Sharpe ‘Will Become a Star’

Shaedon Sharpe is earning high praise around the league for his recent play: the third-year guard was considered for Western Conference Player of the Week after two straight 30-point games, and chatter about his potential as a building block for the Portland Trail Blazers has gotten louder.

YouTuber Romp 2.0 broke down why he thinks Shaedon Sharpe “will become a star in Portland,” and gets specific about how he’s finding success.

Going up against Nickeil Alexander-Walker here, one of the better perimeter defenders in the league, the first screen is ineffective, so Sharpe hits him with the double between, takes the contact and just goes through it, breezes by... now he has separation, but it’s…