Maybe Goran can develop (and I mean really, REALLY improve)
I don't like assessing specific players because they are young and I don't want to label them. However I will go on record by saying I don't expect any significant improvement by Goran for the coming year. I was taken to task by someone when I posted Ajdin Penava's year over year improvement didn't surprise me.
To start let's quickly compare Goran and Ajdin. At 7 ft Goran seems to play smaller. At 6-9 Ajdin seemed to play larger. Ajdin could play the perimeter better and was a 3 pt threat and forced the defenses to respect him, or at least acknowledge that he was on the court. Ajdin had quicker feet and softer hands and much better ball handling skills.
For a baseline let's look at Goran's and Ajdin's sophomore seasons. Ajdin showed improvement throughout the season and had a nice CUSA tournament. Goran seemed flat throughout the season with no noticeable improvement.
Ajdin first, Goran second -
Minutes per game - 15.5 vs 9.5. Ajdin's minutes almost tripled from his freshman year while Goran's went DOWN. Ajdin also was playing behind some upperclassmen while Goran was not. Ajdin's minutes we also limited by foul trouble averaging 3.6 fouls per game while Goran was not averaging only 1.2 fouls per game.
3 pt - 9 of 40 vs 1 of 5. While similar %'s, Ajdin spread the court and made the defense respect him, Goran did not.
Next let's look a production per minutes played, a good indicator of a player's efficiency. In their sophomore years Ajdin played roughly 50% more minutes per game. Let's see how those minutes compare.
This frankly surprised me they were so similar. I think I was probably more impressed by Ajdin's skill set, playmaking abilities, ability to spread AND run the floor, his noticeable improvement and his aggressiveness (read fouls per minute).
Points - .40 vs .34
Rebounds - .25 vs .24
Blocks - .07 vs .04
Assists - .03 vs .01
Fouls - .23 vs .13
Pardon my math - doing it on my phone...
Penava's intangibles and noticeable improvement far exceed Goran's at similar points in their careers. 2 to 1 blocks and 3 to 1 assists are examples of that.
I hope I am wrong about Goran but he needs to work hard if he is to improve. I will admit Goran apparently has a stronger base than I expected. I want to be pleasantly surprised by him.