sgreenwell
Well-Known Member
Assist to turnover is an essentially meaningless stat, since you have to take it with so much context that you can't ever just look at the number. I'd suspect that Lin and Irving's numbers, for example, are toward the bottom of the point guard rankings because they have to create a lot of offense for their team. Traditionally, the guys who lead that category are standstill shooters (Kyle Korver) or pure distributors who don't really ever turn the ball over because they're not a big part of the offense anyway.
My connection is kind of crappy right now, so I can't look through the previous 18 pages right now to see what my former take on Lin was. However, IIRC, the debate at the time was whether he was an overhyped flash in the pan or a superstar, or as most people on this thread seemed to believe, probably somewhere in the middle. A year out from it, it's pretty clear he's not Tebow, and while he's not a legit all-star, he's at least a serviceable starter out there.
My connection is kind of crappy right now, so I can't look through the previous 18 pages right now to see what my former take on Lin was. However, IIRC, the debate at the time was whether he was an overhyped flash in the pan or a superstar, or as most people on this thread seemed to believe, probably somewhere in the middle. A year out from it, it's pretty clear he's not Tebow, and while he's not a legit all-star, he's at least a serviceable starter out there.