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Shaedon SharpePortland Trail Blazers · #17

Guard · 6'5", 210 lb · London, Ontario · Age 23 · 4th season

Shaedon Sharpe is an explosive Canadian scoring wing for the Portland Trail Blazers, drafted 7th in 2022 out of Kentucky despite never playing a college game. An elite athlete and highlight scorer, he broke out as a full-time contributor — averaging 18.5 points a game in 2024-25 — and signed a four-year, roughly $90 million extension as a core piece of Portland's young core.

MVP race · #111Guard rank · #54Balladex Impact · 58
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Portland Trail Blazers · #17 · Guard
Shaedon Sharpe
Season avg20.8 pts · 4.3 reb · 2.6 ast · .452 fg
Career avg15.7 pts · 4.0 reb · 2.2 ast · .453 fg
Live win probabilityBlazers 76%
Balladex model · projected 123–117 · 99.3 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
26.9pts
4.9reb
3.5ast
76%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Shaedon Sharpe
Portland Trail Blazers · Guard
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De'Andre Hunter
Sacramento Kings · Solid defender
Category breakout
Head-to-head history
Home/away splits from recent games; live grades from the DNA model.
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Scouting report

Shaedon Sharpe — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

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Explosive Shot-Creator · Impact 58
Shaedon Sharpe is an explosive Canadian scoring wing for the Portland Trail Blazers, drafted 7th in 2022 out of Kentucky despite never playing a colle
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Offense
D
Defense
C
Feel / IQ
C-
Playmaking
Below average creator
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Scoring
Strong scorer
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D
Rebounding
Below average on the glass
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3PT / spacing
Average spacing
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C
Perimeter D
Average on the perimeter
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Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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Clutch
Average late
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Athleticism
Strong tools
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C
Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Shaedon Sharpe stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Nikola Jokić DEN
29%
2
Luka Doncic LAL
20%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC
12%
4
Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA
4%
5
Victor Wembanyama SAS
3%
6
Anthony Edwards MIN
2%
7
Tyrese Maxey PHI
2%
8
Jamal Murray DEN
2%
Balladex Consensus: #148 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
<1%MVP odds
58Impact index
132Star score
Career scoring average15.7 ppg
Seasons in the index4
Accolades on file2
7th Draft pick (2022) · 18.5 PPG (2024-25)
Stat explorer

Shaedon Sharpe — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring
20.8 PPG
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Playmaking
2.6 APG
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D
Rebounding
4.3 RPG
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C
Shooting
.337 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Shaedon Sharpe

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026-27  61% confidence
23.6
pts
20.5–26.7
4.5
reb
3.3–5.7
2.9
ast
1.9–3.9
30.6
min
proj
54
gp
health
.449
fg%
~base
.330
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 4-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 20.8 → projected 23.6 PPG
Minutes / role
+0.8
Development (his trend)
+1.3
Age curve
+0.3
Live context
+0.4
Net vs last season+2.8 PPG
Everything it reads
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4 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
real
Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
+dev
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Per-stat aging curves
age 23 — applied per stat
curve
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
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Durability signal
GP last 3: 32 / 72 / 50 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Shaedon Sharpe career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2022-238022.29.93.01.2.472.360
2023-243233.115.95.02.9.406.333
2024-257231.318.54.52.8.452.311
2025-265029.420.84.32.6.452.337
Career23428.015.74.02.2
Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.
EraLab · the stat time machinenovel
Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.
raw PPG
in 2026 pace
why
Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart
Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.
Role simulatorpowered by GM engine
Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Portland Trail Blazers built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

43–39proj record
#9conf seed
+0.6net rtg
113.6off rtg
113def rtg
54%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Drop coverage — Sits the big back to wall off the rim and lives with contested mid-range looks.. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Donovan Clingan, Jrue Holiday.
How his role moves
Projected 43–39, 9th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
58 of 99
Solid starter tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
2 accolades
7th Draft pick (2022) · 18.5 PPG (2024-25)
Act IV

The Ballad of Shaedon Sharpe

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

May 30, 2003

The beginning

An explosive Canadian scoring wing — elite athleticism and highlight scoring for the Blazers.

Portland Trail Blazers

Turning pro

Drafted 7th overall, 2022 as a Guard.

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An explosive Canadian scoring wing — elite athleticism and highlight scoring for the Blazers.

Chapter

Sharpe enrolled at Kentucky but never played, and Portland drafted him 7th in 2022 on upside.

Chapter

As a teenager he flashed his ceiling with a 30-7-7 game.

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
Out · INJURY_STATUS_OUTSharpe suffered a torn meniscus in his knee and is expected to miss six months, per Shams Charania of ESPN.
Height
6' 5"
Weight
210 lbs
College
Kentucky
Experience
4th Season
Draft
7th overall, 2022
Born
London, Ontario
Age
23
Jersey
#17
Beyond the game

Sharpe's rise was meteoric and unconventional — a Canadian prospect who climbed the recruiting ranks across prep schools, committed to Kentucky, but declared for the draft without ever suiting up in college, a rare projection-based lottery pick. He won a silver medal for Canada at the FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship.

His on-court identity is explosive athleticism and scoring — a 6-foot-5 wing with elite leaping ability and highlight finishing who scores in bunches (18.5 a game). His efficiency and three-point consistency (a career mark around 33%) are the swing skills, but his athleticism, scoring, and youth — plus a $90 million commitment from Portland — mark him as a genuine building block.

The person

An explosive, athletic scoring wing — highlight finishing and bunches of scoring.

Explosive athleteElite leaping ability and highlight finishing.
Scoring wingBroke out to 18.5 points a game in 2024-25.
High upsideA projection-based lottery pick with a big ceiling.
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FAQ

Shaedon Sharpe — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Shaedon Sharpe, answered.

What is Shaedon Sharpe known for?
Explosive athleticism and highlight scoring — a 6-foot-5 wing with elite leaping ability who broke out to 18.5 points a game.
Did Shaedon Sharpe play college basketball?
No — he enrolled at Kentucky but never played a game, and Portland drafted him 7th in 2022 on projection and upside.
What is Shaedon Sharpe's development area?
Efficiency and three-point consistency (a career mark around 33%) — the swing skills to become a more complete two-way wing.
Shaedon Sharpe career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Availability & durability

games played vs season length
Career availability
71%
4 seasons
Last 3 seasons
63%
92 games missed
Games missed
94
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Injury-prone
declining
Availability by season
80
22-23
32
23-24
72
24-25
50
25-26

Injury-prone. Availability trend is declining63% of games over the last three seasons, low of 39% in 2023-24.

Availability = games played ÷ season length (schedule-adjusted for lockout and COVID seasons). A durability signal from real game data, not a medical assessment.

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