Young could go either way of being an elite scorer, or a Marshon Brooks type of player. His attitude of wanting to take the big shot sets him apart from a lot of other players, but he'll need to put in the work to actually make that happen. He was the best player many times during the tourney last year. That's what gets me excited about him, that he stepped up even at a young age to help his team.
He's had a rough first year with the car accident during the summer, hamstring during preseason, shoulder injury and now the flu. Kid needs to catch a good 2 month good health stint. He looks lost on D at times, but he's not horrible. He gets beat by his man because he gets out muscled. that will change in a couple years even if he doesn't add too much weight, just natural strength will come into play.
AB would be a great guard if he could pass and dribble. He worked on his ball handling all summer and it's not any better. How many times in the last three games has he lost the handle for a turnover, or near turnover? Cant have that when you compete in the playoffs. One thing Young did last night was he dribbled to the baseline and picked the ball up, when he got doubled teamed he found the open guy, because he could see over the top of them. AB would have turned it over most likely in that situation. I like AB, I root for the kid, but he's just not a starter.
I'm not saying Young is, or will be this season. But I hope he works on his game double time, even if he gets to be an average defender that's fine. I think the offense will come once the game slows down for them. I remember being that young and the game, even playing in men's leagues with guys 5 to 10 years older, some times I got ahead of my self. With in a couple of years, I could think threw the game more because it slowed down. I could only imagine how much faster it is in the NBA, even from an elite college program.
But you see him in the D league and he has every shot. I would be worried if he was 21 and it was too fast, but he's 19. Look at Smart, even it's fast for him in some aspects of the game, but him being a year older and playing one more year of college has made the transition a bit smoother. So if Young could get healthy for the rest of the season, and have a good summer, we could see a huge jump.