Portland Trail Blazers guard Shaedon Sharpe is slowly ingratiating himself into the NBA game.
As an 18-year-old rookie who never played at the collegiate level, Sharpe is about as raw of a prospect as there is in the NBA right now, but he’s also one of the most talented.
Playing in a backcourt with dynamic playmakers like Damian Lillard and Anfernee Simons, it can be easy to get lost. But Sharpe has caught ESPN’s attention, ranking 11th in their rookie power rankings.
Here’s what they had to write about Sharpe:
Sharpe has been able to carve out more playing time than expected for an ambitious Portland team trying to maximize the prime years of Damian Lillard, ranking top 10 in both minutes played and scoring.