Welcome....Josh Hart

[TBpup]

Not a bad first impression from Mr. Hart. Physical, good defender, attacks the basket, solid passer, created a bit, 3-6 from '3' including opening the scoring for the Blazers in his debut...not sure what else we could have expected from him on his first night.





Would really like to see him get a spot here as a member of a 3-guard rotation next season. The difference in style and on-court attitude he (and Winslow) brings to the Blazer is infectious.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

It wasn't as easy for Jody when she was "Hart"less:

 

[Blazinaway]

Not a bad first impression from Mr. Hart. Physical, good defender, attacks the basket, solid passer, created a bit, 3-6 from '3' including opening the scoring for the Blazers in his debut...not sure what else we could have expected from him on his first night.





Would really like to see him get a spot here as a member of a 3-guard rotation next season. The difference in style and on-court attitude he (and Winslow) brings to the Blazer is infectious.

why would you think he's not already slotted in there? He appears a Chauncy guy to the core, he ain't going anywhere unless he's packaged for a much better player (with picks) IMO

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Plus Josh Hart covered JI and his caffeine needs. Dude is a baller.

 

[Natebishop3]

Gonna laugh if Hart ends up being better than Norm.

 

[Wade Garrett]

Gonna laugh if Hart ends up being better than Norm.

IF??????
C'mon man...

 

[wizenheimer]

I guess I was one of the few that was high on Hart before the trade. He's an actual 2-way player, although his 3pt shooting efficiency, isn't really good. But because he's a good 2pt shooter and is solid at getting to the FT line his overall efficiency is pretty good

and as we saw....a solid defender who can keep his man in front of him

I'm not high on a Dame/Simons starting back court, but if the Blazers can re-sign Ant for a nice contract, from their POV, then a Dame/Hart starting tandem with Ant as 6th man has some good potential

 

[Natebishop3]

I guess I was one of the few that was high on Hart before the trade. He's an actual 2-way player, although his 3pt shooting efficiency, isn't really good. But because he's a good 2pt shooter and is solid at getting to the FT line his overall efficiency is pretty good

and as we saw....a solid defender who can keep his man in front of him

I'm not high on a Dame/Simons starting back court, but if the Blazers can re-sign Ant for a nice contract, from their POV, then a Dame/Hart starting tandem with Ant as 6th man has some good potential

I would sure love to actually invest some salary cap into the forward spot.

 

[Phatguysrule]

I would sure love to actually invest some salary cap into the forward spot.

Pretty sure that's the plan. I'm thinking we're looking at spending $20mil+ on a legit starting forward using the TPE...

 

[Orion Bailey]

Cj deserves more respect than most players in the league but this is looking to be looking like a perfect example of addition by subtraction.
Hart, though not the elite and diverse of a scorer as CJ, brings the grit on the defensive end, we have needed.
Dame/Ant/Hart is better than any three guard lineup we had prior.
I could see us talking Ant into a decent 15-20 mill contract and become iur 6th man of the year.
Start Hart next to Dame.

Dame/Ant/smith jr
Hart/maclemore/eleby
Nas/Hughes?
Randle? Banchero? Grant?/ Winslow?
Nurk/Watford/??

is that enough with our picks and cap to fill in adequately to be a playoff team next year and contenders the following??
Id say if not, its not far off.
Draft night will likely decide much of this.

I guess I was one of the few that was high on Hart before the trade. He's an actual 2-way player, although his 3pt shooting efficiency, isn't really good. But because he's a good 2pt shooter and is solid at getting to the FT line his overall efficiency is pretty good

and as we saw....a solid defender who can keep his man in front of him

I'm not high on a Dame/Simons starting back court, but if the Blazers can re-sign Ant for a nice contract, from their POV, then a Dame/Hart starting tandem with Ant as 6th man has some good potential

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Maybe this is Josh Hart's team now...



That +/- is insane. To give context (these are last ten games stats):



He's the bizarro CJ!