I agree he is SUPER creative inside 10ft. FWIW, if the post above is correct that Amen is up to 220, then it's entirely possible he can similarly go through people when he needs to and drive around them when that makes sense. I do think he would benefit from learning at least a few moves and counters outside of 10ft - I think that was what he was working with the shot doctor on this summer. I think Jalen's problem was he was too slow to make reads so even when he made the correct read, he made it a step late which neutralized the advantage. Guys like Harden and Jokic can see a player shifting their weight and zip the ball past them immediately. That's what Amen needs to learn. He seems like a fairly good passer and he definitely processes the game faster than Green but agree there is some room for improvement here. There are times when it seems like he is driving while waiting for holes to open up so I think there are some foundations already there to be an orchestrator - just need to continue to improve in his reads and probably add more ball handling to his skill set so he can keep dribbles alive a bit more while continuing to put pressure on defenses.
FYI : the information comes literally from the post-game interview with him after the Jazz game where he said he weighed 225 lbs. but wasn't sure what his height was now.
I mean, yeah - he was already a 24pt / 6ast / 5reb guy at 22 on reasonable efficiency as a starter. Put it like this, Amen doesn't look like this at 22: ...and frankly he shouldn't - he's a completely different type of player and that's the point.
