Through two games with the Miami Heat, LeBron James has committed 17 turnovers or 8.5 turnovers per game.  This means that LeBron’s turnover rate so far after two games is 29.4.  This is ridiculously high considering that his turnover rate last year was 9.3 (the league average last year was 11.24).  A lot of the media (both on Twitter and in various recaps/articles) attribute these turnovers to the fact that LeBron isn’t used to their teammates.

I thought it would be interesting to go through LeBron’s 17 turnovers, figure out which ones can be attributed to not knowing his teammates, and which ones can be called “True” Turnovers, or turnovers that happen in the course of the game and that are the fault of LeBron making a bad play/decision.

Turnover 1 – Mix Up With Wade

Here, LeBron has the basketball running down the sideline and Wade is running out ahead of him. LeBron goes to kick it out to Wade in the corner as Wade cuts to the rim. Definitely a mixup as a result of not playing with each other.

Verdict – Not A “True” Turnover

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Roy Hibbert has always been a pretty strong back to the basket player.  Hibbert ranked 56th in the entire NBA when it came to post up opportunities (according to MySynergy), and shot 59% at the rim (according to HoopData).  When you see moves like the up and under he put on Tim Duncan, you understand why:

However, Hibbert seems to be adding other skills to his game, making him a more complete big man on the offensive end:

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The New Jersey Nets trailed the Detroit Pistons by two points with right around 30 seconds left as Devin Harris attacked the lane.  He ended up losing control of the basketball, and it looked like it was going to be the same old Nets all over again.  However, the Nets were able to recover and come away with the win due to the fact that Rip Hamilton gambled for the basketball:

We pick up the clip as Devin Harris beats the help from Richard Hamilton to get into the lane.  Rip is in good help position though as he can easily return to Anthony Morrow, the Nets’ biggest shooting threat.

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