Brandon Knight came in at No. 6 in this week’s Rookie Rankings by Grantland’s Sebastian Pruiti. One consistent, noticeable problem is preventing Knight from ascending higher: turnovers. Here’s what Pruiti wrote:
"Brandon Knight continues to struggle with turnovers. Young point guards are expected to turn the ball over a little too much in half-court situations, but Knight is also giving the ball away in transition. Knight scores one point per possession in transition, which puts him in the bottom third of NBA players, and it’s mostly due to turnovers. Knight commits turnovers on 22.4 percent of his transition possessions. Knight still hasn’t adjusted to the speed of NBA defenses, even on three-on-two fast-break situations. Eventually, Knight should figure things out, and when he does his statistics and his ranking will rise."