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Blazers playing with fire in Shaedon Sharpe talks if rumors are true

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NBA insider Jake Fischer recently provided an update regarding rookie-scale extensions (subscription required) on The Stein Line. So far, it sounds like the Portland Trail Blazers are low-balling Shaedon Sharpe, with Fischer reporting that their initial extension offer "landed in the four-year, $90 million ballpark."

In all likelihood, the Blazers will need to increase that offer if they expect an extension to get done before the start of the season.

"But when I speak to various team strategists, more often than not, I hear an expectation that the bouncy swingman will ultimately command a Giddey-esque deal in the four-year, $100 million range.