gflem wrote:winforlose wrote:Scoot McGroot wrote:
Hen, I think it more just points out that he CAN get you 20, sometimes. Maybe he develops that consistency down the line and really steps it up a notch. But right now, he’s not getting valued for doing something sometimes. It’s gotta flip to the inverse where he scores 20 in ALL BUT 11 of his 64 kind of thing.
He’s progressing well. But it remains to be seen if this is just a hot streak and he’ll revert back to a new mean a bit, or if this is truly the new McDaniels. And it’ll take a lot more than the rest of this season. To prove that.
I think last year we saw a new level of Jaden in the playoffs. If he shows a higher gear offensively as well as defensively in the playoffs, that is the best measure of his upside. Regarding the rest of the season, Jaden’s contract is locked in. His internal and external value fluctuations will be determined by floor, average, and ceiling. Jaden has raised his floor since the first of January, if he plays that way through 18 more games, then his floor will have been considered raised by the league. As for 20 points vs high teens, the differences are two fold. One is efficiency, and Jaden’s true shooting is over 60% for the season. The other is volume. Jaden needs to shoot more than 10 shots a game every game. If that does not happen it is a failure of coaching. If Jaden maintains his efficiency while shooting high volume that will prove a lot toward all 3 catagories.
To be fair, we have been having the same take on Evan Mobley as Cavs fans until this year. The difference is time of service, maybe it’s just taking McD longer? Not saying they are the same type of player just maybe a similar circumstance. Still not a fan of this deal from either side.
To be fair, Mobley’s made actual progress each year while McD had been regressing each year— and continued to through January or so.
McD is a better parallel to Okoro—defensive expert who has theoretical offensive potential. But he may have graduated from that status.