His efficiency improves once he starts getting more whistles. He’s great at getting into the lane and drawing contact. He’s just not getting vet calls.
I feel this is one aspect of his game that is somewhat out of his control but will eventually materialize.
I think winning overcomes a lot of that. I agree offensive is what’s emphasized but there’s a long history of winning rosters sporting 2-3 all stars and not everyone is scoring 25ppg.
There’s probably a substantial list of all stars that didn’t average 20ppg.
He really doesn’t seem that far away. A modest improvement next year would make a fair argument.
He’s probably only 4 3pt percentage points away from removing his biggest weakness.
Eventually he’s going to start getting more whistles as well.
FT % needs help but it’s not in the toilet.