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Duke Basketball Champ Running Away With Another NBA Season Stat Crown
Five years running. That's the length of 27-year-old Washington Wizards guard Tyus Jones' assist-to-turnover title streak. At this point, it's probably safe to at least pencil in a sixth season in a row for the memorably advanced 2014-15 Duke basketball one-and-done national champion.
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Jones, now in his first season as the Wizards starting floor general following four seasons apiece with the Memphis Grizzlies and the franchise that drafted him No. 24 overall in the Minnesota Timberwolves, has a 7.6 assist-to-turnover ratio and zero game absences for a struggling Wizards team (9-49) that at least has his stat to boast.
The record season assist-to-turnover ratio is 7.0, which Jones set in 2018-19.
No. 2 in the league's assist-to-turnover race this go-round is Golden State Warriors guard Chris Paul at 5.9, well behind Tyus Jones, a recent entrant into the NBA's 2,500-assist club.
Furthermore, note that Jones' number is on the rise of late. Between the Wizards' past six contests, albeit all part of their current 12-game losing streak, the NBA Blue Devil has 79 assists to only eight turnovers, an insane 9.9 ratio.
He hasn't committed more than two turnovers in a game this season except the one time he committed three. And that's while averaging a career-high 12.3 points and 7.2 dimes in 29.2 minutes per game.
Meanwhile, Washington has another still-young Duke basketball product in its starting big, sixth-year pro and former No. 2 overall draft pick Marvin Bagley III. He's averaging an encouraging 13.6 points and 8.7 rebounds across his 13 outings since joining the Wizards via their January trade with the Detroit Pistons.
On Tuesday night, Bagley and Jones combined for 34 points, 19 assists, 15 rebounds, three steals, two blocks, and only two turnovers and seven missed field goal attempts in Washington's 123-112 home loss to the Warriors.
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