That being said, I do understand your point. Amare is not a good passer out of the double team and a lot of his turnovers come from him going into the ISO and getting stripped. Just the difference in their abilities to pass out of the defense (double or not) would explain the difference in Amare and those player's A:T ratios.
Well yeah, that's essentially my original point. He's extremely vulnerable in situations where he's asked to handle the basketball. I'm not even talking about as a playmaker for the team necessarily, simply handling the basketball for an extended period of time. Upon doing my research, I was actually pleasantly surprised by Amar'e's "Pass to turnover ratio", as reported by 82games.com. According to the site, his pass:to ratio is 2.1:1. Which to me, indicates that it isn't his passing which is the problem, its his ball-handling. Of course, we don't expect him to be performing double cross-overs or hesitation dribbles in transition, but he still needs to take care of the ball when he has it. IMO, he's one of the worse 'stars' in the NBA in that regard, regardless of position. Of course, I mentioned Dwight Howard in that regard earlier. I don't want to look like I'm singling Amar'e out here or that I'm hating. I would put Al Jefferson in the same category as a passer, although he's much improved these days--When guys like Amar'e, Dwight especially have the ball but aren't scoring, offensive cohesion is deteriorating every second they have the ball.
Of course, I do want to give Amar'e credit in respect to moving without the ball. By far and away, Amar'e Stoudemire is the best big man in the NBA at moving without the ball. He often finds himself in the right place at the right time and able to convert Nash's difficult-to-catch passes into points. Nash absolutely spoon feeds lots of guys, but anyone who thinks those zippers are easy to snatch is kidding themselves.
Good conversation--Much better than the board I currently frequent
