that the team feels the need to coddle him. If it was his own decision, I don't like that either.
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It's not necessarily them coddling him - more likely it's protecting EVERYBODY from harsh assessments. I mean, Shae played last year and everybody said he was terrible, so maybe they want to avoid a repeat.
 
I’m a UK guy and man does Reed look good already. UK guards never disappoint.
 
B-Roy said:


Plays like an NBA vet PG that has been running pick and rolls for 10 years. Also his feel is elite.

Wonder what would be the split if you asked NBA GMs to pick between him and Scoot.
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I’d take Reed. His shot is beautiful.
 
B-Roy said:
No idea if this is true, but Highkin said it was a team decision. Could also be the team managing public perception.

Either way, it smells to me. If it was a team decision, I don't like that the team feels the need to coddle him. If it was his own decision, I don't like that either.
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I wanted him to play, but I can see their point too. Scoot needs a full summer to work on his game. The last thing we need is for something like this to happen (or worse) that takes away any of that time.


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Tom Orsborn: Stephon Castle is out for the remainder of Summer League after suffering a right wrist sprain when he fell in Saturday’s win over Portland, Spurs say. It’s a minor injury, but Spurs aren’t taking any chances with the fourth overall pick
 
Rastapopoulos said:
It's not necessarily them coddling him - more likely it's protecting EVERYBODY from harsh assessments. I mean, Shae played last year and everybody said he was terrible, so maybe they want to avoid a repeat.
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"everybody said" is a bunch of Blazer fans posts.... your statements greatly overestimate how much the team or players care at all about that.

There is no way Scoot is being held out because of what some random Blazer fans might say if he plays bad.
 
Pritchslap Madness said:
In way too early discussion....Reed Sheppard is looking really good! Impressed with his play so far.
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Honestly I thought he should be the clear #1 pick.

That is in this draft - probably the strength of a normal pick closer to #10. Its just Risacher/Sarr/others have major question marks and significant limits to their game. Sheppard is both the most for sure thing and still has a bit of Steve Nash/Stockton/Steph upside.
 
Just a hypothetical, of course…

Would anyone do a Sheppard for Scoot trade within a package of Jerami going to Houston?
 
SheedSoNasty said:
Just a hypothetical, of course…

Would anyone do a Sheppard for Scoot trade within a package of Jerami going to Houston?
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Yes for certain I would swap Scoot and Sheppard.

I highly doubt Houston would be interested though.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
Yes for certain I would swap Scoot and Sheppard.

I highly doubt Houston would be interested though.
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Interesting that in this past shitty draft, where some have suggested that Scoot Henderson would/could have gone #1, the #3 player taken might be better? I mean even if Sheppard should have gone #1 as you alluded to, that still dispels some of the comments national "experts" have made about this draft.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
I wanted him to play, but I can see their point too. Scoot needs a full summer to work on his game. The last thing we need is for something like this to happen (or worse) that takes away any of that time.


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Tom Orsborn: Stephon Castle is out for the remainder of Summer League after suffering a right wrist sprain when he fell in Saturday’s win over Portland, Spurs say. It’s a minor injury, but Spurs aren’t taking any chances with the fourth overall pick
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Haha I literally said this was why Scoot didn’t play when Castle fell.
 
SheedSoNasty said:
Just a hypothetical, of course…

Would anyone do a Sheppard for Scoot trade within a package of Jerami going to Houston?
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I probably would. I thought Sheppard was the most overall talented roundball player in the draft.
 
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