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October 7, 2024 • 14 mins

Day'Ron Sharpe enters Year 4 with a big role in the Nets rotation. Chris chats with Tim "Capper" Capstraw and NetsDaily's Lucas Caplan about how Sharpe, at 22 years old, still has untapped potential in his game and could become a key for the Nets.

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Speaker 1 (00:09):
Hey, what's going on. It's Chris Carino. This is the
voice of the Nets podcast as we get you set
for the twenty four to twenty five season, marching toward
training camp and the preseason, and we're going through some
of the holdovers, a deep dive on some of the
players that were with the Nets a season ago and
now are going to play a role with the Nets

(00:30):
going into this season. Joined by my longtime radio partner
Tim Catstraw and of Nets Daily and NETS Digital Lucas
Kaplan to see you guys. Dayron Sharp is going into
a very pivotal year for him, not just with this team,

(00:55):
but I think for his future as an NBA player.
He is a jovial guy. We love talking to him,
we love being around him. He certainly has identified what
his NBA skill is. Uh, it's similar to what he
was in college. He's an offensive rebounder. That's that's his

(01:16):
that's his skill. When you look at him though from
an overall standpoint as a center just six ' nine,
a little undersized. What do we need to see We'll
start with you, Kaepri. What do we need to see
from Dayron Sharp this year? If he's going to not
only have a future with this team, but have a
future in the NBA now.

Speaker 2 (01:37):
He First of all, I thought he made a jump
with his fitness last year.

Speaker 3 (01:41):
I thought he did a very good job. He was
leaner and that made a difference for him. He worked
on his body. I think he did a good job
with that. He was clearly leaner, more bouncier, and he
did that well. He we know he's a great rebounder,
a great offensive rebounder.

Speaker 2 (01:59):
Yeah, he's just a knack for it.

Speaker 3 (02:00):
Some guys have a knack and he's he's got that
down well as far we know. He can he can
pass the ball well, He's got good passing skills. He's
got a shot that could evolve.

Speaker 2 (02:13):
Looks pretty good and could evolve. What's he got to do.
He's got to be He's got to be so intense,
so fit. He's six foot nine playing center, you know,
maybe six nine.

Speaker 1 (02:27):
And a half time.

Speaker 2 (02:28):
You know, he he's got to be so alert. He's
got to be the pros pro now too.

Speaker 3 (02:33):
He's got to do everything in an elite level as
far as carrying himself, as far as being ready, as
far as his approaching on the bench, all those things
there's no margin for error, and when you're six nine,
six to ten, he can do different things. He's got
to do everything at an incredibly higher level.

Speaker 2 (02:52):
And do it every single day.

Speaker 3 (02:54):
You can't have off days if you're day Ron sharp,
and you can't have off minutes on the floor.

Speaker 1 (02:59):
And Lucas said, I mean, when you look at Tayron
and you you want to root for the guy. You
want him because he is He's got this great personality
and he can he can really provide something that the
Nets have needed over the years. It's I guess a
consistency level. His numbers from offensive rebounding standpoint are off

(03:19):
the charts. I mean they're one of the best in
the NBA. But I guess staying on the floor is
something that he's got to fight for each and each.

Speaker 4 (03:26):
Night, especially because he's playing, you know, firmly behind Nick
Claxton and not next to Nick Claxton. So his limits
just by roster construction are hard capped. In a sense.
I agree with Cover's first point about his fitness level.
I mean, he you know, has mentioned that growing into

(03:48):
a man's body. I mean he was drafted, you know, young,
kid gets older, you see it a lot and it
helped a lot of areas of his game. I mean,
he's a balance here, more explosive athlete, his chest. All
that stuff leads to a higher finishing rate at the rim.
You know, a career high shooting sixty four, sixty five

(04:08):
percent at the rim as opposed to sixty and that
could get even higher. But it is going to be
doing everything, just increasing every level of his game, because yeah,
he was a better finisher last year. He was a
better drop coverage defender and pick and roll. But he
needs to go up another level. You know, he needs

(04:30):
to be even more of a communicator on the back line,
understanding what his role is in terms of being a
quarterback on defense, Understanding that you know, you might have
to shoot close to seventy percent at the rim rather
than sixty five, even though that is an improvement.

Speaker 3 (04:46):
The one thing with.

Speaker 4 (04:47):
Dayron, though, is that the NBA is kind of helping
him out. Right now, we're trending back towards more of
an emphasis on the offensive glass. You see it in
the double big lineups. You just see it in these
analytics staff prioritizing, Hey, all these extra possessions are really
really valuable. So last year Dayron, if you remember, started

(05:08):
on the fringes of the rotation, really proved like I'm
an NBA player. I'm going to be here for a while. Now.
It's just about taking all those let's say C plus
B minus skills, turning them into BB plus skills and
not just having an NBA career, but having a really strong,
solid one.

Speaker 1 (05:30):
And it may not be like you said, he's he's
kind of hard capped with the minutes that he would
play because of Nick Claxton, but he certainly could have
a major role. You know, we saw Nick go down
a couple of times last year, So he's got to
prove that he can be that guy that steps up
into Nick Claxton's role when Nick is not on the

(05:51):
floor or Nick is not in the lineup, and not
just be some sort of a plan B that we
can go to, a plans see that we can try
out if if things aren't working for It's like he
needs to establish himself as I'm the backup center. I
can do the things that Nick Claxton can do. And
I think, you know, I talked about this at a

(06:16):
chance to talk with some of the coaches at one
time this offseason. And you know, just the fact that
Nick Claxton getting paid the way he did is a
great example and a great little carrot stick for the
coaches to put out there and say, look at what happens.
You're a late first round pick, you're an early second

(06:39):
round pick. In this case Dayron, he was a twenty
ninth pick twenty twenty one. Maybe you're not a great shooter,
maybe you're not a great offensive player, but you had
some skills and you're relentless on the backboard. Look what
you can become, you know, switch, play hard defensively if
you continue to progress and really come in I think

(07:01):
to your point cap earlier, be in shape and and
and play with so much energy that they don't want
to take you out of the game. Like, here's what
you can be, here's the money you can make, here's
the kind of contract you can earn down the road
if you do what we've kind of put out there
for you. And it might not be for a guy

(07:22):
like Dayron. Now for Claxton, it was with the nets.
I mean, I'm the guy. There's nobody really above me.
Once Jared Allen was gone, you know, he became that
that became his position. To grab and go out and
get a big contract. If Claxton's there, Dayron may not
have that, so he may be able to get that

(07:44):
though with somebody else. So I think that's got to
be the the carrot stick. That's that's that's out in
front of Dayaron Sharp this year.

Speaker 2 (07:55):
I agree. I mean he I mean, he has a chance.

Speaker 3 (07:57):
But the energy with which he's got to play, I mean,
he may be eight ten minutes guy a game, it
could really help the nets, maybe fifteen and just.

Speaker 2 (08:06):
Go in there and be an energy changer. He can
do that offensively on the boards. He's done that on
the boards. We've seen times when he's been that kind
of guy. He's got to take that to a just
even to a whole other level.

Speaker 3 (08:21):
He's got to have that kind of approach, that attitude,
that intensity and focus at all times and then again
every day, day in and day out, non stop, and
you know the game, you're right it look it's the
game has changed that offensive rebound is a big deal.

Speaker 2 (08:38):
It's not just it's just not corner crashing. It's just
not guys coming in from you know, guys getting extra possessions.

Speaker 3 (08:45):
He's got value. But if he wants to be more.
You know, he's got to just be consistently and he's
not going to get that many great opportunities, So his
energy and intensity's got to be off the charts.

Speaker 2 (08:57):
When he gets an opportunity.

Speaker 4 (08:59):
The one the other thing I would say working in
his favor this year is that the skill he many
scouts kind of had an eye out for when he
was at UNC. He can pass, and you kind of
see it in these you know, here's a broken play
or here's a sideline out of bounds. But you know,
he was like a short roll guy. I make quick decisions.

(09:20):
I enjoy passing the ball. And while he hasn't gotten
a ton of opportunities to show that so far. In Brooklyn,
we talked about Jordi Fernandez coming in wanting to use
more of that hub offense, big decision maker at the
elbow type of thing, and so that can play hand
in hand with his improved fitness. Hey, I can fake

(09:42):
a dribble hand off and get to the rim and
get fouled and finish, or I can use that the
threat of that to hit the corner, to hit the
wing and maybe, you know, be a more advanced passer
than Nick Claxton, even if he can do some other
things that I can't do a wild day run. You know,
I talked about the hard cap with this minute. I

(10:04):
wouldn't say I would hard cap his impact because there
are some trends, the offensive rebounding, the new coach that
can play into his hands. Obviously, contract year, you know,
fourth year of the four year rookie deal. All of this,
it is setting him up for a consequential year. And
you know that's always fun to keep an eye on.

Speaker 1 (10:25):
He's an interesting you know, he's told us, right, Cabert,
He's come on with us and he'll be like, you know,
I could do a lot like I can do a
lot more than people think. Yeah, And I think he's
eager to show that sometimes he needs he may need
the green light. I don't know if coaches want to

(10:46):
see him shooting threes. But do you remember there was
a stretch where he showed he could make a three.
You know, he he he's shown that he can shoot
it him and he would tell you I can shoot
and I can pass, you know, So it's does he
have that green light to show that because they do
think much like when we talked about the I think

(11:07):
we did our Noah Clowney episode and we talked about how,
you know, he's not a big guy. Dayron is strong
and he plays the center position, but he's not six ' ten.
You know, he's six ' nine. If maybe the evolution
of him down the road is and maybe this is

(11:28):
maybe it could it be Jordi Fernandez gives him this
opportunity is to maybe step out off the screen and
roll and pop and shoot a three and challenge the
defense that way and become a stretch guy, because it
may be down the road for a guy it's a
six ' nine center. Unless you're gonna be Ben Wallace,

(11:51):
you might want to develop a jump shot and become
a stretch guy. I know the league's changing a little bit,
but that might be the way that keeps him around.

Speaker 2 (12:00):
Out You're right, Chris, I'll tell you that he can
do it, and he shoots it.

Speaker 3 (12:04):
His form is not bad, he doesn't look he doesn't
look uncomfortable doing it.

Speaker 2 (12:08):
It's a question of, you know, help. We've seen guys
improve in the past with their ability.

Speaker 3 (12:13):
To shoot the basketball. It's one of the things that
vastly improves in the NBA, and and that would be
a great care for him to work on and improve.

Speaker 2 (12:24):
And uh, let's see, let's see what he's got, that's
for sure.

Speaker 1 (12:28):
Yeah, let's see Dayron Sharp starting not taking two threes
a game.

Speaker 4 (12:33):
Let's see him Let's see him as a more consistent
you know, I hope postgame press conference participant because he
you know he is. He is a rifle claim. He
is a strong claim to you know, best interview on
the team, right yeah, which is not a title you know,
we take lately.

Speaker 1 (12:53):
Spoken like a true reporter. Hello, judge a player by
how good his postgame press conferences are. He has made
thirty six point four percent of the threes that he's taken.

Speaker 2 (13:04):
Yes, he said.

Speaker 3 (13:05):
And I love watching guys shooting around before when they're
working out.

Speaker 2 (13:10):
I like to see those shooting workouts to see if
they have a chance. I think he's got a chance.
He's got a chance to step down up there and
be a decent shooter.

Speaker 1 (13:19):
We'll see, Uh, Dayron Sharp curious interesting player to watch
this year and uh certainly a very important year for
him in his his developments and where he's going to be. Well.
I kind of have the five year rule, right Capra,
Like I think guys are who they are after their
fifth year in the league. Their fifth year in the

(13:41):
league is when you see where a guy who he
really is. I think, so he's got a couple of
years before that. He still can work out some of
these things. But the opportunity, you know, you have to
get to year five. You have to you have to
get to the opportunity to have a year five and
where I am I at? And we'll see if Dayaron
Sharp can take a step in that direction this year

(14:04):
and certainly bring his energy and his fitness level up
and get to another level here with the Nets. Lucas
Kaplan covers the Nets for NETS Daily. You can see
his stuff on all the nets digital outlets as well.
Some really good stuff coming up throughout the year from
Lucas thanks to my longtime radio partner Tim Kapstraw. Can't

(14:24):
wait to get back to calling games with the Kapper.
I'm the fan. Come regular season Nets in Atlanta, take
on the Hawks and we'll be on the air with
you from that one in Atlanta. This is the voice
of the Nets. Thank you so much for tuning in
and listening. I'm Chris Carrino. As we continue with our
holdover series. We'll talk to you again next time. Thanks,
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