In his rookie year, Mario Hezonja showed some flashes of what he could become eventually. But according to Basketball-Reference, any potential stardom will have to wait at least another year.
Jeff Green‘s arrival might also limit his playing time as Jeff Green takes minutes at the backup small forward slot. But Hezonja is expected to continue improving his accuracy from deep (projected 36.2 3-point percentage, up from 34.9 percent last year), a skill that the Magic will call upon often this coming year.
Hezonja may be one of the harder players to predict this season after his up-and-down rookie year. His role also seems a bit uncertain within the bench unit.
With such little data, projecting what he can do and what he will be is extremely difficult.
The only thing everyone knows with Hezonja is that his development may take a little bit more patience.