Trail Blazers vs Rockets

Everyone in Portland's locker room seemed to have an opinion about Shaedon Sharpe, both in terms of his future prospects in the NBA and which of his ...

“I feel like each and every day I’m coming in, just learning more and more each and every day,” said Sharpe, who also dunked on LeBron James in Portland's victory versus the Lakers on Sunday. “I feel like the first one was way better than the second one, but I don’t really grade them,” said Sharpe. “I talked to the guys before the game just saying we’re missing Dame, that’s basically 30 (points) and seven (assists), one guy is not going to make that up, let’s just keep doing it together, keep playing together.” He finished the game with 14 points, with nearly half of his field goal makes coming off dunks, and never once looked like a rookie who has only played in six games in the last 18 months. I saw from the first practice his bounce and I was like ‘I ain’t got the most bounce on the team no more. “The kid is going to be a star,” said Trendon Watford.