I like Jaylen, but I think people are getting a bit ahead of themselves projecting him as a star based on what we've seen.
He just turned 20.
Uh yeah, exactly. Still very young. Hasn't shown a lot, but has plenty of potential.
What would you expect an NBA rookie on a 50-win team (that is 8-9 veterans deep) to show in games in order to validate management feeling "incredibly high," other than what we have seen? Lay out some basic expectations. Otherwise it sounds like you are nitpicking.
I think cracking the regular rotation speaks volumes. I bet he gets a lot of run in the playoffs, which would mean even more.
I think he's doing
fine given the context of the team he's on.
I can see what everybody else indicates they see -- potential.
But potential is just that.
I could totally see him turning into the next Jimmy Butler or somebody along the lines of Demar Derozan or Andre Iguodala.
But that doesn't mean he's going to become that, and personally I prefer to wait until we've actually see a guy actually dominate a game for whole stretches, multiple times over the course of weeks and months, before I start to get really sure he's going to eventually be able to do that on a nightly basis. We're a long way off with Jaylen, but the signs so far are good.