Young could go either way of being an elite scorer, or a Marshon Brooks type of player.
Here's the point people are arguing. This expectation is absolutely unrealistic. There are plenty of elite scorers that entered the league pretty young -- and even in their young age they were more advanced than Young.
There's no straw man here. Young may end up being a decent NBA player, but he's no Kobe Bryant or Klay Thompson.
It's hard to say how good Young is right now were he's had no consistency in playing and is WAY behind everyone else. He was out all summer, out most of preseason which the one game he played in he played well. Played well in the D-League, but then sidelined with the shoulder. Started to get some minutes for the C's after the trades, and the flu. Anyone knows the flu some times is worse than an injury when it comes to getting back to form.
He's really had no good stretch of playing out side the D-league stuff. Players aren't looking for him in the offense, and he's still trying to get a feel for the game. But the kid has a great shot, and touch on off balanced shots. He goes in for boards which is nice.
Maybe elite is a little high praise, but he could be a legit scorer. He has all the tools, its the one in his head that has to decided what kind of player he could be. And at 19 this day and age, it could take a couple of years. McGrady averaged 7 and 9 is first could years and then became a 25+ guy for a few years, no reason Young couldn't be high teens low twenty's in 5 years, unless he decides to call it in when it comes to working on his game.