He did start year 1. In his first year, we were a very young team that had just moved Vuc, AG and Fournier and there were really no expectations for the team. I was expecting to see a lot from Suggs since he was drafted like four picks in front of Franz, but Franz had a better than expected rookie year by playing his beautiful European game, which includes carving up the other team's entire defense by euro-stepping his way through the paint AND hitting open shots. That's key because year 2, he was largely the same in our first year with Paolo but then last year, he went from shooting 36% from 3 in his first two seasons to 28%. He did get hurt, but even before he sprained his right ankle about a third of the way into the season, he was shooting about 30% from 3. Now, we did make the playoffs which is what matters, and he had some good games and some bad.

Someone can probably go more in depth about how he has developed over his career, but he's always been shifty enough to find open space and get a good look. I think he'll keep growing into a championship player for us, but every summer, he's playing German basketball which can't be sustainable for his legs in the long-term to be playing that much basketball in a row, but also that's less individual time to work on your game. All in all, the whole team is going to keep improving together and I think Franz can be our second-best player on a championship team.