I hope he improves his stock by the trade deadline and fools someone into thinking he's better than he is. He and Turner are interchangeably 1st/2nd to go...
But to be fair, someone is giving him the green light to gun, correct? Maybe he's not being utilized to his strengths.I'm sure any question of CBS will be read here as blasphemy, but whatever... I question why he's taking so many 3s.
His per-36 last season was 17/10. The season before? 17/10. Again, it is definitely possible he puts up a 20/10 season this year (per-36).
Before returning from injury, he was at about 18/10 per 36 if I recall correctly, shooting it about 45% from the field. Not the jump I wanted, but an improvement all the same over the previous year... so returning early from his injury changed the narration from "improved, but still injury prone" to "no progression and still injury prone". When we're talking about a 22 year old kid, I think that small distinction matters a bit.
As for the 3s, I have no problem with it. If we were a contending team, and he was doing this during crucial moments in the playoffs then yeah, I'd think twice about this, but not in the current shape of this team. I'm a strong believer that it's a shot he can truly develop, and until it becomes an actual problem in the big scheme of things, I'll still support him extending his range.
And yes, I think [in fact I know] Stevens gives him the green light, and is part of the offensive scheme. Now green light doesn't mean that he should shoot the 3 whenever possible. There's a difference between me wanting to see him shooting 3s, and shot selection and I have a bit of a problem with his shot selection, similar with Marcus Smart. On that regard, we'll see.
As for shooting from inside the arc, he's actually a good/decent mid-range shooter... better than Olynyk in that range if you can believe it. If I recall correctly, don't have time to go check where I have that data, from the top of the key he shoots it at 50% and 47% from the right elbow area. So the idea that he can't spread the floor is inaccurate.