Good Topic, I know he's still young, but I'm expecting much more than last year for sure. He now knows exactually what to expect in the NBA, it should be no surprise that he needs to get stronger and add 7-10 pounds of muscle. He knows what's expected of him on the defensive side too. (watch some film) He should be expanding his skills, ball handling, shooting, get to the hoop, etc. He is a pro now, basketball is his vocation, time to work hard in the off season.

I'm expecting at least a rotation player that continues to show a high up side and continues to show more and more. We should see a potential starter. When he enters the game he should look like he belongs.

9-10 points a game sounds reasonable, improved ability to get to the rim, help on the boards, with a look of simply more confidence.

If by mid season he's still not defending well enough to be in the rotation, and just chucking 3's...not showing growth, we have a problem.

 12PPG, 2 Assist, 3 reb,  20MPG, 45% FG, 39% 3PT, 79% FTpercentage,  8 FGA's.

With James, the only over/under I'm concerned about is 15 mpg.

With the current depth at the 3 and his inability to guard 1s and 2s... I'm going under.

So far he can't guard any position.
That's one of the improvements he's going to need to make in order to see floor time.
But "depth at 3?
Crowder? Should be a role player off bench on good team?
Turner? Is a guard
Who else?
If we make no trades we have Bradley and turner at 2 and crowder and turner at 3
That should give him the opportunity for 15min/game.
I fully anticipate one of smart, Bradley, turner or IT to be traded.
He could be the back up 2 to start the season.
That

On a related note:
Is a d league assignment for a year or two of the same value as the draft and stash euro league tactic?
D league allows for close monitoring, stints in the bigs and , at least with the red claws, system integration.
Euro league has more competition, better d?...

Setting numbers aside I think a likely progression for him is something like Gerald Green's rookie season, where he mostly sits on the bench or in the D-League, but has a 5-10 game stretch where we plug him in and he shows that he can score at the NBA level (but still not do anything else including defend).

I think anything less than that would represent a significant disappointment. I'd be pleased with more.

I think unless he learns how to play defense he's doomed for another year of D-League action with little to no playing time in the NBA.

Really expecting very little from Young. Would rather he surprise me than to expect him giving actual production to this team next year.