He is averaging just 7.7 assists per game this season, his lowest mark since his rookie season.
The two combine for 33.0 points, 7.3 rebounds and 8.7 assists per game.
Last season, he shot just 45.8% from the field while averaging just over six rebounds and three assists per game.
What if Lin goes to Houston and averages, say, 13 points and eight assists per game while running the offense competently?
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But Williams still finished fifth in the NBA with 8.7 assists per game, largely because he attracted so many double teams.
In his last 15 games, Lin averaged 14.5 points and 6.5 assists per game, a sizable drop from his earlier pace.
He's also combined for 15 assists in the two games no other Knick is averaging more than 4.2 assists per game this season.
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Davis, a former all-star, is averaging just 5.6 points and five assists per game this season, down sharply from his career averages.
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He ranked second nationally entering the game, averaging eight assists per game.
Lin is averaging 26.8 points per game in the five games since he was inserted into the rotation with eight assists per game.
Last season, Crawford averaged 14.2 points and 3.2 assists per game, emerging as one of the most dependable rotation players for the Atlanta Hawks.
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In his first two years, he was good but a step below elite, averaging 18 points and 5.9 assists per game while hitting 44% of his three-pointers.
Coming into this game with 9, 995 total and averaging 8.8 assists per game this season, Nash should reach the 10, 000-assist mark near the midpoint of the game.
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Williams averaged 12.8 assists per game in his first few months in New Jersey, but as the rebuilding process continued, then-coach Avery Johnson asked Williams to sacrifice his assists for points.
But with the point guard averaging a tad more assists per game this season (8.8) than in his career as a whole (8.6), Nash has increased the monetary value of his assists.
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As the Nets were losing 11 of 16 games to close out 2012, their anemic offense effectively limited Williams to just 6.4 assists per game, whereas he averaged over eight assists per game in both November and January.
James was the only player in the NBA to lead his team in scoring, rebounding and assists per game this season, had a record six straight games of scoring at least 30 points while shooting at least 60 percent, became the youngest player in league history to break the 20, 000-career-point plateau and won five of the six Eastern Conference player of the month awards.
In each season, McGrady has raised his average in points-per-game, rebounds-per-game, assists-per-game, and steals-per-game.
After averaging 16 points and 5.7 assists per-game in 2009-10, he tallied 17.5 points and 6.6 assists as San Antonio went a Western Conference-best 61-21 in 2010-11.
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His season averages, over just a 35-game sample, were more modest 14.6 points, six assists and three rebounds per game but he'd already become a fan favorite, and finished the year having sold more jerseys than all but one NBA player, Chicago Bulls superstar Derrick Rose.
Point guard Jason Brickman, who leads the nation in assists at 8.5 per game, sounded as if he were playing a pickup game back in the borough.
Hamilton, the No. 9 overall pick in the 2011 draft, had five goals and 11 assists this season while averaging about 17 minutes per game.
The Associated Press player of the year, Burke (18.8 points per game, 6.8 assists) also can shoot from deep in three-point range or knife to the basket, and he rarely makes mistakes.
Over the Knicks' 12 games in January, the opposition's point guards have shot 39% from three-point range and 51% overall, while averaging 18.5 points, 6.8 assists and 4.5 rebounds in 36 minutes per game.
He is averaging almost fourteen points per game, along with six rebounds and two assists in what is a very competitive Big 10 basketball conference.
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