Any idea how improved Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua will be

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gobears20
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Impressed with his range

Johnny Bear
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It still amazes me that he played at all last season and that he was able to contribute as much as he did.

After accepting the highly likely fact that he's never going to be 100% of what he was before the injury, I (as an average fan) obviously don't know how much more improved he'll be next season - but given his obvious dedication, determination, and work ethic, it's hard to not be optimistic about the additional impact he's going to make as long as (God forbid) he doesn't get injured again.

Also, with the additional options we're going to have at the 5 position next season, I'm wondering if it's possible EJ could improve enough to be able to occasionally play the 4 position in situations where we want or need to go "big" with the lineup(?).
parch
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He shot more 3's, about twice as many per game as in 21-22, and at a pretty decent clip for someone his size. But it took him away from the basket, which to my eyes contributed to his significant drop in contribution around the rim.

His injury obviously contributed to this, but he was not nearly as interested in banging inside, and the majority of his boards (which were down anyway) came off long uncontested rebounds. If you look at his FG% inside 5-7 feet, it dropped dramatically last year because he's just not able to do as much inside to get clean looks and contested offensive put-backs, as you'd expect all things considered.

Considering some of the early concern was just him walking without pain again, it's remarkable he played at all, and I think you can argue pretty strongly his contributions last year were as much for his mental confidence as they were for the on-court contribution. If he can get more comfortable under the basket again this year, he can easily be an 8/6 per night guy again.
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