Yeah, James absolutely making a case for more minutes or at least a deeper look if he can add some offense to some of the defensive potential he's showing. Certainly rather him get the 15-18 Trevor Ariza minutes and let him develop. Decent early returns statistically on D from the few stats we have available:
0.1 DWS
0.8 DBPM
Def Rating:
On court: 102.0
Off court: 111.8
Net: -9.8
In addition to just looking like he has a clue out there. Also says something that he's been able to maintain a positive WS/48 at 0.37 when he's been an absolute dud on offense with his incredibly inefficient with his scoring, not showing any playmaking, and not getting to the FT line. But the TOV-USG rate is encouraging so far and him not fouling is a plus.