Passing Rating: 6.7 Total assists: 23

Assist Rate: 35.02 Dunk assists: 1

Passing Turnovers: 0 Close assists: 5

Assist/bad pass: 23.0 Jump assists: 10

Assists per game: 2.6 Three-pt assists: 7

*stats represent 9 of 12 games played

These stats immediately tell us that Turiaf enjoys the passing aspect of the game. He's not especially aggressive in the post, which accounts somewhat for his high passing game reliance vs. one-on-one situations. Not only does he have the highest Assist Rate on our list (which actually far exceeds any other center or power forward), he's the only player with zero passing turnovers. Now in his fifth year in the league, Turiaf possesses a high basketball IQ and is strong off the ball.

Knee problems limited Turiaf to only 42 games in 2009-10; he averaged 2.1 assists with a Passing Rating of 4.4 and a 28.18 Assist Rate.

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