Plus, with Seth and Ryan and maybe Quinn and/or Rasheed (and/or Tyler, who shot decently from outside last season) taking outside shots, we don't really need Alex to be a long-range gunner. If he's a slasher, though, his free throw shooting will probably need to be better than he showed for Finland.
I agree with you and Kedsy on this point, for sure. It definitely doesn't seem like he's a Scheyer/JJ-esque natural from the line. That being said, it remains to be seen what he can do from the stripe in a more comfortable situation. Hopefully he can get that % up to 70% or so.
Not sure what you are counting, but the game-by-game totals show he scored 29-30-8-14-15-15-11-19-26-20-36 in the 11 games. The shooting totals are not given for three games (in which he scored 19-26-20)
By my count that's 222 points ... but while the official stats have him at 20.3 ppg., the calculator on my computer has that as 20.2 ppg
Looking at those stats again, they do list 22.2 mpg as the average minutes played, but they don't have the minutes for three games ... and for the eight that they do list, he played betwen 28 and 36 minutes -- so I doubt that 22.2 mpg is correct (it looks like it's more like 29-30 mpg).
I was checking his FT totals since those were so bad. Again, we don't have the totals for three games. For the eight we do have, there's an interesting dicotomy. He started 2-for-8, then finished 18-33 (54.5 pct). His last game was a credible 9-of-13 (69.2 pct.). Since the three missing games were the 8th, 9th, 10th he played, that's when he was making FTs at a better rate, so his overall total is probably better.
I'm not saying that's not a potential problem, but it might not be the nightmare the raw numbers suggest.
I glossed over the fact that totals for 3 games were missing (just summed the totals moving down the page). On 2 of the early games, though, it looks a though the points was not correctly tabulated relative to shots made. So I think the 158 points is correct, but as you point out, was scored in 8 games not 11. Which results in 19.8 ppg. Agree that the FT percentage is probably understated, given how well he shot in later games. One other thing I would note, though, is that Alex only averaged about 3FTA for each 10 FGA (2s + 3s), which does not really suugest a "slashing" game, though this may have been more a function of the style of play in international ball than Alex's natural tendencies.