So many guards... We have to trade ant before the season starts, right?
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The Blazers don't actually have to do anything. Especially not anything rash. The worst case scenario is that Scoot plays as backup point guard, get the reps that he needs before he is ready to take on a bigger responsibility.
If the blazers are trying to win this year, they don't necessarily need a rookie trying to learn his way play big minutes. Just think of how Shaedon was brought from the bench, and slowly introduced last year.
Ant is likely the odd man out, but we need Ant to shine so we can get as much as possible by the trade deadline. Most NBA fans underrate Ant, but we know he is basically a younger Dame Lillard. I just get flashbacks of young Lillard constantly being slept on. I see the same talent in Ant. Hopefully the rest of the NBA see just how good Ant actually is as a prospect. Ant is just better than Jordan Poole and has a better contract.
I hope they can leverage Scoot as our much needed backup PG. He needs to develop his shot anyway; I'm more comfortable with him taking shots away from bench players instead of Dame or Sharpe (or Ant but I believe he'll get traded).
I don't know how it's going to look in the long run. But I'm excited to find out.