BizarreJB

A winner's résumé quietly building — 4-1 through 5 games, with the shooting (66.7% overall, 64.7% from three) comfortably above the league's bars. The 19-point Game 072 (8-of-10 with 3 steals) is the ceiling so far; the 6-point Game 073 right after it is the floor, and the gap between those two nights is the whole evaluation. The defensive activity is steady (2 steals a game) and the mistakes are rare (0.8 turnovers). What's missing is insistence: 1.4 assists and 2.4 boards a night means when the shot isn't asked for, he disappears politely. Winning role player today; whether there's more depends on whether he ever demands it.