This never happens. You hear this about all these wings. It almost never happens. This goes double for someone who really can only go left.
Besides tightening his handle isn't the issue. It's creativity with the ball in your hands which is more a function of natural talent and not something you really see guys work on successfully.
I think creativity is a big aspect of it but not the whole bag. For example, IQ didn’t get more creative this year but he did get stronger. So his handling is more effective because he can’t be bumped off-balance so easily any more.
For RJ, I think just improving finishing with his right hand will go a long way.
For the bulldozer type ball-handlers; misdirection is their best weapon. If you can make a defender lean, you can bump him that way and use his own momentum to create space (obi did this for what feels like the first time last night on a drive into lamarcus Aldridge which is hype).
So if RJ can expand his shot profile to a place where defenders can’t press him left reliably, he’ll unlock new options to break guys down. He’s already shown some improvement going and finishing right, but he definitely turns back to his left hand more often than I’d like. I think this is another spot we’ll see growth though.
I wouldn’t count on rj crossing dudes up and finessing around the floor. But he’ll get better at creating enough space to get the shots off.
I also bet they’ll have him working on dribbling through the paint like PG’s are taught to. He picks his dribble up early and that’s making it easy to jump his passing lanes.
