Highly anticipated once morest the Pistons for his Summer League debut, Shaedon Sharpe quickly injured his shoulder. From the start of the second half, and while the number 7 of the Draft 2022 had not set foot on the floor since the end of the first quarter, the Blazers have also announced that the latter will not wouldn’t come back. And even if the injury does not seem too serious, a first thrill has just traveled all over Oregon.
Six minutes and then leaves. For his first match under the colors of the Blazers (81-78 defeat once morest Detroit), the biggest enigma of the 2022 vintage might not reassure, or at least not had the time to do so. A nice counter finally refused for goaltending, a fairly smooth bottom line fadeaway… and here we are, we have already done the trick. 2 points and 1 turnover at 1/3 shooting including 0/2 from afar in 6 minutes then? No, we are clearly not going to judge the qualities of the kid by the yardstick of such an unrepresentative sample, because we know that the figures might have risen MUCH higher if he had had the time to express himself freely. But we are nevertheless entitled to ask ourselves some questions, in particular on the physical condition of the former player kentucky member. Main actor of a completely WTF story which will have pushed him to appear in the Draft without having played once for the Wildcats, Shaedon Sharpe (1m98, 91 kg) has not participated in any official meeting since October 16, 2021 , or nine months. It’s long, it’s even much too long. A period of vagueness, where the former number 1 prospect of the 2022 vintage (according to ESPN) for his part justified his absence by the desire to work on his body:
“Getting my body fit, getting a little bigger, a little bigger. My state of mind was: to make sure that my body is well. – Shaedon Sharpe
Well… if we salute the mindset, we also have the right to worry. Of course, when one of the biggest prospects in the League, but who hasn’t played for an entire gestation period, explains that he needed to improve his health, we necessarily wonder if there has not been one or more minor injuries to manage in recent months and of which we would not have been made aware. Especially since, unfortunately, this preparation did not prevent this first alert in the shoulder. We obviously hope that this pain will remain mild and that we will very soon be able to see crack once more (because it is one) on the courts, but we all know how important it is to remain cautious when the health of youngsters is in jeopardy. question. As a reminder, during the 2021 edition of the very famous Nike Elite Youth Basketball League (through which some of his compatriots like RJ Barrett or Shai Gilgeous-Alexander passed), the Canadian recorded 22.6 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.7 assists average. So yes, of course, we can’t wait for him to return to the courts at 100%.
It will be difficult to find a player who has sparked as much debate and raised as many questions as Shaedon Sharpe on this year 2022. In a Portland team trying to revive following a failed season, the 19-year-old fullback might very quickly become a centerpiece. Athletic monster despite some shortcomings in terms of game intelligence, the Sharpe enigma may take us a little longer before being elucidated.
