Will AD improve drastically like everyone is saying?

His improvement on his mid range jump shot alone leads me to believe there's still a good bit of room for growth. He's reported to be working on his three point shot for next year as well. If he gets a decent shot there, it would just be unfair.

in terms of PPG and RPG, maybe a few extra PPG and 1 or 2 more RPG would be pretty amazing. but his biggest improvements will come in the efficiency metrics, along with the stuff you don't see on the stat sheet on defense.

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He's already a monster. Do we really expect him to get THAT much better?

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do basketball players usually peak at 21?

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Do we really expect him to get THAT much better?

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Yes. He still has much to learn on defense on terms of footwork and the mental game. That comes with age and experience (and a better system/teammates)

His offense is still fairly raw. What he does so well is his ability to score in almost every conceivable way. Post ups, pnr, pnp, fast break, spot up, iso, etc. He can improve his efficiency in almost all of these categories

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His offense is still fairly raw. What he does so well is his ability to score in almost every conceivable way. Post ups, pnr, pnp, fast break, spot up, iso, etc. He can improve his efficiency in almost all of these categories

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agreed. i think people see "peak" in terms of PPG…sure, he may not get that much higher than where he is right now in terms of PPG, but it's going to be how he's getting those points that will improve and make him that much better.

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Add in the Kevin Love outlet pass, please.

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Only if he can throw them to himself

Also, our SKC cameramen suck at getting out of the way

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do basketball players usually peak at 21?

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I haven't followed other teams enough to make a call on that. But he is obviously advanced well beyond his age so he's a unique case. I'm just saying, how much better is he going to get? People seem to think a lot.

To be fair he's only been on this streak for about 8 games. Before that he still had some games of like 11 points/4 rebounds stuff like that. Look at Lebron and kd, they virtually never have games like that. Their off games are still points in the high teens and doing a decent job at stuffing the stat sheet elsewhere.

So his season long consistency can improve, he can also improve his playmaking ability. We've seen him make some really nice passes and show some vision I think he could get up to about 4 assists a game. His usage could also improve. In the top ten of PER he has the lowest usage, and in the top 20 only Andre Drummond and Brendan Wright, pure putback and rebound guys, have a lower usage than them

Not necessarily.

Hes been really good all year, but the past few weeks hes been elite and dominant. For the month of March hes averaging 27.5ppg, 11.8rebs, 2.3 blocks, and very efficient %s.

HIs points and rebs are the highest that they have ever been. And those are the type of #s we could see from him in the future.

Hes always been really good and efficient, but the last month hes been elite / great/ insanely dominant. Hes demanding the ball more, which is awesome to see. Hes getting more comfortable out there and is taking over games on both ends of the court.