We were so spoiled with the elite movement shooting, off-screen shooting, grenade shotmaking, all on absurd volume. From 2023-25, he was probably the most elite off-ball shooter we’ve seen since Klay Thompson, all while playing elite defense. That version of him was damn near perfection.
Unfortunately, that’s no longer the player we have. We absolutely missed an incredible sell-high opportunity after 2024, but that doesn’t mean he’s no longer valuable to this team’s infrastructure.
After a brutal efficiency drop last season, he’s back to hovering around league-average TS%, still providing so much of the ancillary value that made him special in the first place. He’s upped his playmaking volume, still does all the necessary things offensively, and is shooting 68.1% TS on spot-up opportunities.
I think part of appreciating what he is now is accepting that what we saw from 2023-25 was an absurdly high standard, not necessarily what we should expect from him going forward. He can be a worse version of that player and still be incredibly useful to this team.