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Re: Summer league 2023 

Post#21 » by Blazinaway » Wed Jun 28, 2023 10:10 pm

Norm2953 wrote:
Sinobas wrote:This is apparantly our SL Roster. No Shadeon. Not too surprised at that. I thought we might get to see more of our scrubs on the team though, like Keon Johnson...but not sure if this list is really complete.

Antoine Davis – Detroit
Scoot Henderson – G League Ignite [Pick No. 3 in 2023 NBA Draft]
Jo Lual-Acuil – Dynamo Lebanon (Lebanon)
Kris Murray – Iowa [Pick No. 23 in 2023 NBA Draft]
Duop Reath – Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon)
Rayan Rupert – New Zealand Breakers (New Zealand) [Pick No. 43 in 2023 NBA Draft]
Malachi Smith – Gonzaga


Likely there will be some additions for second year guys like Walker will be playing


remain interested to see if Badji plays and Blazers extend his QO which I think they would need to do
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Re: Summer league 2023 

Post#22 » by BlazersBroncos » Wed Jun 28, 2023 11:03 pm

Blazinaway wrote:
Norm2953 wrote:
Sinobas wrote:This is apparantly our SL Roster. No Shadeon. Not too surprised at that. I thought we might get to see more of our scrubs on the team though, like Keon Johnson...but not sure if this list is really complete.

Antoine Davis – Detroit
Scoot Henderson – G League Ignite [Pick No. 3 in 2023 NBA Draft]
Jo Lual-Acuil – Dynamo Lebanon (Lebanon)
Kris Murray – Iowa [Pick No. 23 in 2023 NBA Draft]
Duop Reath – Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon)
Rayan Rupert – New Zealand Breakers (New Zealand) [Pick No. 43 in 2023 NBA Draft]
Malachi Smith – Gonzaga


Likely there will be some additions for second year guys like Walker will be playing


remain interested to see if Badji plays and Blazers extend his QO which I think they would need to do


Ya, unless his injury is career threatening I have not idea why he wouldnt be back.

I keep posting it, but in the small G-League sample size he was stuffing the stat sheet -

20.7mpg, 7.4ppg, 6.6rpg, 1.4apg, 2.4bpg, 62% FG, 67% FT

Even those assist numbers are better than I would expect. Guy seems like just what the doctor ordered - rim protecting big, traditionally sized, excellent athleticism for his size, projects as a vertical finisher in the PNR.
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Re: Summer league 2023 

Post#23 » by Blazinaway » Wed Jun 28, 2023 11:47 pm

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Norm2953 wrote:
Likely there will be some additions for second year guys like Walker will be playing


remain interested to see if Badji plays and Blazers extend his QO which I think they would need to do


Ya, unless his injury is career threatening I have not idea why he wouldnt be back.

I keep posting it, but in the small G-League sample size he was stuffing the stat sheet -

20.7mpg, 7.4ppg, 6.6rpg, 1.4apg, 2.4bpg, 62% FG, 67% FT

Even those assist numbers are better than I would expect. Guy seems like just what the doctor ordered - rim protecting big, traditionally sized, excellent athleticism for his size, projects as a vertical finisher in the PNR.


yeah, would like to see what he's got as we need bigs like him so badly. The knee surgery he had seems fairly routine, lets hope he's fully recovered and can see some action
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Re: Summer league 2023 

Post#24 » by Shem » Fri Jun 30, 2023 3:43 am

Village Idiot wrote:As of right now the roster hasn't been released.

PG: Scoot, Antoine Davis
SG: Sharpe, Malachi Smith
SF: Murray, Rupert
PF: Walker, Butler?
C. Badji

who else? Jeenathan Williams? Skylar Mays?

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Re: Summer league 2023 

Post#25 » by Village Idiot » Fri Jun 30, 2023 7:57 pm

The team confirmed that Sharpe will indeed play!!!

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Re: Summer league 2023 

Post#26 » by Norm2953 » Fri Jun 30, 2023 8:27 pm

Likely Sharpe is there to get in practice time in with Scoot and he might play in the first 2-3 games, before getting shut down. That July 9 summer league game with the Spurs might have Scoot/Sharpe vs Victor/Jeremy Sochan
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Re: Summer league 2023 

Post#27 » by DusterBuster » Fri Jun 30, 2023 10:00 pm

Village Idiot wrote:The team confirmed that Sharpe will indeed play!!!

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Re: Summer league 2023 

Post#28 » by DusterBuster » Fri Jun 30, 2023 10:01 pm

Norm2953 wrote:Likely Sharpe is there to get in practice time in with Scoot and he might play in the first 2-3 games, before getting shut down. That July 9 summer league game with the Spurs might have Scoot/Sharpe vs Victor/Jeremy Sochan


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Re: Summer league 2023 

Post#29 » by m0ng0 » Sat Jul 1, 2023 7:28 pm

At this point let's throw are entire starting lineup out there
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Re: Summer league 2023 

Post#30 » by DusterBuster » Sat Jul 1, 2023 7:39 pm

I’m gonna make a controversial statement, I don’t think the team is going to be bottom 5 bad. Bottom 10, sure, but not bottom 5.
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Re: Summer league 2023 

Post#31 » by DusterBuster » Sat Jul 1, 2023 7:40 pm

m0ng0 wrote:At this point let's throw are entire starting lineup out there


Probably won’t be far off
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Re: Summer league 2023 

Post#32 » by Norm2953 » Sun Jul 2, 2023 1:54 am

In six more days, we'll have something else to think about other than Dame :D
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Re: Summer league 2023 

Post#33 » by DusterBuster » Sun Jul 2, 2023 1:55 am

Norm2953 wrote:In six more days, we'll have something else to think about other than Dame :D


Dame nonsense aside, I’m legit stoked to see how Sharpe and Scoot look together.
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Re: Summer league 2023 

Post#34 » by The Sebastian Express » Sun Jul 2, 2023 5:08 am

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Re: Summer league 2023 

Post#35 » by The Sebastian Express » Sun Jul 2, 2023 5:08 am

I'll also say with the Dame news that I'm super excited to see Rayan get actual playing time this year for his development, which wouldn't have happened otherwise. Just trying to find some silver linings.
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Re: Summer league 2023 

Post#36 » by m0ng0 » Sun Jul 2, 2023 1:15 pm

This is going to be fun
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Re: Summer league 2023 

Post#37 » by Blazinaway » Sun Jul 2, 2023 2:04 pm

m0ng0 wrote:This is going to be fun


Looking forward to these summer league games more than I was almost any of the regular season games
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Re: Summer league 2023 

Post#38 » by red_power » Sun Jul 2, 2023 2:26 pm

Does Keon appear on a summer league roster again? Oh, what a two-years-away-from-being-two-years-away project he is.
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Re: Summer league 2023 

Post#39 » by DusterBuster » Sun Jul 2, 2023 3:41 pm

The Sebastian Express wrote:I'll also say with the Dame news that I'm super excited to see Rayan get actual playing time this year for his development, which wouldn't have happened otherwise. Just trying to find some silver linings.


Yeah, I’m in the same boat. As sadden as I am to see Dame go, I’m excited for what this team has to work with. It really is like the Blazers are working with a 2 year rebuilding head start.

For most teams in this situation, what they rebuild with has to come from the star player traded, then they have a couple bad years to get top 10 picks. Thanks to the last two seasons being bad w/ Dame, they’ve gotten that part out of the way already to a certain extent. So what they get for Dame isn’t their rebuilding foundation, it’s an augmentation. It’s really a fantastic spot to be in for a **** situation.
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Re: Summer league 2023 

Post#40 » by Pattycakes » Sun Jul 2, 2023 4:28 pm

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The Sebastian Express wrote:I'll also say with the Dame news that I'm super excited to see Rayan get actual playing time this year for his development, which wouldn't have happened otherwise. Just trying to find some silver linings.


Yeah, I’m in the same boat. As sadden as I am to see Dame go, I’m excited for what this team has to work with. It really is like the Blazers are working with a 2 year rebuilding head start.

For most teams in this situation, what they rebuild with has to come from the star player traded, then they have a couple bad years to get top 10 picks. Thanks to the last two seasons being bad w/ Dame, they’ve gotten that part out of the way already to a certain extent. So what they get for Dame isn’t their rebuilding foundation, it’s an augmentation. It’s really a fantastic spot to be in for a **** situation.


100% we are truly lucky to have gotten Scoot to replace Dame. The more I do my Scootsearch (hs particularly) - dude is so obvious alpha. The idea him and Shae could have hypothetically gone #1 given diff circumstances (college, lack of wemby etc) is wild we have both.

Blazers with him and Shae (even ant to an extent as well) are strongly poised for a quick rebuild and likely even back in low seed playoff contention by next year (not this year). Get these guys a dominant young big, and it’s time to run.
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