Originally Posted by
Pelicanidae
Hey that's weird, you weren't on the board three weeks ago or whatever, when we were having the big men who foul discussion. Interesting.
In any case, it's not the same. The fouling is a by-product of inexperienced defense. It comes hand in hand with being a good defensive player who does not yet have the discipline to know when to take the risk and commit to the block or steal, and when to merely contest. It generally goes away, or at least reduces, with time and coaching: with experience.
Turnovers are not the by-product of inexperienced passing. There are plenty of players in the league who are very, very experienced but who still turn it over at a high rate. There are two real types of turnover, whenever a pass is thrown. There are the turnovers which result from making difficult passes and not quite nailing it, and there are turnovers which result from making silly passes that fail to read the defense.
Someone like Lebron, who is very experienced, still has a relatively high number of turnovers despite being a fantastic passer. Why? Because he regularly attempts and makes difficult passes which thread needles, fly cross court, come from no-look moves, hit moving players, etc. Yet he still averages an overall positive AST/TO ratio because his passing IQ is so good that more often than not, it works.
Garland is not in the same boat as someone like Lebron, Doncic, Bird, Nash, Rondo, etc. He turns the ball over a lot because he makes silly passes which do not read the defense properly. Could this improve? Of course it could. Garland is what, 19 years old? But in general, feel is difficult to coach and more often than not, you either have it or you don't. Garland has it for himself, but he doesn't have team-feel, at least at this point in his career. The turnovers he makes are not a product of inexperienced passing, they are a product of lazy and disinterested passing. Maybe he improves in this with coaching, it's definitely possible, but I don't think it's particularly likely. Usually in order to learn, you have to be willing and interested, and he seems to be neither.