Will Shaedon Sharpe take this team to the next level?
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Turns out that the wing position is where we could have used a guy last season the most, especially when Grady and Ty Ty were battling injuries all season.
The expectations were there because Sharpe is legitimate. The NBA scouts agree.
Oscar won NPOY. Is that dominant?
Not really, he’s unbelievable rebounding the ball but he has no offensive moves and plays below the rim. He gets rebounds because he’s strong and positions himself well, but he’s far from dominant. Would you consider Dennis Rodman dominant? I wouldn’t.
Dennis Rodman won National Player of the Year in college while averaging 17 and 15?
I see you didn't answer the question. The only thing Oscar is "dominant" in is rebounding the basketball. That's ONE aspect of basketball. I guess Wheeler is dominant too because he posts crazy assists stats, yep he's dominant for sure. Oscar has ZERO offensive moves and can't shoot and plays below the rim, the dude is NOT dominant. With that said, I love him and he's a great human being and a great college basketball player but come on, he ain't dominant.
Why Sharpe might be better than the Big Three
No player currently projected in the draft's top three is as smooth with the ball in his hands as Sharpe. In a league that covets perimeter shot-creators more than ever, the 18-year-old Sharpe offers an element that Holmgren and Smith don't -- the ability to make pull-up 3s with range, create space out of isolations, and get all the way to the rim for explosive finishes. Smith does two out of the three but hasn't quite shown the ability to break down his man for consistent paint touches and rim attacks. We're still learning more about Holmgren as a primary creator. Banchero is a tremendous ball handler and creator at 6-10, 255 pounds, but Sharpe -- while playing a much different position -- is an even better shooter from beyond the arc with the ability to get his shot out of a variety of different moves.
Although not quite as powerful at 198 pounds, Sharpe has the skill set to eventually function like Anthony Edwards does for Minnesota as a three-level, pick-and-roll scorer who can also make enough reads to moonlight as the primary ball handler for stretches. Sharpe's passing potential is one of the things that stood out to me most during a Kentucky practice this season. With that said, there are real questions about whether or not Sharpe has the motor and aggression to consistently hunt the type of shots that Edwards -- never short on confidence -- does, as Sharpe is often compared to Andrew Wiggins in terms of his consistency and approach. But in terms of the potential as a pick-and-roll scorer with passing upside, Sharpe is in a class of his own.
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No player currently projected in the draft's top three is as smooth with the ball in his hands as Sharpe. In a league that covets perimeter shot-creators more than ever, the 18-year-old Sharpe offers an element that Holmgren and Smith don't -- the ability to make pull-up 3s with range, create space out of isolations, and get all the way to the rim for explosive finishes. Smith does two out of the three but hasn't quite shown the ability to break down his man for consistent paint touches and rim attacks. We're still learning more about Holmgren as a primary creator. Banchero is a tremendous ball handler and creator at 6-10, 255 pounds, but Sharpe -- while playing a much different position -- is an even better shooter from beyond the arc with the ability to get his shot out of a variety of different moves.
Although not quite as powerful at 198 pounds, Sharpe has the skill set to eventually function like Anthony Edwards does for Minnesota as a three-level, pick-and-roll scorer who can also make enough reads to moonlight as the primary ball handler for stretches. Sharpe's passing potential is one of the things that stood out to me most during a Kentucky practice this season. With that said, there are real questions about whether or not Sharpe has the motor and aggression to consistently hunt the type of shots that Edwards -- never short on confidence -- does, as Sharpe is often compared to Andrew Wiggins in terms of his consistency and approach. But in terms of the potential as a pick-and-roll scorer with passing upside, Sharpe is in a class of his own.
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The coach's response was a bunch of hemming and hawing and finally concluding that any coach wouldn't have risked his draft status by playing the kid.
