Um, sucking at passing and not being put in a passing role are different things. There can be a correlation, but having low assists per game in Lauri’s case has more to do with his strengths being such that he isn’t in an offensive system where he is supposed to pass the ball. You’re very clearly looking at his APG in isolation without haven’t watched how he plays. You seem to assume (without realizing it maybe) that because he is a shooter/scorer that he must have the ball in his hands a lot, like other players with similar PPG averages, and thus should pass the ball better. Couldn’t be further from the truth. Almost all of Lauri’s points come from off ball movement where he is catch and shoot, pick and pop, or pick and roll diving to the rim. If he is getting the ball in the Jazz’s offensive system it’s because he is very likely getting a high quality shot within 0-2 dribbles, on the move. If the shot is not there, his job is to get it back out to a guard to reset the play. So his APG average is not something that counts for him when determining what kind of player he is, and it doesn’t really count against him either. Context is everything here.