Not even close to where it needs to be. It became evident in the playoffs. He's still not comfortable with his back to the basket so he is stuck holding the ball letting defenders set their defense. His jumper is also in need of work.. he just needs to be decent at both of these and the Clippers will look immensely better.
I definitely agree with you in that regard but he simply is depending on his speed and power too much. He doesn't have that comfort level yet but it's definitely scrutinized more because people don't like him and also the Clippers are in win now mode due to Chris Paul.
Yep no doubt about it. Again he's under the microscope because he plays with Chris Paul who is in his prime and needs to win now. If Blake was playing on a developing team it would be a different story.
Well of course his offense has improved since his rookie year. That's a given with almost any player. But the point and question is, how much has it really developed and is the development going too slow? Watching him in the playoffs the past two years has been painful. Albeit he's been allegedly hurt but you should be much more concerned about Blake's offensive repertoire because without him developing that quickly the Clippers will struggle. They become way too predictable and stale with Blake in the PnR since he isn't comfortable with his shot yet.
I'm not in disagreement that there are areas of his game he needs to improve. I'm saying that with Blake specifically...people give him a MUCH shorter window to make those improvements.
Not sure what point you're making. They both were 23/24 through the same amount of years in the NBA. And Blake put up 22/12 in his FIRST season without an MVP point guard spoon feeding him.
You really are starting to give DipsetGeneral a run for the title of Slowest NTer.
