Pioneer10
Come home Sideshow Bob
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A slight drop in FG% is not a big deal, David Lee's actually dropped for 5 consecutive seasons after posting that 60% in his first year as a PF. TD, Pau Gasol, and Chris Webber all saw their FG% drop after their rookie years but that didn't preclude them from successful careers. You can't base anything off a 12 point difference in Tristan's.
Tristan is at 47% from the field for his career, we're not talking about a lost cause on the offensive end. I don't ever see TT getting up to 20 points a game like David Lee did but I could see him getting up to 17-18 like Horford.
Going down from a godly 60% is NOT the same thing as when your baseline is an average 48% to start with! Christ it's like your scouring basketball-reference for people's FG% without even realizing the value of the stats in the first place. Gasol, Webber, and TD all scored more points then TT and had better FG%. Horford shot the ball significantly better from the field and FT line then him.
Using the word lost cause is weaselly as well implying that we're making him sound worse then he is: he's look to project out to be an average NBA PF offensively. If Tristan played 40+ mpg he could probably already get into the 15ppg range. That doesn't mean he's a good offensive player or will be. Every example that's been provided show that other guys who develop into offensive stars score more and/or do it more efficiently (with most of them doing both)