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Message: [QUOTE="husky429, post: 4394737, member: 6696"] RJ averaged 1.9 TOs per game (2.3 per 40). FANTASTIC number for an overworked, small PG. About as good as you can expect, honestly. Yeah, he got trapped a bit, but it wasn't really much of an issue. And IMO the issue was with everyone else more than RJ. When your PG gets trapped towards the corner, your wings need to instinctively create a halfcourt and sideline right angle for outlet options. Our guys did not do that. Compare those numbers to 3.5 for Newton as a PG (4.0 per 40), and 2.0 for Jackson as a wing (2.7 per 40). They may have height to pass over double-teams, but neither of them has half of the 1v1 ballhandling ability RJ does. We are definitely going to be turning the ball over more at the point than last year. That's yet another reason why playing fast, fast, fast is going to be key. Newton and Jackson both have strength in the open court. Play to those strengths, accept the TO, and make up for it with easy fast break buckets. [/QUOTE]