He also almost never gets blocked for his size, and I think the two are related. He’s always working hard to create a small, clean window for a shot. He’s really good at it and that doesn’t generate the kind of contact that gets calls. More often he’s just put his shoulder into a defender to push him back enough to get the shot up than get contact from the defender and then shoot.

He doesn‘t flop, but on his drives he tries to get fouls by pump-faking before shooting. But he never gets the foul, unfortnately.

He can, he just doesn’t want to. He might start now that his role will inevitably increase, but he has stated he outright refuses to excessively sell contact.

Was a lot of finesse around the hoop though, turnarounds and using the baseline/rim to avoid bodies. Not comparing the two but Kyrie has this same issue, he gets to and scores in the paint but he does bag work to avoid contact.

Not really. He uses creative footwork in the paint and fancy finishes around the rim vs. seeking contact. He’s on of the most efficient scorers in the league from inside 10 feet, including making more than ³⁄₄ of his attempts at the rim and well over 50% on both short and mid-range 2 point shots. The guy just has a different way to get efficient looks when he’s in the lane than barreling into someone and trying to get to the line. Getting to the line and making 80% of the shots sounds great, but when it’s coupled with some possessions where the guy is driving trying to seek contact and they only get a terrible shot and no whistle, it’s not so great.