Josh Norris just finished a five-game Junior showcase. In those five games — two with the split squad USA White team and three with the full Team USA squad — he corralled five points, three of which were primary points. As exciting as a point-per-game pace in an international tournament looks, it would be unwise of us to assign too much value to five contests in the heat of summer.
That’s the funny thing: Norris’ raw numbers have never been his strongest attribute. It’s what we don’t see in his box scores that can tell us about what else we might expect from the rising center.