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I think Franz is a stud but people on here are a little crazy about him imo. I don’t really see that ability/potential to takeover games consistently that you need out of your #1. I think Paolo is firmly that team’s centerpiece moving forwards.
Low on, I’ll say Scottie Barnes. He plays out of control more often than I’d like but I think the kid is super talented and I’m excited to see the role he takes on without FVV.
Lol bulls fan
Figured some Magic fan would chime in to say this. You’ll have to do better, I don’t have any regrets about that trade.
He's definitely shown the ability to be the guy in clutch moments and has asserted himself on big stages. He might not have "taken over" many games, but it's not like he's incapable. For the most part all we've seen from Franz is consistency. He's an ironman who doesn't go on streaks, he just reliably scores. Maybe that's the next step, but I'd like to just see a steady increase on current trajectory. He's really only like a whistle a game away from a 20 pt scorer, and I think there's room for more than that.
Where I can see a possibility of Franz semi-fitting this thread is that we now have effectively our 3 main guards all playing for contracts and for roles, so I could see there not being an increase in usage for Franz that would have to come with some of the "maybe all-star leap??" hype we're seeing in places.
Either way though, I don't think there's any glaring shortcomings with Franz that says "eh, he's not gonna reach the potential we think". Guy was thought of as a whiff when Orlando picked him and he's one of the best players of the last several drafts. I think Franz is now finally starting to get any kind of hype around him, and it's a bummer that people are ready to shoot it down. It's for that reason I don't think Franz fits this thread. He hasn't been a guy people have been high on or have been waiting to see something out of. He's largely been overlooked and disregarded.
I see star potential in Franz for sure. I think he’ll wind up around a Middleton level of player, which is really damn good.
But the way I see some people on here talk about him, it’s as though they think he’s at that level right now and on a trajectory to fly past it. That’s too much imo.