I agree, hard to find a player that would fit well with him. Simons needs a backcourt partner who can defend, preferably who can distribute, so Ant can play off ball, and preferably who has some size.
A guy like Cade Cunningham, would be a good fit with Simons IMO, Suggs in ORL, Giddey in CHI? Ball\Haliburton\SGA
IMO though, he should be a 6th man off the bench type, where he can come in with the 2nd unit and go crazy scoring-wise and where his defensive shortcomings won't be so noticeable.
            
                                    
                                    
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Obvious preference, but surprising that the other options are pretty equal
            
                                    
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Butter wrote:I REALLY want to see Scoot take the big leap, but it's just not there yet. Hopefully he grows into his pre draft hype sooner than later. In the meantime, I think the Blazers short term and long terms goals benefit most from Ant / Camara starting back court.
Ant 18 / Scoot 30 / Banton 0
Camara 30 / Ant 18 / Rupert 0
Avdija 38 / Murray 10
Grant 35 / Reap 8 / Walker 5
Ayton 32 / Clingan 16
Blazers last night against the Pelicans:
Ant 36 / Scoot 28
Camara 25 / Rupert 0
Avdija 31 / Murray 15
Grant 40 / Reap 0 / Walker 17
Ayton 33 / Clingan 14
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Butter wrote:Butter wrote:I REALLY want to see Scoot take the big leap, but it's just not there yet. Hopefully he grows into his pre draft hype sooner than later. In the meantime, I think the Blazers short term and long terms goals benefit most from Ant / Camara starting back court.
Ant 18 / Scoot 30 / Banton 0
Camara 30 / Ant 18 / Rupert 0
Avdija 38 / Murray 10
Grant 35 / Reap 8 / Walker 5
Ayton 32 / Clingan 16
Blazers last night against the Pelicans:
Ant 36 / Scoot 28
Camara 25 / Rupert 0
Avdija 31 / Murray 15
Grant 40 / Reap 0 / Walker 17
Ayton 33 / Clingan 14
That is good info to see, thanks for posting
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Re: POLL: Starting Back Court (during Shaedons injury)
Butter wrote:Butter wrote:I REALLY want to see Scoot take the big leap, but it's just not there yet. Hopefully he grows into his pre draft hype sooner than later. In the meantime, I think the Blazers short term and long terms goals benefit most from Ant / Camara starting back court.
Ant 18 / Scoot 30 / Banton 0
Camara 30 / Ant 18 / Rupert 0
Avdija 38 / Murray 10
Grant 35 / Reap 8 / Walker 5
Ayton 32 / Clingan 16
Blazers last night against the Pelicans:
Ant 36 / Scoot 28
Camara 25 / Rupert 0
Avdija 31 / Murray 15
Grant 40 / Reap 0 / Walker 17
Ayton 33 / Clingan 14
On target, Butter!
I would expect Murray, Grant, and Walker to lose minutes when Sharpe returns, but this may be approximately what we see for a while.
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