The Portland Path Blazers have reached a four-year, $90 million rookie extension with guard Shaedon Sharpe and a four-year, $82 million extension with ahead Toumani Camara, their brokers advised ESPN on Sunday.
Brokers Mike George of Klutch Sports activities, who represents Sharpe, and Dave Putterie, who represents Camara, advised ESPN of the extensions.
Sharpe, 22, was the No. 7 choose within the 2022 NBA draft and is seen across the league as an ascending scorer and playmaker. In his third NBA season, he averaged 18.5 factors, 4.5 rebounds and a pair of.8 assists in 72 video games.
A hyperathletic wing, Sharpe shot north of 75% inside 3 ft of the basket and racked up 65 dunks, and he had the very best common leap peak amongst gamers to make a minimum of 50 dunks, per GeniusIQ. He struggled with effectivity farther away from the rim however has proven a willingness to fireside away from deep regardless (6.6 3-point makes an attempt per sport final season).
His seven profession video games with a minimum of 30 factors is essentially the most by any Path Blazers participant earlier than turning 22 years outdated.
Camara, an NBA All-Defensive second-team choice, averaged 11.3 factors, 5.8 rebounds and a pair of.2 assists on 45.8% capturing final season. He additionally drew 91 offensive fouls final season, which was the second most in a season since participant monitoring started in 2013-14.
He has blossomed into a significant and sturdy two-way participant after being picked No. 52 by the Phoenix Suns within the 2023 NBA draft. The Path Blazers acquired him from the Suns within the three-team commerce that concerned Damian Lillard going to the Milwaukee Bucks and Deandre Ayton going to Portland together with Camara.
With the extension, the Blazers now lock in Camara via the 2029-30 season following a marketing campaign through which the 6-foot-7 ahead ranked ninth in whole steals amongst NBA gamers and have become certainly one of seven gamers with 100 steals and 50 blocks in a season.
He was the primary Path Blazers participant to make an All-Defensive group because the 2003-04 season, when Theo Ratliff, who was acquired through commerce from the Atlanta Hawks that season, additionally was a second-team choice.