I'll hold onto that fleeting moment of joy when I just saw 'Trail Blazers are selecting Cedric Coward...'
Now there is only pain.
Yeah I wanted CC bad.
Photo of him in a Blazers hat might haunt us for years.
Per min production down, efficiency way down, getting exposed on D.
It's been pretty rough.
Shy Flyer FTW
Cooper Flagg matching up against Jojo Tugler in the Final Four should be an incredible watch
Blazers got baited into taking 28 threes that half.
Decidedly not their game and probably a sign of inexperience up against a veteran team.
Shaedon 'The Sponge who could Fly' Sharpe
$ values in brackets are current annual average contract value. No current All Stars aside from Jaylen, who I had to include when I realised his AAV is more than Deni's entire deal.
Thought experiment - how many forwards would you rather have than Deni on his current deal?
Take the poll and vote for where you'd have him ranked.
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I like this one for realism
- NO win the lottery for a generational prospect every 6 years seems like
- MIA gifted exactly what they need after one season of struggle
- POR gets 3rd pick to keep the pattern going (7,3,7,3)
- SAS get another piece for Wemby
- Mega tankers get absolutely hosed
In a game with no shot-blockers, Shaedon has taken 4 threes, a couple of middies and no shots at the rim. Infuriating.
1a 1b type thing
Guess the Blazers found their first option
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Update: Has not found it
Scoot follows up the best quarter in his Blazers career with one of his worst. Hopefully he finds it again.
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Yeah it'll be tough when JDub and Chet get maxed. Hopefully ownership over there is willing to be a tax team for a few years.
Agree on SGA, he should get the MVP this year. Does almost everything on both ends.
Yeah I got ya, but being the better pure scorer is a pretty impossible standard when you're talking about SGA.
I like the Scoot fit with Shaedon OK but want someone like Jase Richardson as a third guard in that Cason Wallace mold.
If Shaedon ever ends up the best pure scorer in the league I'll be a very happy Blazers' fan.
I'm excited about his upside but we still need to find our SGA. Easier said than done.
Would be OKC's dream first round. Couldn't lose a game no matter who you put out there...
Maybe our destiny is to get Flagg with like a 1% shot instead.
Swapping out Deni for Grant kills what we've been doing recently.
Back to back losses to Boston and OKC's B teams is a rough end to the trip for sure.
Didn't really in those early years.
They're not really comparable - Sharpe doesn't have the handle to do what Shai does. His upside is more like Vince.
That Shaedon play shows how far he's come these past couple weeks.
Full commitment.
22 points on 6 shots is filthy stuff
Has a team ever shot better from 3 point range than from the line?
Impressive Blazers.
Shaemani with 32 first half points on 17 shots.
Like that to be the Blazers' starting wing pairing for the next decade.
Key to Sharpe's night - 26 shots and only 7 from distance.
He becomes a star playing inside out.
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@dannymarang.bsky.social Watching Rip City Wrap delayed on YouTube - Norm Powell is a vet who made it back from the bench.
They're rare but it happens.
Tonight was the first game I can remember where everyone just kept one upping each other
Deni starts hot ➡️Shaedon comes in and takes over ➡️ Ant goes flamethrower in the 2nd ➡️ Tou dominates early 3rd ➡️ Shaedon finishes it off ➡️ Scoot controls the early 4th ➡️ Bari dominates garbage time
Tons of fun
Toumani with a casual +45 tonight
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