Fischer: Portland Trail Blazers Discussed $90M Offer For Shaedon Sharpe

Portland’s Shaedon Sharpe might pose the trickiest rookie scale extension case.

His third-year numbers for the Blazers — particularly over the final 30 games — popped on numerous teams’ predictive models. Was that meaningful second half stuff … or inflated production for a team out of contention? The Blazers, for their part, believe last season’s strong second half positions them to compete for a playoff spot this season.

It could also behoove the Blazers to get a deal done with Sharpe this month given what looms in their future. It won’t be long before young cornerstones Deni Avdija and Toumani Camara will be seeking extensions of their own. Having fixed numbers in place for Sharpe on Portland’s books could provide valuable context for the rest of the Blazers’ bookkeeping.

I’ve been told that the Blazers’ initial extension to Sharpe landed in the four-year, $90 million ballpark. But when I speak to various team strategists, more often than not I hear an expectation that the bouncy swingman will ultimately command a Giddey-esque deal in the four-year, $100 million range. If not higher.