Whether thats on offense:

"Kid can shoot"
"He gets by his man a lot"
"Great passer"

Or defense:

"Lockdown defender"
"Shot blocker"

But almost everyone has those skills one on one. What people dont see is offensively:

"Can he remember his assignments/counters in a given action?"

"Can he be comfortable in getting his shots within the framework of the offense? (i.e. can he anticipate where he might come open in certain actions)"

"Does he know where the ball needs to go but also WHEN it needs to get there?"

Defensively it is:

"Does he understand positional awareness in relation to the ball when he isnt on the ball?"

"Does he know how to rotate when the situation calls for it?"

"Does he know when to stunt rather than rotate?"

"Does he understand the scout and how to accomplish the goals of the scout? (Not only the player he will guard, but literally every player since you could wind up switched onto them)"

"Does he understand his role in a certain position of the defense? (i.e. as a post player, does he know when to press up, string out, trap, jump, or hedge the ball screen?)"

"Does he understand what happens away from the ball when there is a ball screen?"

As you can see, there is a much longer list defensively than offensively, so the overwhelming majority of kids are going to be behind defensively when they get to college, and their shots they got in high school wont be there.

Theyve never needed to learn these concepts. Theyre the best players on their high school teams and in most if not all games theyre just better than everyone else on the floor. If I go play against some 6th graders, I wont give a damn about positional awareness defensively, ill just block their shots and steal it from them. Then Ill just get to the rim and score 50 pts. None of that means I know how to play basketball or that what I do well will translate.

For Kidd, he was already a little slow-footed defensively, and then he had to learn positional awareness and it tends to slow you down even more as your brain tries to process where to be rather than reacting. If it clicks for him, then he could be a great 2-way player. But it doesnt always click and assuming it will is setting yourself and your player up for a massive failure. You have to continually teach him and correct him to get rid of bad habits and become confident within playing the right way