The word this guy was looking for was meteoric. I was like does he mean mediocre, but read in context that made no sense lol. Meteoric rise.
Continue to work on getting to the line. And stop working so hard to score. The game still looks hard for him. It needs to look easy. Become easy. Keep working out. That is probably year 2 for me. He' ahead of where I thought he should be today. Then learn to handle a double team. Start thinking about how to provide leadership. Then play defense. That could take five years or more. He is still in training mode. I don't expect wins. I don't expect things to come easy for him. But he crossed the first threshold in season one when he was able to become the primary scoring option. Build on that.
I just want him to continue building on what he was doing the last 2 months of the season and maybe mix in some defense at some point. Anything else is a bonus.
He lacks pace dribbling like Luka. He takes a 3 dribble max to pass or score. He needs a better coach
Nothing less than surpassing Hakeem's 93-94 season would be considered sufficient. j/k, I just want him to grow, growth on the level of Ja Moran'ts or Anthony Edward's second season would be amazing. Improving on his second half of the season would be beautiful to behold. Just grow a substantial amount so he is ready to explode on season 3.