J. Kyle Mann

But the overall points per possession is super high on all of those play types with Brandon Miller, which suggests to me that like one, two, three passes, like they're on to something with that stuff.

And I don't know, man.

I just think...

His extension negotiations are going to be interesting because is he a quote max player?

Probably not.

Is he a 25% max player?

Probably not.

If I'm Charlotte, I'm trying to take a page out of the Houston playbook and negotiating a little bit, but I'm not going to go crazy at criticizing a max 25% max for him because I just think he's growing into the kind of player who maybe tops out as a second option on a great team.

Maybe he's even like a 2.5 option on a great team, but the kind of version of that player that every great team has to have.

Well, to your point, and then we'll move on to scoot.

The one thing that I was, I watched a million Brandon Miller pick and rolls yesterday.

And the one thing that really jumps out is he has a lot of trouble when teams blitz him, which is, which is not unusual for what is he 22 years old learning the NBA, but he's skinny in his center of gravity is kind of high and he kind of gets stagnant.

And under pressure, his handle can get a little wonky.

He just doesn't deal with it well yet.

And having a release valve big man would really, really help him.

Just give the ball to your screener and he can do something from 25 feet out.

Now, Moussa Diabate, to his credit,

has gotten better at catching that situation, one dribble, floater, one dribble, pump fake, bank shot.

He's gotten better at it, but he's got to catch it 14 feet from the rim, not 25 feet from the rim.

Anyway, I just love Brandon Miller, and I don't know if I'm taking the over on two and a half all-star appearances, but I'm super optimistic.