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How many starters are you comfortable with on current roster

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1 Eye Jack

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I’m good with at least 3 guys on current roster as part of our future starting 5

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2. Sharpe
3. Tou
4. Deni
5.

im on fence with Scoot hasn’t proven it yet but still huge upside

5. Clingan, no offense is big concern but he’s young could improve. Ayton seems to have peaked, all the tools are there just doesn’t bring effort every night and not sure that will ever change

Draft needs another forward preferably shooter. Backup guard who can shoot or distribute?
 
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Deni and Camara are the only ones I'm comfortable with.

Sharpe I'd say eventually would be more likely than not, but I'm not comfortable today. He's not good enough on D and streaky offensively. Scoot is a maybe probably close to 50/50 but might ultimately be best as a backup. Clingan is very unlikely as a primary big minute starter but fine as a tag team center duo.
 
If we're defining "comfortable" as guys I think will be a starter on a contender no matter who we acquire going forward, I'd say it's only Tou. I think if Shaedon doesn't make improvements, he's a rotation player off the bench on a contender, I think the same thing about Scoot, I think sixth man might be the ideal position for Deni with the right roster around him (thinking an even more versitilte Manu). I don't know if I'll ever feel great about Clingan being our only starting level C, I'd feel much more comfortable with him being a platooning C with a small ball, switchable PF/C so we can dictate the mismatch and not the other way around.

I feel comfortable with 5 of our players as starters going into next season if that's the way things break. I wouldn't be mad if we had guys competing for starting roles that we acquire this offseason but coming off the bench with Scoot, Shaedon, Tou, Deni and Clingan starting.

So for me it depends on what comfortable means but Tou is the only guy that I think could be exactly what he was last time we saw him play (defensive specialist who you can't leave open) who would be a good starter on a contender.
 
I'm not comfortable with any of them as part of a championship caliber starting unit.

Deni is probably the closest and Tou is probably next.

Broken record , but we really need to be accumulating more high end talent...
 
Phatguysrule said:
I'm not comfortable with any of them as part of a championship caliber starting unit.

Deni is probably the closest and Tou is probably next.

Broken record , but we really need to be accumulating more high end talent...
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I just think that Tou is a high level specialist and that's why I feel "comfortable" whatever that means, with him being a starter... obviously he'd be the 5th scoring option in that starting lineup but his defense is as good as any player in the league and being at 37.5% from three makes him a serious 3&D role player.
 
Good question.

Two.
Toumani and Deni. In baseball terms, getting Toumani was an inside the park home run while Deni was a double that may stretch into a triple.

Optimistic about Sharpe. Still positive about Scoot. I want to say absolutely about Clingan but he’s a rookie — Give it a year, and I expect to up the number to at least 3.

Since I’m out on Grant, Ant, and Ayton, and some doubt on the guards — getting toolsy guys with positional size and swinging for talent is the gameplan, IMHO. They don’t have enough talent, yet, so take big swings and get assets to take big swings.
 
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blazerkor said:
I just think that Tou is a high level specialist and that's why I feel "comfortable" whatever that means, with him being a starter... obviously he'd be the 5th scoring option in that starting lineup but his defense is as good as any player in the league and being at 37.5% from three makes him a serious 3&D role player.
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Yeah, we'll see how he does in some important games. Certainly potential to be very valuable if we can put enough talent on the floor with him.
 
I'm comfortable with all 5. Although I'm not sure if I am comfortable with all 5 together, if that makes sense. I'm comfortable with each individual starter, depending on what else is around them.
 
We desperately need an offensive superstar to emerge from this group or next draft. I still think Sharpe has the tools to be a superstar, he scores so easily and one of the better shot creators for teammates. Only question mark for him does he have that fire to want to dominate????

Scoot could surprise everyone if given the starting nod next year.

Deni is going to always be a borderline all star, I’m ok with that

Tou is going to continue to improve offensively
 
1 Eye Jack said:
We desperately need an offensive superstar to emerge from this group or next draft. I still think Sharpe has the tools to be a superstar, he scores so easily and one of the better shot creators for teammates. Only question mark for him does he have that fire to want to dominate????

Scoot could surprise everyone if given the starting nod next year.

Deni is going to always be a borderline all star, I’m ok with that

Tou is going to continue to improve offensively
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We probably need about 2 or 3 more players with Sharpe/Scoot potential to hit on enough of them to find the offensive output and general depth we'll need to eventually become a championship caliber team.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
Deni and Camara are the only ones I'm comfortable with.

Sharpe I'd say eventually would be more likely than not, but I'm not comfortable today. He's not good enough on D and streaky offensively. Scoot is a maybe probably close to 50/50 but might ultimately be best as a backup. Clingan is very unlikely as a primary big minute starter but fine as a tag team center duo.
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For me Shaedon belongs. He can be a good defender because of his athletic prowess. Not everyone needs to be all defense. Jokic and Curry are not known defensively but won the Finals
 
LayneStaley said:
I like a lineup of …

Deni
Sharpe
Camara
Flagg
Clingan
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Yeah, I think we're all like
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for that to happen. Not holding my breath but sure hoping.
 
Phatguysrule said:
They might even make it out of the first round once or twice.

*Edit* I agree, btw, that's the lineup
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They have to take their licks, but when you invest lottery picks into them you've got to give them the opportunity to fail and get better. I'm going to be REALLY frustrated if Scoot and or Shae aren't starting next season.
 
AmirIcon said:
They have to take their licks, but when you invest lottery picks into them you've got to give them the opportunity to fail and get better. I'm going to be REALLY frustrated if Scoot and or Shae aren't starting next season.
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They should absolutely both be starting next season unless we draft an absolute stud at one of those positions.
 
They should pick up Lebron. I hear he has another son that might need a team to play for.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
Deni and Camara are the only ones I'm comfortable with.

Sharpe I'd say eventually would be more likely than not, but I'm not comfortable today. He's not good enough on D and streaky offensively. Scoot is a maybe probably close to 50/50 but might ultimately be best as a backup. Clingan is very unlikely as a primary big minute starter but fine as a tag team center duo.
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Is he streaky offensively though? Sharpe played 72 games this year, scoring in double digits in 69 out of those 72 games.

Two of those single digit games were 9 points. I had Sharpe on my fantasy squad this year too so I was always keeping track of him very closely lol.

I think Sharpe showed a lot in year 3, but I agree his D still needs to improve.
 
sheed30 said:
Is he streaky offensively though? Sharpe played 72 games this year, scoring in double digits in 69 out of those 72 games.

Two of those single digit games were 9 points. I had Sharpe on my fantasy squad this year too so I was always keeping track of him very closely lol.

I think Sharpe showed a lot in year 3, but I agree his D still needs to improve.
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I was thinking he needs to be more consistent with his efficiency. Perhaps I could have used the term efficiency more than streaky. Sharpe had way too many bad shooting nights and ended up at 31% from three on the year. To be a starter or even a backup on a contender he needs to be much more efficient.
 
I just want to see two of the Ayton Ant Grant trio gone. Ideally Grant since he has the worst contract, but Ayton is the most lazy and harmful to the team on the court.

If we get rid of all 3 that would be fabulous.

Worst nightmare is we give Ant and Ayton huge extensions.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
I was thinking he needs to be more consistent with his efficiency. Perhaps I could have used the term efficiency more than streaky. Sharpe had way too many bad shooting nights and ended up at 31% from three on the year. To be a starter or even a backup on a contender he needs to be much more efficient.
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Yea I see what you’re saying.

I wouldn’t say he is streaky but his 3’s is and def needs to get better shooting the 3’s over the long haul.
 
The question is ambiguous. Does it mean:
"How many players, currently on the roster, would you want to see as starters going forward?"
Or:
"How many players, currently starting, would you want to see on the roster going forward?"
 
SharpesTriumph said:
I just want to see two of the Ayton Ant Grant trio gone. Ideally Grant since he has the worst contract, but Ayton is the most lazy and harmful to the team on the court.

If we get rid of all 3 that would be fabulous.

Worst nightmare is we give Ant and Ayton huge extensions.
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The GM is on record saying that we're building around Scoot and Sharpe.
 
Wizard Mentor said:
The GM is on record saying that we're building around Scoot and Sharpe.
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Right - but Cronin said that last summer on record - and then we benched Scoot in the middle of him playing excellent as a starter on both ends of the floor and leading the Blazers to wins. GM speak doesn't mean much.

Cronin also said he was building the team around Dame for years, that we would be "aggresive" in doing so. Then back in reality we tanked for multiple seasons while bringing in zero vets, drafting a short 19 year old at his position with the #3 pick. Not that I was against moving on from building around Dame - but again you can't take much from GM's statements any more than an auto manufacturer saying their new car is the best one ever.

If Cronin gives Ayton and Ant big extensions he'll probably try and sell it as they help Scoot and Sharpe. I just pray we don't go that direction. But I hated all the Nurk/Ant/Grant contracts when we resigned them. Powell was the only contract we resigned in the last decade I thought was a good deal - and then we dumped him for nothing.
 
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