<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">When it comes to Dwight Howard, Brian Hill is trying to be as patient as he can with his 20-year-old's penchant for turnovers when double-teamed in the low post. But the coach of the Orlando Magic doesn't hide his impatience when the subject is turnovers committed by point guards brought up in a basketball culture where style is often valued above substance. "Some guys just aren't good passers," Hill said. "That's something that's probably a lost art in the game today. Guys might make fancier passes. But I really don't think guys today pass the basketball nearly as well as players from previous eras." Puerto Rican-born Carlos Arroyo went into the weekend with the sixth-best ratio of assists to turnovers in the NBA, while 7-footer Darko Milicic of Serbia handed out 10 assists over the same four-game span in which Howard had five assists with 14 turnovers. "Maybe it says something about the fact that they were both raised in different countries," Hill said. "I think if you ask anybody, they'll tell you European players are more fundamentally sound than American players. And maybe the same is true for learning the game in Puerto Rico." Hill said Howard's situation is similar to when Shaquille O'Neal led the league with 307 turnovers as a rookie with the Magic in the early '90s. "I think he's handling it better," he said. "But it takes time. You not only have to be patient, you have to be aware of what the defense is doing. And you have to deliver the right type of pass."</div> Source
