If we're absolutely giving up on even pretending to be a serious franchise while Ime is here, why not? The league has made tanking more complicated and less likely to succeed, but it's not impossible.
Scoot v. Sheppard is somewhat interesting. They are both 22 and played similar minutes last season. Last season... Scoot: 14 ppg; 3 rpg; 4 apg; .553 TS% Sheppard: 14 ppg; 3 rpg; 3 apg; .564 TS% So the stats are pretty similar, with Reed being a bit more efficient. The biggest difference? Sheppard shot .394 from 3 on 7 3PA a game. Scoot? .35 on 5.4 3PA a game. In other words, Sheppard is already elite from 3, whereas Scoot is below league average for a guard. All things being equal, I always take the player with an elite trait.
Jrue makes like 33M a year and is also old af. Our pg room is also full, Smart has positional versatility he can play 1-3.
Also Scoot has biological issues, iirc almost his entire family are athletes who had to retire early due to leg issues. He was always on borrowed time.
So you think that brief playoff performance is a sign of more to come or more of an anomaly? I've watched alot of Blazer games and im not certain. Let me ask a question, if he was a late 1st rd pick, would you feel the same vs being a former high pick?
