
Started 3-0 and looked like the league's next great connector — 21 points and 8 assists on a 43-PRF night in the Game 076 record shootout, then 18 with 4 steals in Game 077, all wins. Then the last two games happened: 7 points, then 9, with dwindling involvement and a Game 079 line (9p/0r/0a, PRF 9) that vanished entirely in a 12-point loss. The full picture is still a good one — 13.8 a game on 70.6%, 3.8 assists, 2 steals, a 3-1 record — and the Game 076 version is a genuinely valuable two-way guard. But the drop from 43 PRF to 9 in three games is the steepest cool-off of the season, and the league noticed. Which version is real gets decided next game night. One number that stands out for the wrong reason: 50% of their made field goals are dunks. When they drive, they’re looking to finish — not to read the defense and find who’s open. At 3.8 assists per game that pattern is hard to ignore, and it’s exactly what clogs a lane and limits what the offense can do around them.