> Mahoney: Even as he’s putting up these crazy numbers, it never feels like he’s monopolizing the offense. It never feels like he is seizing control of something. There is just a lot of opportunity with the Blazers right now because of who they are playing, or in this case who isn’t playing. And he grabs every single marginal opportunity he can and makes something out of it in a way that not a lot of guys in the league can do, to be honest.
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> Mann: Yeah. Stardom, superstardom, really is who you are in the paint. I think that leads to free throw attempts. That leads to buckets in the paint. His points in the paint are way up. …
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> I just remember watching him with Tel Aviv. All of the things that I was like, “I’m not so sure \[about\],” like he has just gone to the moon. Every single one of them. His pace as a ball-handler, his consistency as a shooter. …
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> And what I really like about him is even though his usage has continued to expand, you haven’t seen him get too tunnel-vision in one direction as a scorer. He is scoring to serve his playmaking. His assist percentage has just really leaped this year.