I was watching an old Antonio McDyess game today and he was reminding me of Jaylen in some ways. McDyess was having a breakout season after the 2000 Olympics averaging 21ppg 12rpg (50% FG%) for the Denver Nuggets. His team only went 40-42 despite having some good players around him in Van Exel, LaFrentz, Posey and Voshon Lenard. Not much depth but some with McCloud and Keon Clark / Kevin Willis.
Antonio McDyess was a very good individual player but he didn't improve his teammates around him that. His offense had a mix of strong post play, face up drives, jump-shooting, PnR, transition offense. A versatile well rounded scorer. Despite this, he was largely a non-passer. Dice averaged only 2.1apg against 16.6 FGA and 6.2 FTAs or 2.1apg to 2.3 turnovers a game. Neither are good numbers. So he was unable to bring his teammates into the game and create easy opportunities for them. So while he got his, he did not help his teammates get easier hoops. This capped his impact on offense at a lower level.
McDyess was an above average defender as well. Very athletic. Strong and quick. Probably a more aware help defender than Jaylen. But he was more a cog in the machine than a defensive quarterback / guy you build a defense around similar to Jaylen.
Anyway, I just liked the comparison between the two players. Strengths, weaknesses, similarities. How McDyess fared as a leading man on a typical team young franchise (hopeful) stars end up on.