Originally Posted by
Pelicanidae
In college, NAW spent his first year entirely at shooting guard, and that's how his second year started as well. He got moved to lead guard after Virginia Tech's actual PG got injured, and NAW basically learned how to be the PG on the job. There was obviously a learning curve associated with that, and to a large extent, that's part of that issue.
In Summer League, there's a similar issue at hand, but on a slightly different scale: the passes NAW was attempting in SL were, often, very very difficult passes, and due to the lack of other offensive threats and playmakers on the floor (remember, Carr was our backup PG somehow), it was fairly common for NAW to be asked to run every single play, and for him to be double or even triple teamed during that time. If that's what's happening, and you're making ambitious passes, you are gonna turn it over. That's just life. Obviously the best of the best turn it over LESS, in comparison with the looks they generate (Nash, Magic, Lebron, etc) but they all still had relatively high turnover numbers in comparison with safer passers (the best example of that is probably Stockton, who averaged relatively low turnover numbers despite absurd assists, because so many of them came in the pick and roll with Malone, a fairly standard play).
Now, I'm not comparing NAW with Nash or Lebron, obviously not. Their vision is/was basically supernatural, and NAW's seems to be merely ''damned good''. But when he gets to the NBA and has other guys who can provide a threat that needs to be defended against, NAW will find a lot more space than he got in SL, and I'd expect the turnovers to come down a little. Not massively, he's still a rookie after all, but I'd expect the AS/TO to come more towards 2 as the season progresses.