One of my favorite pieces of sports journalism in recent memory.
His analysis of Kawhi’s steady jumps from year to year is exactly what I’ve been saying here in terms of evaluating a course of development for a player. It’s not just how good a player is at that current moment in time- but how good they are in comparison to the month before, and season before. The trajectory of development Kawhi displayed is one mirrored by Dejounte at this very moment.
Keep this in mind as Lonnie comes back next year, as Keldon returns, as Luka comes back. Leaps year over year are more important than the product you currently see on the court from rookie contract players.
Dejounte is a ing keeper. He has some very good basketball in front of him.