Gonna make a hot take here and say Franz replaces Bron on All NBA 3rd Team next year after Lebron makes a near finals run and is running out of gas
Not sure what other people are thinking but I personally think Franz is the most talented player on the Magic by a reasonable margin and is gonna take an even bigger step next season
by brooks_meredith
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Some stats to show my way of thinking:
2nd year Dirk – 17.5 PPG 6.5 RPG 2.5 APG 0.8 STL 0.8 BLK
Mavs record 40-42 (9th seed)
2nd year Franz – 18.6 PPG 4.1 RPG 3.5 APG 1.0 STL 0.2 BLK
Magic record 34-48 (13th seed)
*3rd year Dirk – 21.8 PPG 9.2 RPG 2.1 APG 1.0 STL 1.2 BLK
Mavs record 53-29 (5th seed)
*ALL NBA 3rd Team
If 3rd year Franz can get to around –
23.5 PPG 7 RPG 5 APG 1.5 STL 0.8 BLK
Magic have a solid record and are around 5th-6th seed
I think he has a good shot, but again it would have to be a very large jump. I think he has the talent to do it
I think Franz as the number one option could make that jump, no doubt. With Paolo as the number one guy though, and guards like Markelle, Jalen, and Cole hopefully improving upon last year, I don’t see Franz taking as much of a jump in stats. I think he’ll improve his game all around, but it won’t show in the stats as much. Hopefully it’ll show up in wins though!