
Facilitating
The New York Knicks need a player who can take over games as a playmaker. There are more than enough scorers to lead a productive offensive unit, but Jeff Hornacek needs a point guard who can control the pace and facilitate the offense.
Jennings is both a productive and efficient facilitator who can help the Knicks run the offense during the 2016-17 season.
Jennings has a career average of 5.9 assists per game, which would be more than ideal from the Knicks’ sixth man. He boasts a career assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.57, which is quite efficient for a ball-dominant player.
Even in 2015-16, when he was hindered by injuries, Jennings averaged 7.1 assists per 36 minutes—a quality number, to say the least.
Jennings averaged 8.0 assists per 36 minutes or more in both 2013-14 and 2014-15. That’s an accurate projection for Jennings. He was averaging 15.4 points and 6.6 assists in 28.4 minutes per game before his injury in 2014-15, which is in line with his minutes projection for 2016-17.
It’s also fair to expect Jennings to have a fair number of explosive performances.
If a player can dish out 21 assists in a single game, then they have the raw talent to be a consistent and reliable source of pace and production.
Realistic Expectation: 6.0 APG, 2.4 TOPG Ratio, 2.50 A/TO Ratio