The Portland Trail Blazers committed to Shaedon Sharpe over Jerami Grant in the starting lineup despite Grant saying he expected to start. While that decision initially looked questionable, given the two players' trending in opposite directions to start the season, Sharpe's drastically improved play has finally justified it.
In his six October games, Sharpe was still averaging 17.3 points, but it came at the expense of Portland's offense as he struggled with efficiency, shooting just 35% from the field. We're now five games through November, and that efficiency has skyrocketed to 55.2% from the field, resulting in 25.