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Ceiling: Maxey continues to improve his production, this time making his way onto an All-NBA roster.
There will be a point where Maxey will have reached his peak growth, but don’t bet on that just yet. His season-to-season stats seem to show perpetual improvement, but he still has another level to reach.
In a perfect world, the 23-year-old could combine the volume he found last season (25.9 points, 6.2 assists) with the efficiency he enjoyed the previous two campaigns (48.3% shooting, 43.1% from the perimeter).
The 2020 first-round pick might lose some counting stats to accommodate the arrival of George (and hopefully a more available Embiid), but the hope is that the extra help will improve Maxey’s efficiency.
Last season, he was named an All-Star for the first time and was voted the league’s Most Improved Player. If he can keep that up, he could well be an All-NBA candidate.
Ground: He puts up numbers, but they’re not the most efficient, and Philly’s entire offense never reaches the sum of its parts.
Maxey’s shooting progression is incredible. In four years, he went from averaging 0.5 three-pointers on 30.1 percent shooting to 3.0 three-pointers on 37.3 percent shooting.
It is questionable whether he can maintain that efficiency, especially while trying to find his feet with a largely revamped team.
The Kentucky product is also less of a natural playmaker than a scorer who can create. That could make a big difference, because there are a lot of mouths to feed in this offense, and not everyone plays at the same speed and style.
The task will fall to Maxey to bring this team together, but he may not have the passing skills needed to solve this puzzle.
