He’s been looking great actually, improved in every aspect both sides of the ball coming off his rookie G-League runner up in voting to DPOTY, and has put muscle on which shows in his game like Jaxson Hayes’s work in the weight room and AR’s helped them to make a jump in their games. Sure Kaluma Big over Small but if you liked Jordan Goodwin by the end of the 2025 season with his POA defense, I think it should be in the ballpark with Chris by the end of this coming season if he gets some minutes. Maybe never elite but damn good.
I'm hopeful, but I'm not seeing yet. He gives good effort and is in the right place most of the time, just not sure he has enough on the defensive end to make up for his offence. But let's see right?
Nice. Except for the hyperbole I guess he felt was needed for the piece, as if the summer hadn't happened yet. "The Vanderbilt product was named First Team All-Defense and runner-up for the Defensive Player of the Year in the G League. The stock collection was as advertised in the summer games, giving way to possibly being a useful player on the parent team that’s currently void of defensive perimeter talent."
