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Sochan has good handles for the open floor. Much better than Langford, for example, who got poached as soon as they tried it by Marjon Beauchamp. (Langford got him with the chase-down block, but still.)
Halfcourt sets are another matter. His own lack of offense, a somewhat high dribble, and budding vision skills limit him somewhat in this regard. Certainly you don't want him there full-time. But I do believe there's more than enough to build on. Sochan can get into the lane with relative ease versus a lot of his positional peers. He just doesn't have the moves to complete there a lot, things like teardrops and so on, but there's some future here.
I've mentioned elsewhere how Tony Parker started off shooting a lot of threes before they trimmed those out -- he didn't have the range. Instead, he feasted inside and with an incredible mid-range game. They're obviously quite different players, but I feel like this year we can see Sochan develop some of those skills, stirring the drink with his drives and developing ways to pressure defenses there. His value bringing up the ball off rebounds is already there.
