I read your whole post and pretty much agree with everything. My belief is that we will endure a hard season and that will be it for him. I would welcome being wrong, but it seems that this offseason has been disastrous and that will carry through the season.
I thought the same thing about Jasper last night. Yes, he made a couple of bad passes, but as far as ability, as he matures, I'd be comfortable with him being the backup point guard.