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Originally Posted by FreshPrince22  AJ still needs to show that he can be an offensive threat when he is being blocked out from the offensive glass (Which will happen eventually). Max really turned the corner when he solidified his 12-15 footer as a consistent option. This made him a threat in all of the Pistons offensive sets, and won him extra playing time. Not too mention it made his teammates more confident in passing him the ball.
Unfortunately, being a young guy like he is, he won't get many opportunities to score in the half-court offense, so he must take advantage when he does get the chance. |
He needs plays run for him. Once he gets stronger he will hit the jumper and hook shot in the paint with regularity in addition to put backs etc.
His biggest problem on offense is that he is still not strong enough to get and maintain position in the paint. I am sure he could sit outside and shoot jumpers while he is in and make his fair share, but that is not going to happen at this time, or he would be on the bench again, because we need his offensive rebounding not his jump shooting.
Right now he is working very hard and making good progress in getting stronger and bringing his defensive game up to snuff. I am satisfied with that.
As he gets stronger and maybe even taller he will get even more efficient at put backs and blocked out even less off of the offensive glass as long as he continues to play down low and not at the arc.
