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We weren’t ever gonna contend this year, Cronin and dame have said that. This is the year we figure out who’s a good fit. And also to develop the young guys. We will be pretty mediocre this year. Not quite tanking but not quite contending. Literally one of the best ways for us to contend within the next couple year is having sharpe turn into a star. Might as well give him all the mins he need. Little look worse at the 3 than hart, Winslow, and now sharpe. Time to move on from him
 
blazedanugz said:
His offense obviously came around against a bad team…but I think he can play purely because he’s pretty good in defense
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But if you want defense, we've got Payton. And Josh Hart. And actually Johnson has been a steals machine so far.

Sharpe's main competition for minutes is Johnson, I think, because he's not going to take minutes from Simons, Hart or Payton, and Johnson is currently ahead of him just because he had all of Summer League and has been one of our bright spots so far in preseason. Plus: 11 assists last night!
 
damianlillard said:
We weren’t ever gonna contend this year, Cronin and dame have said that. This is the year we figure out who’s a good fit. And also to develop the young guys.
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If that was the plan, we wouldn't have signed Payton.
 
blazedanugz said:
His offense obviously came around against a bad team…but I think he can play purely because he’s pretty good in defense
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andalusian said:
We signed Payton for more than a year.
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Exactly. Cronin is putting the pieces together. The maturation of Ant, Nas, and now Sharpe is vital to this plan working. Nas is off to a slow start, but i got a feeling he will kick in soon.
 
Sharpe should stay with the team as opposed to being sent to G league. He is young and talented and needs the coaching from our main staff, as well as practicing with the main team, getting spot minutes, getting used to the long travel schedule, and getting mentored by our vets.

I would much rather have him learning from Dame, Billups, Hart, etc. than learning from some G league folks.
 
I see in the box score Nas had a nice shooting game. Good stuff. Hate not being able to watch last night. All the pre season games should be on Root. They had the Mariners on 3 Root Channels. C'mon man.
 
This is why I hate that we're straddling two roads. We have too many guards who need playing time.

I'd trade Ant. Try to get another star quality forward. Start Hart. Develop Keon and Sharpe. It's weird but Keon is actually developing nicely as a point guard.
 
How many Maccabi players would you say could play in the NBA?

I'm sorry, but getting worked up over what Sharpe or Johnson did last night is a wild over-reaction. That game was no more predictive of the coming season than the loss to a bad Jazz team.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
I was listening to NBA radio yesterday and the topic was Draymond. Eddie Johnson was essentially laughing at people who think what Green does for GS would translate to other teams if he was traded. His argument was compelling.
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It might translate on some teams. Did they suggest he wouldn't improve any team in the NBA?
 
oldmangrouch said:
How many Maccabi players would you say could play in the NBA?

I'm sorry, but getting worked up over what Sharpe or Johnson did last night is a wild over-reaction. That game was no more predictive of the coming season than the loss to a bad Jazz team.
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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.
 
The only way you become a contender in the NBA is with very,very good players.
If Sharpe seems like he could be one of those players, his development is the number one priority of the team, or should be.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I think that's a huge mistake. I don't think OG is a star. He's a good role player.

Sharpe has the potential to be a star.
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OG is a nice player, not special. If he was special, the Raptors never would have drafted Barnes. Ujiri tried to snooker people asking for 2 1st rounders, after Nurse reduced Anunoby's PT with Barnes getting more of the love, and pissing off OG.
 
Someone in the Blazers Uprise video comments mentioned that Luke Kennard also went off against Maccabi and did something like score 16 points in 16 minutes.
Kennard is 26 years old, has played in about 300 regular-season NBA games, and shot 45% on threes last season, so I'll take that as a complimentary comment, even it it wasn't intented.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Eh.... the dumbest thing would be to not play him for three years, not offer him a qualifying offer and then let him walk for nothing :lol:
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We have way too many guards. Send him back to Canada and fix our SF dilemma with OG. . And we won't have to worry about G-League or not. .

Ok I'm full of $h!+. I'm just as excited we have Sharpe, I even went to Moda on Tuesday just so I can say I watched his first ever Blazer home game coz I think he's gunna help us win Championships. The dream would be for Shaedon and Dame's timeline to overlap in the Duncan/Robinson fashion. Cronin needs to make good decisions for this to become reality.

He's got the physical gifts and talent but he's too inexperienced. Right now, he's not in the rotation. He needs repetitions. He needs to continually improve and play great in practice to make it impossible for Chauncey not to play him in a real game. Blowouts, injuries and underperformance from rotation guys is where his opportunity will come from early on. By trade deadline, a consolidation trade/s should happen to open up time for him to be thrown into the fire (if his play is deserving)
 
Players will get injured. It’s a matter of when not if.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
My thought is that after this year they will have to decide between Keon and GP2, unless they can't resign Hart.
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I think GP ain’t going anywhere it’s Harts minutes that will go to Sharpe and Keon
 
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.
 
I think Billups will find him some table scrap minutes. My guess he’ll average 8-10 in 1st half of season if he plays well he’ll get bumped up to 15. Where those Will come from not sure but they’ll find them somehow even if it’s just extended minutes during blow out games.
 
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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I would trade Ant. I'm still not convinced that Dame and Ant can work together. I think Sharpe should be the future shooting guard. I'd let Hart hold it down for now.

I'd trade Ant for a small forward.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I would trade Ant. I'm still not convinced that Dame and Ant can work together. I think Sharpe should be the future shooting guard. I'd let Hart hold it down for now.

I'd trade Ant for a small forward.
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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.
 
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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