A long way to go? Disagree. I think he's close. I would have never thought this would be the case but he showed a lot last year. Depends on your definition of true franchise player though. Which players fall under this category to you?
Long way wasn't really what I meant. Just meant that he isn't there yet, misspoke.
Right now I would say,
These guys have proven they can be franchise players on winning teams, and aren't washed up yet:
Chris Paul
Kobe
Rose
LeBron
Wade
Dirk
Durant
Tim Duncan
Tony Parker
Dwight- if you can forget about last year and he can come back the same.
These guys are expected to get there- we'll see:
Kevin Love
Blake (I'm not personally too hot on his prospects)
Harden
Curry
Paul George
Kyrie
These guys had it once but are way past it:
KG
Pierce (maybe he was never at that level, I'm not sure)
Nash
These guys once looked like they could eventually have it, but it's not looking good:
Deron Williams
Melo
I'm sure I'm missing people, that's just how I generally feel.