Damian Lillard-Passing

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Passing: For a point guard running the show, Lillard isn't that great of passer compared to his NBA counterparts. No one's perfect, but doesn't have the consistent accuracy or distributing ability you want from a point with his passes. He's an unselfish player who's willing to give it up, but doesn't see the floor well and has average court vision. Doesn't routinely hit his teammates where they need the ball, with a few being too misdirected to get off a quick shot or avoid the reach of the defense. Can be pressured into errors and committing turnovers in addition. Assists totals could be misleading due to some great 3-point shooting teammates on his squad who made his job very easy, he just had to swing the ball to them. That's not to say he's not a good "drive and kick" player, because he does that at a good level and it fit the team need. Okay passer into the paint for teammates, but is little used in that regard or distributing off the drive to cutting teammates outside the pick and roll. To his credit, he does throw an excellent outlet pass ahead to teammates out in the open floor. Really needs to develop his skills as a distributor before entrusting him to run a team full time. That's not to say he can't make some nice plays for teammates, because he can and will, but not on a regular basis one would like from an NBA point guard.

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