What to do with Sharpe?

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KeepOnRollin said:
Ant is going to need to bring more in (a lot more) than Hart. I just don't see a deal out there that is fair for Ant. Hope I am wrong because I am not against moving him but it better be for someone who is on the cusp of all-star or has played in a game (not over the hill though). I don't see POR brass trading Ant unless it is a slam dunk.
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Yeah..... I'm not sure who would be fair value at this point.
 
KeepOnRollin said:
I really like Hart on our team but something has to give, someone has to be dealt at the deadline for a big man. It is probably him.
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He is on an expiring contract. Can we get someone better than Nurk and Grant for him? It is doubtful but at least by the trade deadline we will have a better idea about their current backups. If Watford, Walker, Winslow, and/or Saar look like they deserve those backup minutes then there is no need to trade Hart.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
He is on an expiring contract. Can we get someone better than Nurk and Grant for him? It is doubtful but at least by the trade deadline we will have a better idea about their current backups. If Watford, Walker, Winslow, and/or Saar look like they deserve those backup minutes then there is no need to trade Hart.
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We really need a small forward. Little isn't looking..... great.
 
A consolidation trade could very well happen before trade deadline.
Hell, they may decide to tank again for the once in a decade dude.
 
julius said:
I think that's what he'll end up playing
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He seems to be big enough. Dude is huge. If you look at Ant when he was a rookie compared to Sharpe...... it's like Ant was Sharpe's little brother.
 
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illmatic99 said:
I would bet anything that if our guys are all healthy this year, Hart gets moved at the deadline. He's gonna be a FA and I think has trade value. And if Shaedon is ready for legit PT while we are in playoff contention, we might want to use Hart to recoup a pick because we will owe ours to CHI.
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I would just try to go back and get Ayton w/ Nurk and one of Nas or Hart to help consolidate.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Counterpoint - everyone in the NBA world is freaking out about Wembyamayama and what he did to a GLeague team.

There's several guys who played last night for Maccabi who were in the NBA recently. Personally, I'm not watching this and saying he's ready to play right now. I'm saying we needed to see that he could play well against non-high schoolers. We needed to see some confidence.

Do you think the players on Maccabi are worse than a D1 school? I watched that and I'm positive he would have been a star at Kentucky. I think he would have been a top 3 pick this summer.
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That was going in my head last night as well—we at least now know he probably would’ve dominated the college level.

There’s Wemby, but after that, Sharpe vs Scoot, Thompson twins, Whitehead, etc is a legit debate.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
So Sharpe got us all excited carving up an Israeli-league team last night. Does that mean he can/should get minutes in the actual season? I say: not yet. We have a glut of guards and he's still too raw. I would much rather he went to the G-League (here's where we revive the complaint that we don't have our own team) and get 30+ mpg, than collect DNP-CDs on the Blazers' bench.

Walker, on the other hand, definitely should stay with the team. He's much more ready to contribute, and in fact, should be our first forward off the bench (ahead of Nas, on current showing).
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I dont want to just gift him minutes but i also dont want him in the gleague. He will get plenty of action during practices going against nba players, which is what he needs.
He needs to struggle and make mistakes so he. An learn from them. Learn what to and what not to do in the nba.
Travelling and practicing with us i think will better prepare him than the gleague will.
If he is smart, he will stay glued to Dames heal and that will be enough for me.
 
Dame/Sharpe/Winslow/Grant/Nurk

Ant/Hart/Little/Brown/Eubanks


Thats what should be done with him. IMO.
 
Hoopguru said:
A consolidation trade could very well happen before trade deadline.
Hell, they may decide to tank again for the once in a decade dude.
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My pipedream consolidation

Some combo of Ant Hart Nas Nurk Brown Eubank Picks for Butler Adebayo

Dame GP2
Sharpe Keon
JB Winslow
Grant Walker
Adebayo Watford
 
BlazerBender said:
Dame/Sharpe/Winslow/Grant/Nurk

Ant/Hart/Little/Brown/Eubanks


That's what should be done with him. IMO.
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Too early to start Sharpe, but long term I am good with that except I like Watford a lot. (Watford over Brown)
And I am intrigued by Saar. He moves well for his size
 
Here's how you handle Sharpe in my opinion:

Giving him the playing time he earns based off his performance in practice. Ideally, putting him in positions to succeed as I'm unsure he's ready for adversity.

We certainly haven't seen enough in the 3 preseason games that says he has to be a rotation player. We have seen that he could be one though.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Too early to start Sharpe, but long term I am good with that except I like Watford a lot. (Watford over Brown)
And I am intrigued by Saar. He moves well for his size
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possibly but i would be fine with the Noah Vonleh treatment.
 
Elephant in the room. 3 of the big men projected to be in the rotation are in their walk year.

Little: my prediction is that he gets hurt again and the team (quite rightly) wastes no more time on him.
Winslow: probably not good enough to worry about, but if he is a pleasant surprise, he will expect more money. It only takes one team with a toxic offer to make him a cap albatross.
Grant: who knows. He could also price himself out of Blazers' plans.

Bottom line is pretty clear, IMHO. I like Hart. I would start Hart at SG. Sadly, he and Simons are our best trade assets. One of them needs to go to bring in a big man who will be here for awhile.
 
I’m not sure Sharpe is a rotation player, but he needs minutes thrown his way - assuming he’s not a complete oaf in practice - and shows up on time yada yada yada.

VERY small sample size, but I’m not sure the D League would actually do anything for his game.

Pretty sure he would light those guys up like he did the scrub team last night.

Using a football analogy, he needs reps against the 1s. Not reps against the 3rd stringers/JV.
 
KeepOnRollin said:
The more I think of it, we need a consolidation trade. I still think Ant and Sharpe (let alone picks) is slightly too much for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander but something along those lines might need to get done at the deadline (not with those players necessarily).
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Question: why is it that something along those lines NEEDS to get done? Personally, I don’t think SGA is needed at all.

I want Sharpe to be a 2 if we trade Ant, I don’t want to trade Ant for a guy to just replace him with. As far as consolidation trade, I would wait and see what happens with the Raptors in the east.
 
Sharpe will probably wait for opening to get minutes from trade or injury same as Walker.
 
oldmangrouch said:
Elephant in the room. 3 of the big men projected to be in the rotation are in their walk year.

Little: my prediction is that he gets hurt again and the team (quite rightly) wastes no more time on him.
Winslow: probably not good enough to worry about, but if he is a pleasant surprise, he will expect more money. It only takes one team with a toxic offer to make him a cap albatross.
Grant: who knows. He could also price himself out of Blazers' plans.

Bottom line is pretty clear, IMHO. I like Hart. I would start Hart at SG. Sadly, he and Simons are our best trade assets. One of them needs to go to bring in a big man who will be here for awhile.
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I think if he's getting a good amount of touches in Chauncey's ball movement offense that Grant will sign a four year extension on January 6th when we can offer it to him.
 
oldmangrouch said:
Elephant in the room. 3 of the big men projected to be in the rotation are in their walk year.

Little: my prediction is that he gets hurt again and the team (quite rightly) wastes no more time on him.
Winslow: probably not good enough to worry about, but if he is a pleasant surprise, he will expect more money. It only takes one team with a toxic offer to make him a cap albatross.
Grant: who knows. He could also price himself out of Blazers' plans.

Bottom line is pretty clear, IMHO. I like Hart. I would start Hart at SG. Sadly, he and Simons are our best trade assets. One of them needs to go to bring in a big man who will be here for awhile.
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Grant will be extended before the year is out.
Winslow, as you said, is not good enough to worry about. If some team pulls an Olshey and gives him a Turner-esque overpay, we say vaya con dios and don't give him another thought.
Little has yet to give any indication this preseason that he's ready to step into the role that is ready-made for him. If he can't be the starting 3 we need him to be, he needs to go.
 
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